Discussions button for Google Search™

Adds filter buttons to Google™ search results.

What is Discussions button for Google Search™?

'Discussions button for Google Search™' is a Chrome extension that restores the ability to filter Google search results by discussions and forums. As Google has disabled the native discussion search feature, this tool improvises by inserting specific query filters to refine search results towards community conversations. Its usability aligns with the latest Google updates, enabling users to navigate searches akin to the once-available discussions option directly from the search page.

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By: Levi Melamed

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Users: 30,000+

Rating: 4.19 (149) ▼ 0.04

Version: 1.4.7 (Last updated: 2024-02-15)

Creation date: 2016-12-31

Risk impact: Low risk impact

Risk likelihood: Moderate risk likelihood

Manifest version: 3

Size: 23.20K

Email: le*****@gmail.com

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Chrome-Stats Rank

# 4520 ▲ 26

Other rankings

#8057 in Tools ▼ 515 #4 in button for google keyword 57 #15 in google search keyword 51 ▼ 1 #127 in google keyword 94 ▲ 7

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Summary

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Adds back the discussions button to Google search results, which enables you to search forums and message boards.

Update: Google has since outright disabled the discussion search functionality. As a workaround, the discussions link will now modify your search query and add some relevant filters.

Source code - https://github.com/stri8ed/google-search-discussions

New in 1.4.7 • Fixed extension to work with latest version of Google.

User reviews

User reviews summary

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.

Pros

Useful for finding forum discussions on Google
Saves time when looking for forums and discussions
Previously worked well
Can be fixed by turning off Safe Search

Cons

Does not work with images or videos
Interferes with the layout of Google search results
Stops working after updates to Google's UI
May trigger anti-bot checks from Google

Most mentioned

Does not work with images or videos
Stopped working
Interferes with Google search results layout
Previously worked well
Does not show up

Recent reviews

not working fine with images button, long time already

Israel Andres, 2024-06-09

sizing overwrites the element for "images" on the toolbar in chrome So you can't click on images or videos

B V, 2024-06-05

not working on any google search pages/parameters

Ghryst VanGhod, 2024-06-02

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Safety

Risk impact

Discussions button for Google Search™ is relatively safe to use as it requires very minimum permissions.

Risk likelihood

Discussions button for Google Search™ is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this extension.

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