Google search URL parameters stopped working
Google changed its search URL formats, so bookmarks and tools that relied on parameters for images and browsing no longer work.
Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.
3 public reports · first reported 28 February 2024 · last reported 7 November 2025
What's going wrong
Users who built workflows on Google search URLs found that reverse image search parameters, the browse-by-name gfns parameter and image search URL patterns all changed or stopped working.
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