Google Search has this beta opt-in feature named Web Guide, it is like a mix of its AI search results interface and web search interface – in one. That being said, there seems to be a bug where, when you click the button that says “Classic search,” it does not take you out of Web Guide and into classic search.
Damien Andell first spotted this and posted about it on X – he said, “Google search bug: impossible to return to “classic search,” it always redirects to Web Guide. There’s another error with a link that returns “null://null” instead of the site name.”
I tried replicating it and it does seem to be a bug – here is a GIF of it in action:
You can see, it just reloads the same results.
Glenn Gabe, who knows the Google Web Guide way better than I do, added on X, “Ah, new bug as of this morning. I am sometimes stuck in Web Guide and can’t get out. Just tried again, and I was able to get the standard SERPs. So a weird one.”
Damien took my video and added, “In the first image, in addition to the bug, you can see the text from the Web Guide below the knowledge panel, which shouldn’t be there; you can also see a bit of “Access”. And in the second image, you can see what you should see if you click on “Classic Search”.”
I am not sure what it should be doing? don’t use web guide much – @glenngabe might know more? this is what I see, which is similar but it triggers slightly different results? LinkedIn, Google Search Profile and that Wix site @MordyOberstein made pic.twitter.com/5nmxrM11Zk
— Barry Schwartz (@rustybrick) September 20, 2026
In the first image, in addition to the bug, you can see the text from the Web Guide below the knowledge panel, which shouldn’t be there; you can also see a bit of “Access”.
And in the second image, you can see what you should see if you click on “Classic Search”. pic.twitter.com/2gVJCNG7Tp
— Damien Andell (@AndellDam) September 20, 2026
Most searchers are not using Web Guide but this just seems weird.
Forum discussion at X.
