google-search
I seem to remember Google's Search History being a very simple listing of all your previous searches with pagination.
Now, http://history.google.com redirects to https://myactivity.google.com/myactivity which provides quite a cumbersome interface to all your activity (e.g. there are separate blocks for each link and it uses an infinite page).
Is there a way to restore that simple history listing which had pagination and a select dropdown to choose 10, 20, 100, 500 results?
You need to have Google History enabled to search your history.
A basic description of how Google Web History works: http://www.google.com/support/accounts/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=54068
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Note: Depending upon whether or not you're signed in to a Google Account when you search, the information we use for customizing your experience will be different:
Signed-in personalization: When you're signed in, Google personalizes your search experience based on your Web History. If you don't want to receive personalized results while you're signed in, you can turn off Web History and remove it from your Google Account. You can also view and remove individual items from your Web History.
Signed-out personalization: When you're not signed in, Google customizes your search experience based on past search information linked to your browser, using a cookie. Google stores up to 180 days of signed-out search activity linked to your browser's cookie, including queries and results you click.
To change Web History settings for your account go to: https://www.google.com/history/
Best Answer
I'm afraid not. They've made the activity much more "user-friendly" by breaking it up by time period.
You can get a list of only searches, though:
You can make it a more compact view by clicking the menu next to the search box (three vertical dots) and selecting "Item view" (rather than "Bundled view").
If you want an even simpler list, you'll probably need to download your search history from Google Takeout.