Disable Google Similar Results
The following solution is for google chrome and uses the “verbatim” search tool to acomplish the good old functionality.
1) Go to options and edit your Search Engines
2) Add a new search engine with the following code
{google:baseURL}search?q=%s&{google:RLZ}{google:acceptedSuggestion}{google:originalQueryForSuggestion}{google:assistedQueryStats}{google:searchFieldtrialParameter}{google:searchClient}{google:sourceId}{google:instantExtendedEnabledParameter}ie={inputEncoding}&tbs=li:1
3) Set it as default
4) And let the good old times roll …