Show HN: Google search blacklist • Hacker News Board

Re: Show HN: Google search blacklist

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Post by danilocampos » Sun, Jan 02, 2011, 10:29 PM UTC

Really badass piece of work, Jason, thank you for taking a bite out of this problem. Simple, effective.

Some gravy on top would be an in-line blacklist button beside search results but even spending thirty seconds to set up the blacklist in advance gives you a Google that's a lot more useful than the default. Bravo, sir.

Re: Show HN: Google search blacklist

#12

Post by danilocampos » Sun, Jan 02, 2011, 10:33 PM UTC

ramanujam wrote: post #6

Great initiative. Having a "Add domain to blacklist" option on right click would be a nice addition. I seriously wish this matures well like Adblock Plus. Imagine having a crowd sourced blacklist of domains and users can easily add it to the extension. (similar to easy filter based on geographic locations for adblock)

Couldn't agree more. This basic piece of functionality has almost more potential power than AdBlock Plus, given how ubiquitous search has become in every day web use, and how awful spam is becoming in the process.

Re: Show HN: Google search blacklist

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Post by mattwdelong » Sun, Jan 02, 2011, 11:35 PM UTC

Very nice, I never noticed your comment but I'm glad you posted this and followed through. I had something like this in mind and added it to my to do list after reading the same article. I'm glad you made it available first. Cheers to you!

Re: Show HN: Google search blacklist

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Post by benologist » Sun, Jan 02, 2011, 11:40 PM UTC

yanw wrote: post #10

Google's official spam reporting extension: https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/efinmbicabejjhja...

Does that actually go anywhere or is it like all their other official channels of communication?

Re: Show HN: Google search blacklist

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Post by benologist » Sun, Jan 02, 2011, 11:41 PM UTC

Awesome stuff. Hope this gets big enough to warrant some further action from Google.

Re: Show HN: Google search blacklist

#16

Post by stevefink » Sun, Jan 02, 2011, 11:49 PM UTC

ramanujam wrote: post #6

Great initiative. Having a "Add domain to blacklist" option on right click would be a nice addition. I seriously wish this matures well like Adblock Plus. Imagine having a crowd sourced blacklist of domains and users can easily add it to the extension. (similar to easy filter based on geographic locations for adblock)

Great idea - would just require some sort of moderation in that format though. I'd much rather manage my own list of domains to blacklist. A crowd sourced one I fear could be exploited and prevent me from seeing content I'd otherwise like to be able to find.

Re: Show HN: Google search blacklist

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Post by [deleted] » Sun, Jan 02, 2011, 11:56 PM UTC

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Re: Show HN: Google search blacklist

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Post by bpd1069 » Mon, Jan 03, 2011, 12:02 AM UTC

ramanujam wrote: post #6

Great initiative. Having a "Add domain to blacklist" option on right click would be a nice addition. I seriously wish this matures well like Adblock Plus. Imagine having a crowd sourced blacklist of domains and users can easily add it to the extension. (similar to easy filter based on geographic locations for adblock)

A smaller iteration would be the ability to import/export your black lists.

Re: Show HN: Google search blacklist

#19

Post by pmichaud » Mon, Jan 03, 2011, 12:08 AM UTC

Nice, I'll try it out over the next few days!

Re: Show HN: Google search blacklist

#20

Post by lhnn » Mon, Jan 03, 2011, 12:09 AM UTC

You could set this up like Adblock, where sites being blacklisted are anonymously reported back to a central location. Highly blocked websites are offered to be automatically added to the blacklist when you install the extension.