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New Chrome extension: block sites from Google’s web search results
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Re: New Chrome extension: block sites from Google’s web search results
#142Progress is not an illusion, it happens, but it is slow and invariably disappointing.
George Orwell
Re: New Chrome extension: block sites from Google’s web search results
#143There are some ideas so wrong that only a very intelligent person could believe in them.
George Orwell
Re: New Chrome extension: block sites from Google’s web search results
#144What can you do against the lunatic who is more intelligent than yourself, who gives your arguments a fair hearing and then simply persists in his lunacy?
George Orwell
Re: New Chrome extension: block sites from Google’s web search results
#145Re: New Chrome extension: block sites from Google’s web search results
#1461. Does this remove results from each page, or from the resultset? In other words, if 7 of the first-page results are blocked, will I see only 3 results on that page? 2. Any plans for a Firefox extension? I'm willing to install Chrome just for running Google searches, but would rather add it to my main browser. e: After a month or so, I would absolutely love to see the top 10 or so blocked domains. It's OK if you can…
Right now, you'll see only three results. We'll look at refreshing, but in answer to #2, we're also looking at putting this more directly into Google's search results. I think having block options directly on Google's search results is the right long-term answer. But this extension lets people clean up their personal results while sending block data to Google that we might be able to use as a signal to improve overal…
After integrating this feature into Google search, a nice enhancement would be to allow sharing of people's personal exclusion list. Let the community help clean search!
Re: New Chrome extension: block sites from Google’s web search results
#147Earlier quoted context omitted.
I alluded to that in http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2218627 . People feel comfortable with Google removing blatant spam: hidden text, cloaking, sneaky JavaScript redirects, etc. People tend to feel less comfortable if they feel like Google is making an editorial decision. If we get a good signal from this extension, or from offering block links in Google's search results, then it's much more similar Gmail's spam…
I'm really glad this extension exists. However, if it is built in to the general results, could you also add a metric to Webmaster Tools showing the frequency with which your domain is reported. It would also be good if the blocking could have timeout period so that sites can be given a chance to improve their behavior, rather than just deleting that domain forever.
+1 to a report in WMT - to detect problems in our sites and also potentially abuse.
Re: New Chrome extension: block sites from Google’s web search results
#148Earlier quoted context omitted.
So, does this mean expertsexchange will eventually get shoved down the search results? (AKA great stuff!)
I installed the extension and blocked experts exchange first thing ... not sure if I'll even use it for any other sites ...
ehow.com, ezinearticles.com. I'm sure there are many others, but those piss me off daily.
Re: New Chrome extension: block sites from Google’s web search results
#149Free karma points to whoever creates a corresponding Firefox extension...
there's this:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/custom-google...
but for cross-browser, it's best to roll your own:
http://radleymarx.com/blog/better-search-results/
Personally, I'd prefer Google change the Google Custom Search pages to be more like traditional search. If I could have image and map links, I'd probably never revert back to regular search.
BTW - my personal filter has 172 sites so far...
Re: New Chrome extension: block sites from Google’s web search results
#150I feel like I just got a new upgraded Internet.