Isn't anyone else kind of bewildered by this? I mean this is kind of like if a kid pissed all over the floor in wal-mart, and when you notified an employee about it they gave you a mop to clean it up yourself.
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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
#192Earlier quoted context omitted.
I second that suggestion. It would make the extension that much more awesome to not have to block sites on each device. Might also help to lower the noise on Google's end, so they're not seeing multiple blocks on the same domain from the same users, though I'm sure they account for this already.
It's a bit difficult to implement sync of arbitrary data in a Chrome extension now. The extension developer has to setup their own storage and implement their own sync code. Either that, or some developers just store their data in the bookmark system, which has its own problems (please don't do this Matt!). We (the extension posse) are working on making this really easy to do [1], but nothing exists yet. [1] http://c…
Aaron, thanks for stopping by with an update on Chrome sync--much appreciated. And thanks for making Chrome extensions fast/easy/powerful to write.
Re: New Chrome extension: block sites from Google’s web search results
#193Earlier quoted context omitted.
Experts exchange answers aren't nearly as bad as things like yahoo answers, etc. (PS - you know the answers are available at the very bottom of the page, right? I thought this was common knowledge, but just wanted to make sure the content was the reason behind the animosity and not that the information used to be inaccessible....) Perfect example of this extension in action: search for "how to remove ear pads from HD…
> Experts exchange answers aren't nearly as bad as things like yahoo answers While yahoo answers etc. might provide bad answers, experts exchange provides no answers at all. All you see is an open question with a nasty subscribe button that will only work if you haven't already used it more than 30 days ago. So experts exchange is more than useless: It's just plain advertisement without any added value. It's the kind…
Well EE is nasty and I hate it, but they have the right if they choose to do so. Anyway they didn't steal the contents from anywhere. That being said, I'll probably add EE to my block list :)
Re: New Chrome extension: block sites from Google’s web search results
#194Finally Google accepts the elephant in the room. Just a few days ago a friend while being interviewed had mentioned about search being ineffective for content farm sites and the Google employee was like "No Search is fine. Nothing wrong there".
Finally e-how, about.com, expertSEXchange.com can RIP, atleast for me.
I also hope that over time, Google will use this data from users via Chrome to somehow incorporate crowdsourced search results in it's results not just for one user but all of them.
Re: New Chrome extension: block sites from Google’s web search results
#195Earlier quoted context omitted.
I have thought about that and I cannot believe it is really a problem. My small negligible personal website notifies Google, Bing and Yahoo immediately and automatically as soon as I publish something new. It also publishes a feed. Even if the content is picked up and republished right away by a site that is indexed every minute, it should be possible to determine correctly the original publisher. In some cases, I ca…
> I can think of more ways to determine the original publisher. Please share them. Thanks.
Here is one scenario that comes easily to mind:
I publish an article at only-original-content.com. The article has some images that are served from only-original-content.com/images. Now only-copied-content.com takes my original article and republishes it. Since only-copied-content simply copied the HTML, the images are still served from only-original-content.com/images.
In that case it should be simple to determine who is the original publisher. Of course, only-original-content.com could simply be a CDN that only-copied-content.com uses for its static resources, but, again, it should be easy to determine whether that is the case.
Re: New Chrome extension: block sites from Google’s web search results
#196A few thoughts and requests:
1) I'd love to use this tool but because of my job still need to look at the "official" search results from time to time. Is it possible to allow &pws=0 override the blocked sites so &pws=0 both session-based and browser based personalisation?
2) There's a lot of talk among startups about ignoring what users want because they don't know best. I worry that this move from Google might actually be detrimental to user experience. If you end up blocking a bunch of thin sites then the chances are high that you're not going to get better results for your search query, you'll just get fewer results (since usually Google only returns these thin sites when there's little else to offer). Also - as users get trigger happy and block a bunch of sites they may well be harming their own search experience. I'd love to hear your thoughts on how Google can mitigate against this? Especially when this rolls out to your average user rather than just the tech-savvy HN crowd.
Tom
Re: New Chrome extension: block sites from Google’s web search results
#197Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Experts exchange answers aren't nearly as bad as things like yahoo answers While yahoo answers etc. might provide bad answers, experts exchange provides no answers at all. All you see is an open question with a nasty subscribe button that will only work if you haven't already used it more than 30 days ago. So experts exchange is more than useless: It's just plain advertisement without any added value. It's the kind…
Well EE is nasty and I hate it, but they have the right if they choose to do so. Anyway they didn't steal the contents from anywhere. That being said, I'll probably add EE to my block list :)
Just scroll down past the stupid paywall when you come from google or bing. Or become an expert for free http://bit.ly/EEfree
I have been an expert there (not an employee) since 1998 and it is a great site. For a while now there are free articles and blogs too. I agree with the haters that the paywall should go away, but that is the decision of the owners of EE and those in the know can get full ad-free access by answering approx 3 questions a month. It took me more effort to have a reasonable flair at SO...
Re: New Chrome extension: block sites from Google’s web search results
#1981. http://bit.ly/gTADhE 2. Click Install, close page 3. Open each of the links below in a new tab, click block on the first result 4. Win. http://www.google.com/search?q=Mahalo http://www.google.com/search?q=ehow http://www.google.com/search?q=experts-exchange http://www.google.com/search?q=livestrong.com http://www.google.com/search?q=answerbag http://www.google.com/search?q=bills.com http://www.google.com/search?q=…
A good list :) A couple more: http://www.google.com/search?q=wisegeek.com http://www.google.com/search?q=bizrate.com ---- My reasons for suggesting that these are blocked: "What are Some Animals Commonly Mistaken for Dinosaurs?" ( http://www.wisegeek.com/what-are-some-animals-commonly-mista... ) "How Do I Care for a Rose Breasted Cockatoo?" ( http://www.wisegeek.com/how-do-i-care-for-a-rose-breasted-co... ) "Why Does…
Just a remark - Experts-Exchange user generated content. If something is copied from elsewhere and not attributed, it will be attributed or deleted and the poster told off.
Re: New Chrome extension: block sites from Google’s web search results
#199Is there something similar for Opera 11?
Re: New Chrome extension: block sites from Google’s web search results
#200just wondering what happens if you block google.com? is that a meta-block