uBlacklist: Blocks specific sites from appearing in Google search results • Hacker News Board

Re: uBlacklist: Blocks specific sites from appearing in Google search results

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Post by ekanes » Tue, Dec 14, 2021, 2:00 AM UTC

Waterluvian wrote: post #8

philistine wrote: post #2

This is such a great idea, and a mystery as to why no search engine has dared to put it on their engine. Care to enlighten me?

It hurts Google to allow the product to choose what customers have access to it.

Amazing phrasing.

Re: uBlacklist: Blocks specific sites from appearing in Google search results

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Post by _fat_santa » Tue, Dec 14, 2021, 2:01 AM UTC

Debug_Overload wrote: post #67

dopa42365 wrote: post #55

Some basic filters for stuff that pops up all the time and is never what I'm looking for: /. pinterest. \.. / /. torrent. \.. / /. spankbang. \.. / /. mp3. \.. / /. proxy. \.. / /. block. \.. / /. addiction. \.. / /. recovery. \.. / /. detox. \.. / /. clinic. \.. / /. rehab. \.. / /. rarbg. \.. / /. hydra. \.. / /. 123. \.. / /. stock. \.. / /. linkedin. \.. / /. subtitle. \.. / /. shopify. \.. / /. dreamstime. \.. /…

I'm not sure how spankbang got on that list but it's hilarious. Is it really a common problem like pinterest and similar stuff on that list?

If there is such thing as being "too good" at SEO, Pinterest is "too good" at SEO. It's a common complaint with image search that Pinterest will cannibalize the results. What will often happen is someone will repost an image from a website or blog to Pinterest and then when you look for images of that thing, you get the image that was reposted to Pinterest instead of the OG image.

Re: uBlacklist: Blocks specific sites from appearing in Google search results

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Post by BbzzbB » Tue, Dec 14, 2021, 2:01 AM UTC

Has one of you smarter people looked thru the code to attest (honor code, I won't sue you) the extension is not shady with it's use of "Access your data for www.google.com" and it's "may use" of "Access your data for all websites"?

Re: uBlacklist: Blocks specific sites from appearing in Google search results

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Post by yesenadam » Tue, Dec 14, 2021, 2:02 AM UTC

d13 wrote: post #68

OzyM wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Could someone explain why they're hated? I don't know much about E3, but used them a few times without issue

They’re the best resource for learning web technologies. They’ll tell you in one plain sentence what you need to know, with simple, concrete examples, whereas MDN, on the other hand, is a baroque mess which, after paragraph upon paragraph of rambling legalize will often leave you more confused than when you started.

That's exactly my experience too. I've learnt so much from w3schools. Also being able to quickly try stuff out and tinker with it and see the effect instantly is so handy.

Re: uBlacklist: Blocks specific sites from appearing in Google search results

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Post by NmAmDa » Tue, Dec 14, 2021, 2:03 AM UTC

BbzzbB wrote: post #73

Has one of you smarter people looked thru the code to attest (honor code, I won't sue you) the extension is not shady with it's use of "Access your data for www.google.com" and it's "may use" of "Access your data for all websites"?

I hope someone with experience could do that. Also it passed apple store review process which give me some feel of safe ( hopefully it is not misleading)

Re: uBlacklist: Blocks specific sites from appearing in Google search results

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Post by jean_valje4n » Tue, Dec 14, 2021, 2:03 AM UTC

ouid wrote: post #65

dopa42365 wrote: post #55

Some basic filters for stuff that pops up all the time and is never what I'm looking for: /. pinterest. \.. / /. torrent. \.. / /. spankbang. \.. / /. mp3. \.. / /. proxy. \.. / /. block. \.. / /. addiction. \.. / /. recovery. \.. / /. detox. \.. / /. clinic. \.. / /. rehab. \.. / /. rarbg. \.. / /. hydra. \.. / /. 123. \.. / /. stock. \.. / /. linkedin. \.. / /. subtitle. \.. / /. shopify. \.. / /. dreamstime. \.. /…

God damn it. I don't want heroin detox; I want heroin.

Careful what you wish for

Re: uBlacklist: Blocks specific sites from appearing in Google search results

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Post by it » Tue, Dec 14, 2021, 2:04 AM UTC

I have wanted this for such a long time. Thank you.

Re: uBlacklist: Blocks specific sites from appearing in Google search results

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Post by berkut » Tue, Dec 14, 2021, 2:05 AM UTC

d13 wrote: post #68

OzyM wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Could someone explain why they're hated? I don't know much about E3, but used them a few times without issue

They’re the best resource for learning web technologies. They’ll tell you in one plain sentence what you need to know, with simple, concrete examples, whereas MDN, on the other hand, is a baroque mess which, after paragraph upon paragraph of rambling legalize will often leave you more confused than when you started.

Yeah, as someone (re)learning modern CSS/HTML, I really don't understand the hate they get. For a beginner (at CSS/HTML anyway, I'm an HPC engineer otherwise with lots of low-level experience), I think it's a great resource, with good examples too.

I can only assume they used to be different?

Re: uBlacklist: Blocks specific sites from appearing in Google search results

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Post by BlameKaneda » Tue, Dec 14, 2021, 2:11 AM UTC

krono wrote: post #3

For a quick and dirty DIY solution, add something like this to your uBlock filter list: google.*##.g:has(a[href*="thetopsites.com"]) duckduckgo.*##.results > div:has(a[href*="thetopsites.com"]) The linked project goes way beyond this though, very neat!

Thank you Sir/Ma'am.

Re: uBlacklist: Blocks specific sites from appearing in Google search results

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Post by Quenhus » Tue, Dec 14, 2021, 2:12 AM UTC

As others have said, it can also be done with a uBlock filter.

For example, here are my filters that block and remove terrible copycats/translations of StackOverflow https://gist.github.com/quenhus/6bd2c47e5780f726f0c96c0a2ee7... . I hate these copies that somehow manage to be better referenced than StackOverflow.