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 zaik » Tue, Dec 14, 2021, 3:14 AM UTC

Quenhus wrote: post #80

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.

An uBlock filter list is the correct solution to this problem. I want to keep browser extensions which have full access to all website contents at an absolute minimum. I only use extensions which are available in the official Arch repos (like firefox-ublock-origin).

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

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Post by 14 » Tue, Dec 14, 2021, 3:15 AM UTC

It would be neat to just include a toggle to filter shopping sites. I dislike searching for something like "How to repair X" and instead of getting some good forums you get the top 20 results trying to sell you something related to X.

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

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Post by dymk » Tue, Dec 14, 2021, 3:20 AM UTC

dgemm wrote: post #87

Gigachad wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why would they do that? The extension implements blacklisting domains.

Part of an industry wide effort to replace the term "blacklist" due to connotations.

GitHub and some other big companies put effort into this, but other than that, it’s a pet project for people with too much time on their hands.

Give it a few years and nobody will remember what the big deal was.

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

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Post by mrtweetyhack » Tue, Dec 14, 2021, 3:21 AM UTC

That face we need a tool like this is a failure on Google

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

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Post by oefrha » Tue, Dec 14, 2021, 3:26 AM UTC

Animats wrote: post #91

Will Google kick that out of the Chrome store?

Google literally had an official Chrome extension called “Personal Blocklist (by Google)” serving this purpose in the past.

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

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Post by hellbannedguy » Tue, Dec 14, 2021, 3:31 AM UTC

jean_valje4n wrote: post #76

ouid wrote: post #65

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

Careful what you wish for

Bupenorpine--for those that are serious.

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

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Post by throwaway69123 » Tue, Dec 14, 2021, 3:36 AM UTC

name of this project is very problematic, I suggest they change it to uBlocklist, they also havent unsurprisingly given the name adopted a code of conduct.

https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/blog-post/terminology-its-not-black-...

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

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Post by standardUser » Tue, Dec 14, 2021, 3:40 AM UTC

This reminded me that I've been using an extension to block w3schools.com from my Google search results for many years.

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

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Post by chongli » Tue, Dec 14, 2021, 3:48 AM UTC

jquery wrote: post #102

thaumasiotes wrote: post #96

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Google special-cases their own stuff all the time. Why haven't they done that for Pinterest?

Who says they haven't? As to why they haven't totally blocked Pinterest, that would be pretty controversial given Pinterest paints inside the lines. edit: oh, I see the confusion. People misunderstand what Google image search is, how it works, and are blaming Pinterest for Google's ineptitude.

People will correct me if I’m wrong, but I believe the practice of showing an image in search results and then hiding that image behind a login wall when users click the link would qualify as cloaking [1], a practice Google specifically prohibits [2].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloaking

[2] https://developers.google.com/search/docs/advanced/guideline...

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

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Post by zelon88 » Tue, Dec 14, 2021, 3:49 AM UTC

Quenhus wrote: post #80

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.

That is specifically the only thing I've ever used this for. The worst offender hides the "solution" behind a paywall.