What about Qwant?
You mean Bing ?
No, I mean https://www.qwant.com/
uBlacklist: Blocks specific sites from appearing in Google search results
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Re: uBlacklist: Blocks specific sites from appearing in Google search results
#252Another testimonial about how useless Google search engine has become.
In the past Github clones and similar junk would be purged from the index and banned for good.
Now GSE is their BFF. Sometimes copies are ranked above the original. Fuck the lot of them.
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#253Earlier quoted context omitted.
Ok, genuine question - Why do people hate Pinterest so much? I have no feelings towards it either way (I don't have an account on it but I have viewed some things over time)
Imagine the following scenario: you need an image for an internal presentation, so you don't care about copyright. You find an image in the Google search results that looks promising. You open it, but end up on the dreaded Pinterest site. You'll know for sure that there is no chance on above average quality or size. Hovering over the image will overlay a "join us" message. If you click to image you get a "join us" mo…
The irony is that the Pinterest users who are putting this nonsense on their profiles are usually uploading copyrighted images to begin with.
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#254Earlier quoted context omitted.
That's wonderful, thanks for that list. I hope that someone else have figured one of github/gitlab issues clones
I just added a filters list for Github copycats in the Gist https://gist.github.com/quenhus/6bd2c47e5780f726f0c96c0a2ee7... . List of domains taken from https://github.com/arosh/ublacklist-github-translation
Created a repository for it which also includes the Pinterest list of uBlacklist (https://github.com/stroobants-dev/ublock-origin-shitty-copie...).
Easier to keep it up to date than a gist.
Re: uBlacklist: Blocks specific sites from appearing in Google search results
#255I miss the days when this was a feature built into Google. It could do all the removal server side. I love uBlacklist. However, when I started to "block" scam sites I became acutely aware of just how many there are. It is like playing endless whack a mole. I recently have had the need download some Windows software and all the top links from Google are scam sites. By that I mean they pretend to look like the legitima…
> I miss the days when this was a feature built into Google. It could do all the removal server side. Seriously was this ever possible? On Twitch we can block a channel or category. I believe on Twitter you can say "not interested" although it is more obscure what it does. Google really should have a way of saying "not interested in this website, ever". Plus, wouldn't that be useful data for them?
> Seriously was this ever possible?
I'm pretty sure google used to take some action on terms of the form "-SomethingIDontWant" (for example "nice picture -pinterest") which was common on search engine that pre-dated it. IIRC it never entirely threw out all results with the negative term in them, but it at least used the negative term against results when assessing their weighting.
Maybe it still does, but pinterest have done so well at the content saturation and SEO games that even with the negative weighting they drown out more useful results? Either way it is a usability downgrade for Google's image search.
Re: uBlacklist: Blocks specific sites from appearing in Google search results
#256For 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!
At the risk of making an unsubstantive comment, this is a huge help to me, and I've been trying to figure out how to do this for years. Thank you!
Glad to be of help!
Forgot to mention that you can also block arbitrary text with the `:has-text(/regex/)` selector.
Block Medium's cookie notification on any domain:
*##body>div:has(div:has-text(/To make Medium work.*Privacy Policy.*Cookie Policy/i))
google.*##.g:has(*:has-text(/word combination to block/i))
duckduckgo.*##.results > div:has(*:has-text(/word combination to block/i))Re: uBlacklist: Blocks specific sites from appearing in Google search results
#257Some 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. \.. /…
You need to escape your * characters, by prepending them with \ like \*, to stop HN interpreting them as markup intended to control italic/not.
Re: uBlacklist: Blocks specific sites from appearing in Google search results
#258For 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!
Thanks for the tip. That works well enough for me, and it saves having another browser extension to configure!
You can even block based on the result's text, see my other post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29550393
One less extension equals one less security/privacy liability too!
Re: uBlacklist: Blocks specific sites from appearing in Google search results
#259Some 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. \.. /…
You're losing lots of quality content by removing those TLDs. I'm using 3 of the listed ones just because they're cheaper and found similar ones to be a good indicator of "this is less likely to be blogspam, and more likely a personal space".
There is also a lot of junk on those TLDs, especially the inexpensive ones, outweighing the ratio of good-to-crap found on the big few.
Blocking them in search lists doesn't stop you finding them indirectly by them being mentioned in content elsewhere, or from even more direct referrals, so the non-junk ones can be found those ways. I tend to find useful content on .com et al as much those ways as by direct search these days anyway.
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#260Earlier quoted context omitted.
What's wrong with Quora? Now I don't use Quora for any serious source of information, but it's just a site with lots of fun anecdotes. Reading these anecdotes isn't a bad way to pass the time; it's IMO much better than mindlessly watching videos on Instagram or TikTok (which I don't do at all).
Its just like reddit with no threading, more annoying site with unblockable ads. >much better than mindlessly watching videos on Instagram or TikTok (which I don't do at all). How can you definitively say that? If I said this thing I never tried is worst than what I do, wouldn't you at least suggest I try it? Good stuff you might really like exists too: https://www.tiktok.com/tag/programmerhumor?lang=en
>Its just like reddit
It most definitely isn't like reddit which, similar to HN, is about topical discussions rather answers by "experts". Frequently I add "reddit" as keyword in my searches but I'ld gladly nuke Quora out of the results.