Gotta do it on your end. The uBlackList extension works for several search engines in Firefox and Chrome.
Ask HN: Why do search engines not let you blacklist spam domains?
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Re: Ask HN: Why do search engines not let you blacklist spam domains?
#12Kagi allows you to weigh domains.
Including fully
blocking them if desired!
Re: Ask HN: Why do search engines not let you blacklist spam domains?
#13Kagi allows you to weigh domains.
Also you can completely block domains, and pin to the top of the results.
I just started using Kagi, and they definitely seem to be doing a lot of stuff right.
Re: Ask HN: Why do search engines not let you blacklist spam domains?
#14It's a simple answer because you don't pay them for that. They run a balancing act of providing you useful results while also surreptitiously shoving trash, that they actually make money off of, at you and hoping you won't notice or complain.
Kagi will be paid when it exits beta and has this feature!
Re: Ask HN: Why do search engines not let you blacklist spam domains?
#15Kagi allows you to weigh domains.
I switched to Kagi yesterday and I am so far very impressed.
I did this search to answer another comment and later did the Google one:
https://kagi.com/search?q=What+does+that+site+make+you+drag+...
https://google.com/search?q=What+does+that+site+make+you+dra...
Kagi shows the exact answer in the first result. Google gives no relevant answers on the first five pages (did not go further). Probably because Google focusses on 'highlight' too much. Kagi seems very aware of the context.
Re: Ask HN: Why do search engines not let you blacklist spam domains?
#16uBlock Origin static filters to the rescue!
Block results from specific domains on Google or DDG:
google.*##.g:has(a[href*="thetopsites.com"])
duckduckgo.*##.results > div:has(a[href*="thetopsites.com"])
google.*##.g:has(*:has-text(/bye topic of noninterest/i))
duckduckgo.*##.results > div:has(*:has-text(/bye topic of noninterest/i))
*##body>div:has(div:has-text(/To make Medium work.*Privacy Policy.*Cookie Policy/i))Re: Ask HN: Why do search engines not let you blacklist spam domains?
#17I've been using these blacklists with uBlacklist to great effect:
https://github.com/arosh/ublacklist-stackoverflow-translatio... https://github.com/arosh/ublacklist-github-translation
Re: Ask HN: Why do search engines not let you blacklist spam domains?
#18Kagi allows you to weigh domains.
I switched to Kagi yesterday and I am so far very impressed. I did this search to answer another comment and later did the Google one: https://kagi.com/search?q=What+does+that+site+make+you+drag+... https://google.com/search?q=What+does+that+site+make+you+dra... Kagi shows the exact answer in the first result. Google gives no relevant answers on the first five pages (did not go further). Probably because Google focus…
Ooh, interesting, how do you get an invite?
Re: Ask HN: Why do search engines not let you blacklist spam domains?
#19Kagi allows you to weigh domains.
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Re: Ask HN: Why do search engines not let you blacklist spam domains?
#20Kagi allows you to weigh domains.
I've also switched to Kagi recently and I think I find myself almost never doing !g (compared to DDG). And if I go to Google, it's mostly for hyperlocal results.