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Re: uBlacklist – Block specific sites from appearing in Google search results

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Finally I can get rid of those deadend Pinterest results... Edit. And quora

There is also a privacy respecting frontend for Quora which removes the bloat

https://github.com/digitalblossom/alternative-frontends#quor...

Re: uBlacklist – Block specific sites from appearing in Google search results

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post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Having a button to remove the offending site right from the search results saves quite a bit of time, so while i usually prefer not to have extra extensions, i see a lot of utility here.

Not denying that. However, unless I'd be blocking new domains on a weekly basis, I just don't think it's worth installing an additional extension for something that's so easily achieved without.

I've started blocking results using ublock last year after it has been mentioned here, and I've got to the point where I have a script I can use to generate the relevant filters for google/bing and a few other search engines.

When I spot any domain which has been squatted by SEO and useless comparison-alike websites I immediately block it. This has brought up the quality of results IMMENSELY.

I'm blocking domains on a _daily_ basis.

Re: uBlacklist – Block specific sites from appearing in Google search results

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Having a button to remove the offending site right from the search results saves quite a bit of time, so while i usually prefer not to have extra extensions, i see a lot of utility here.

Same reason why I still use uMatrix in addition to uBlock even though custom rules in the latter are not any less powerful - user interface matters.

Exactly! i often wish the umatrix UI was just merged into ublock origin as an optional tool.

Re: uBlacklist – Block specific sites from appearing in Google search results

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Alternatively, you could stop using Google and use Kagi ( https://kagi.com ), which offers the same feature. :)

Huh, $10 a month is pretty steep. It's great that they offer a free plan, but that comes with all the misaligned incentives again. Any reason they don't just do pay-per-use (1 cent per query)?

Yeah, $10 is steep, but I feel like I'd be happy with a bundle deal. Search, reliable email, a small bit of storage, and other small services for $20 or $30. I'm sure I'm underestimating how much I use search, but it just doesn't feel like an essential part of my life that I'd want to pay that much.

Re: uBlacklist – Block specific sites from appearing in Google search results

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post #35

I've posted this before, but you can achieve the same with uBlock Origin static filters alone without having to install any additional extensions. For example: To block results from specific domains on Google or DDG: google.*##.g:has(a[href*="thetopsites.com"]) duckduckgo.*##.results > div:has(a[href*="thetopsites.com"]) And it's even possible to target an element's text content with a `:has-text(/regex/)` selector:…

Is it possible to block/hide "People Also Search For" boxes in Google search results? It's annoying because each time you go back to search results, this little box re-aligns the whole list of results so you can't quickly click on the next search result.

Re: uBlacklist – Block specific sites from appearing in Google search results

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post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Having a button to remove the offending site right from the search results saves quite a bit of time, so while i usually prefer not to have extra extensions, i see a lot of utility here.

Not denying that. However, unless I'd be blocking new domains on a weekly basis, I just don't think it's worth installing an additional extension for something that's so easily achieved without.

…have you used Google lately? I’m blocking junk results daily.

Re: uBlacklist – Block specific sites from appearing in Google search results

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post #4

I only need this for W3Schools.

100% the bane of my trying to use Google for Mozilla docs.

ddg, then you have !mdn for mozilla docs

  !mdn Array sort
works like a charm, there's also !rust, !cpp, etc
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