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

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I've been using Google Hit Hider, a userscript, for this for years. I can import/export my list, sites can be both "banned" and "blocked", I can de-duplicate and de-www my lists if needed, etc. It's very flexible. (Despite the name, it's DDG compatible as well) It's also completely free.

What advantages does this have over Google Hit Hider?

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. :)

Thanks for the recommendation. It looks like a great service and I'd love to support them, but as a student I just can't justify $10/month as long as Google with an adblocker is still an okay experience. Credit card being the only payment option is another problem, since I (like most people where I live) only have a debit card, with credit cards usually costing extra. I'll definitely keep an eye on kagi though, hoping for more payment options and a <$5 subscription.

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

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...or use Grease/Tamper/Violent- monkey and the excellent Google Hit Hider by Domain[0] --which is free and [in spite of the name] works across all major search engines. I feel like an evangelist for this script as I seem to mention it on an almost monthly basis here. But, as the saying goes "No connection. Just a happy user." PS: as I said last time 'uBlacklist' was promoted here; whatever the merits of your product…

Paid search means that the service is not incentivized to appeal to advertisers. Disclaimer: happy Kagi subscriber here :)

GHH just removes the results from the list, it doesn't add anything. I don't see how it could appeal to advertisers. EDIT: Oh, you're talking about Kagi. Gotcha.

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. :)

...or use Grease/Tamper/Violent- monkey and the excellent Google Hit Hider by Domain[0] --which is free and [in spite of the name] works across all major search engines. I feel like an evangelist for this script as I seem to mention it on an almost monthly basis here. But, as the saying goes "No connection. Just a happy user." PS: as I said last time 'uBlacklist' was promoted here; whatever the merits of your product…

Also an avid user of GHH. It's excellent. Configurable, easy to export/import, and free.

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:…

can you do an example for blocking pinterest?

Amen. Pinterest is such a pathetic spambucket.

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

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Any chance of sharing it?

There's too much personal stuff on there for me to be comfortable sharing it as is, and I'm afraid I don't have time to distil the list this weekend either. I'd be happy to create you some ready-made filters for any specific sites or other types of results that you'd like to get rid of though, just let me know!

No, no problem, if it is just for me, I figured that if this can be crowdsourced effectively it would really clean up the search results and that is worth it if enough people start using it.

It might even be enough to stick it on github or gitlab and start accepting pull requests against a starter list.

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

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post #3

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

uBlacklist is actually better than Kagi for a multitude of reasons.

http://len.falken.directory/web/overall-disappointed-in-kagi...

Expresses it a bit better...

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