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uBlacklist – Block specific sites from appearing in Google search results
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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…
The interesting thing is that Google could do this easily if they wanted to, but for some reason they don't. After all, if you can do it as an end user and in a low enough amount of time that it is worth it for you then surely Google can do it, they get to amortize that time across many more users.
Google in general has an aversion to giving users control. Their product vision is an omniscient AI that gives you enough of what you want that you'll tolerate the ads. The removal of user control is aided in many cases by justifications around security and UX design simplicity ("users don't know what they want"). But really it's about keeping control on the AI side.
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Am I the only one that is annoyed by people taking a chainsaw to the English language in the name of linguistic determinism?
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I think I remember somewhere that they said a very high percentage of searches are totally unique i.e. never queried before thus not served from cache. I don't think they reword searches like Google does for a higher cache hit rate.
I never thought about that. That could explain a lot. Although I also recall Google themselves saying a lot of their queries are totally unique anyway.
> Although I also recall Google themselves saying a lot of their queries are totally unique anyway.
Which is probably why search quality is going down. They're rewriting your query to a more common way of saying the same thing, at least according to Google.
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ignoring social justice concerns, "blocklist" is a more descriptive word
No it's not. List of filesystem blocks? List of block devices?
Or use blacklist, a word that has a definition that predates modern computing and non-English speakers can quickly translate using any old translator, dictionary, etc.
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#237you.com let's you select the sources and apps you want to see more of in the appstore you.com/apps
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#238I'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 there a way to get rid of results with listicle titles like "8 Best Toasters to Buy in 2022"?
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That particular framing only has "power" if we give it. Once you open that can of worms, you will struggle to put it back. Next up we get white, yellow and red. Take all the words out there that use those and imagine what chaos and hatred it'll cause when we start trying to accommodate everyone.
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I suggest approaching this issue from the other angle - which alternatives are worse than whitelist/blacklist in your opinion?