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So, does this mean expertsexchange will eventually get shoved down the search results? (AKA great stuff!)
I installed the extension and blocked experts exchange first thing ... not sure if I'll even use it for any other sites ...
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What role did Hacker News play in bringing about this feature?
Thats a very important question, as without an answer it seems like the original comment is just excellent Public Relations. *Did not mean to imply that it is PR :)
We've absolutely done similar things in the past, but that comment was the spark behind this most recent Chrome extension. I hope that's specific enough. :)
1. http://bit.ly/gTADhE 2. Click Install, close page 3. Open each of the links below in a new tab, click block on the first result 4. Win. http://www.google.com/search?q=Mahalo http://www.google.com/search?q=ehow http://www.google.com/search?q=experts-exchange http://www.google.com/search?q=livestrong.com http://www.google.com/search?q=answerbag http://www.google.com/search?q=bills.com http://www.google.com/search?q=…
Doesn't this tell Google "Mahalo is a spam result if I search for 'Mahalo'"? Seems like you should do this when you get one of these and you wanted Stackoverflow.
I just wanted to say thanks to all the people on Hacker News who asked for this option. We'll look at offering a "block site" option directly in the search results over time, but it takes longer to write, test, and launch that code. In the mean time, use this extension to clean up your own search results and tell us which sites you don't want to see in Google.
Matt, I don’t understand why Google need to offer blocking as a user option. Any web netizen with some experience can tell at a glance the spammy and low-quality results on a SERP, but Google, with their vast knowledge and experience and their ability to monitor all sorts and aspects of user clicking behaviour, cannot?
Getting users to do the work will help with the most egregious abuses. One thing that content farms are good at is coming up with answers for questions that don't have an answer available on-line. For example, the query "what's the personal cell phone number of ?" will just take you to a spam farm because that's the only kind of website that claims to know the answer.
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My first round includes eHow, Mahalo, Associated Content, Experts Exchange, Squidoo and Examiner. Update: I added answers.yahoo.com as well, which has consistently terrible content and yet is often highly ranked.
Experts Exchange used to be a scam, showing fake results. But now, they just roll them to the bottom of the page. I don't endorse them or like them, but they've had decent quality answers several times.
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So, does this mean expertsexchange will eventually get shoved down the search results? (AKA great stuff!)
I installed the extension and blocked experts exchange first thing ... not sure if I'll even use it for any other sites ...
I know this is a legit extension from Google. By why is this extension not marked as Verified author? https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/nolijncfnkgaikbjbd... The "nolijncfnkgaikbjbdaogikpmpbdcdef" makes it look suspicious as well.
1. http://bit.ly/gTADhE 2. Click Install, close page 3. Open each of the links below in a new tab, click block on the first result 4. Win. http://www.google.com/search?q=Mahalo http://www.google.com/search?q=ehow http://www.google.com/search?q=experts-exchange http://www.google.com/search?q=livestrong.com http://www.google.com/search?q=answerbag http://www.google.com/search?q=bills.com http://www.google.com/search?q=…
about.com actually has some interesting information from time to time. Secondly, the first link that appears for me when you search for experts-exchange is wikipedia.