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Re: New Chrome extension: block sites from Google’s web search results

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Post by Shamiq »

ErrantX wrote: post #97
Matt_Cutts wrote: post #49

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.

So, does this mean expertsexchange will eventually get shoved down the search results? (AKA great stuff!)

Definitely misread that as:

ExpertSexChange

Re: New Chrome extension: block sites from Google’s web search results

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Post by alanh »

Shamiq wrote: post #151
ErrantX wrote: post #97

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So, does this mean expertsexchange will eventually get shoved down the search results? (AKA great stuff!)

Definitely misread that as: ExpertSexChange

Yup, that’s why they added hyphens to their domain a few years ago

Re: New Chrome extension: block sites from Google’s web search results

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Post by alanh »

lawfulfalafel wrote: post #153

Isn't anyone else kind of bewildered by this? I mean this is kind of like if a kid pissed all over the floor in wal-mart, and when you notified an employee about it they gave you a mop to clean it up yourself.

I just know you’re going to get downvoted for being unappreciative, but I love the analogy (for its color). And you’re right, it’s a striking “solution.”

Re: New Chrome extension: block sites from Google’s web search results

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Post by georgemcbay »

lawfulfalafel wrote: post #153

Isn't anyone else kind of bewildered by this? I mean this is kind of like if a kid pissed all over the floor in wal-mart, and when you notified an employee about it they gave you a mop to clean it up yourself.

It is more like being in a Walmart full of zombies and having all the Walmart employees killing zombies as fast as they can but then when you ask what is up with all the zombies they hand you a shotgun so you can help them by killing the zombies in your immediate vicinity.

On the one hand, in an ideal world there wouldn't be a large and ever growing number of zombies at Walmart, but on the other hand, thanks a million for the shotgun because I'd rather get to killing some zombies myself than whine about the fact that the Walmart employees aren't killing them fast enough while they are eating my brains.

Re: New Chrome extension: block sites from Google’s web search results

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Post by jonknee »

pamelafox wrote: post #137
klbarry wrote: post #67

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I really often get exactly the answer I need from Yahoo Answers, just to throw that in there...

I've found that there are some more taboo (but valid) questions that are only ever answered on Yahoo! Answers, presumably because people aren't worried about their identity there. For an extreme example: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20071113122412AA... (Warning: Taboo. And the answer probably isn't relevant to 95% of the posters here. :)

I found Wikipedia's answer to be of much higher quality (and properly cited).

Re: New Chrome extension: block sites from Google’s web search results

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Post by rapicastillo »

ErrantX wrote: post #97
Matt_Cutts wrote: post #49

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.

So, does this mean expertsexchange will eventually get shoved down the search results? (AKA great stuff!)

Touche! I always get frustrated upon knowing that the answer is blurred and I go "Ack expertsexchange"
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