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Filters to block and remove copycat-websites from DuckDuckGo, Google and other

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Re: Filters to block and remove copycat-websites from DuckDuckGo, Google and other

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Post by ratww »

slig wrote: post #32
mcfedr wrote: post #21

I never understood why Google isn't blocking these crap results, it's really making my experience of search really bad for a light of my searches

They used to be superb on detecting duplicated content. They also were extremely good at detecting spam/ham. Nowadays it feels like they don't even care anymore and whatever filters they have are either broken or untrained.

Were they? I remember having to manually block myself a lot of those copycat wikipedia/stackoverflow sites back in 2011 or 2012 when they had the domain-blocklist option available for users. When the feature was removed, it all came back.

Maybe the problem is just that there are more of those now.

Re: Filters to block and remove copycat-websites from DuckDuckGo, Google and other

#52

Post by Quenhus »

gorhill wrote: post #49
Quenhus wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's actually really cool, thanks! However, the link don't work from HN for me. For the link to work, users need to click from a trusted domain listed here https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/blob/bba4732c6b47134c3f54e...

From 1.41.5b2 and above, it works on non-"trusted" sites with right-clicking the link, there will be an entry on the contextual menu to import the list. For older versions of uBO, you can already use the old way: abp:subscribe?location=[...]

Thanks for your incredibly fast response and help. (Do you have a notification when your username is invoked in HN?) And of course, thanks for uBO!

In my case, the issue is that GitHub doesn't allow the apb|ubo protocol in links. However, no problem, I can use the method with "subscribe.adblockplus.org". Yet, subscribing from contextual menu is a great feature.

Re: Filters to block and remove copycat-websites from DuckDuckGo, Google and other

#53

Post by richardfey »

slig wrote: post #32
mcfedr wrote: post #21

I never understood why Google isn't blocking these crap results, it's really making my experience of search really bad for a light of my searches

They used to be superb on detecting duplicated content. They also were extremely good at detecting spam/ham. Nowadays it feels like they don't even care anymore and whatever filters they have are either broken or untrained.

Bring back the panda, I say!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Panda

Re: Filters to block and remove copycat-websites from DuckDuckGo, Google and other

#54

Post by richardfey »

hughrr wrote: post #37
giancarlostoro wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Reminds me of going to Google Images, and getting sent to Pinterest... which is not where the image is sourced out of.

Pinterest is one of those sites that really makes me want to strangle someone. It’s just an abhorrent walled garden of other people’s property.

Pinterest is one of those sites that I would block forever, if I could customise my search experience.

Re: Filters to block and remove copycat-websites from DuckDuckGo, Google and other

#55

Post by willis936 »

stuckkeys wrote: post #44
willis936 wrote: post #13

Bless you. This took 30 seconds to put on my phone and laptop and has already improved my results so much.

Phone? Can you elaborate more on this. Are you on Android or iOS?

iOS. I use Safari and adguard. It supports custom block lists.

Re: Filters to block and remove copycat-websites from DuckDuckGo, Google and other

#57

Post by stuckkeys »

willis936 wrote: post #55
stuckkeys wrote: post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Phone? Can you elaborate more on this. Are you on Android or iOS?

iOS. I use Safari and adguard. It supports custom block lists.

Which list or url are you using? I have adguard also. Thanks for the input. Did not know you could do that.

Re: Filters to block and remove copycat-websites from DuckDuckGo, Google and other

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Post by is_true »

slig wrote: post #32
mcfedr wrote: post #21

I never understood why Google isn't blocking these crap results, it's really making my experience of search really bad for a light of my searches

They used to be superb on detecting duplicated content. They also were extremely good at detecting spam/ham. Nowadays it feels like they don't even care anymore and whatever filters they have are either broken or untrained.

I had lot of problems with "duplicated content" from sites that published the same content as I did and outranked my site.

Re: Filters to block and remove copycat-websites from DuckDuckGo, Google and other

#59

Post by xahrepap »

I know there’s some serious chicken/egg issue here, and solves a different problem than Google or DDG. but I think what I need is a way to “Like” or “Favorite” a page I’m on (maybe just a bookmark?) and that triggers my personal search indexer which will then index that page.

Then maybe optionally “follow” other people’s favorites as part of your own results. Imagine someone crawling Twitter or SoF and you just “follow” their index and it gets merged with your results and disable/enable them for specific searches.

I’ve been thinking about it a lot lately because I often am trying to remember something that helped me or I wanted to remember. But I can’t find it in my FF history. And Bookmarks feel too clunky.

Re: Filters to block and remove copycat-websites from DuckDuckGo, Google and other

#60

Post by willis936 »

stuckkeys wrote: post #57
willis936 wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

iOS. I use Safari and adguard. It supports custom block lists.

Which list or url are you using? I have adguard also. Thanks for the input. Did not know you could do that.

The one listed in the OP repo:

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/quenhus/uBlock-Origin-dev-...

Adguard picks up 588 rules.

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