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
#2Looks great and much better than my piecemeal efforts, although I recommend linking to a specific commit of all.txt so you aren't opening up your browser's ublock origin filter list to arbitrary remote control. Like:
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/quenhus/uBlock-Origin-dev-...
Re: Filters to block and remove copycat-websites from DuckDuckGo, Google and other
#3I really don't like these websites and I smash that back button as soon as I realize I've landed on one.
That said I'm amazed they are still showing up at the top of google search. My understanding was that that kind of behavior (which I think at least some other people do too) combined with the fact that they are just copying another much higher page ranked website would mean that they are highly unlikely to rank above the relevant stack overflow article that they are duping. So what is happening here?
Re: Filters to block and remove copycat-websites from DuckDuckGo, Google and other
#4Great, I will try that soon. These websites are infuriating
Re: Filters to block and remove copycat-websites from DuckDuckGo, Google and other
#5Missing from the title is:
> Specific to dev websites like StackOverflow or GitHub.
Before I noticed that, I had searched for pinterest and found nothing. Even marking the HN title with "dev" would be good.
If this were my list I'd add w3schools because to me, it's low quality, especially compared to mozilla.
Re: Filters to block and remove copycat-websites from DuckDuckGo, Google and other
#6To be fair, they are quite nice when the official website is down or blocked...
Re: Filters to block and remove copycat-websites from DuckDuckGo, Google and other
#7I've been using uBlacklist which adds a little block this site button to the google search results. Handy.
It is a browser extension and I haven't looked too deeply into it so if that's important to you perhaps have a browse over their repo etc before installing.
Re: Filters to block and remove copycat-websites from DuckDuckGo, Google and other
#8Looks great and much better than my piecemeal efforts, although I recommend linking to a specific commit of all.txt so you aren't opening up your browser's ublock origin filter list to arbitrary remote control. Like: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/quenhus/uBlock-Origin-dev-...
As the author of the filter, I strongly agree with you. However, I believe it would be too tedious for most people to update the filter "by hand". I think I'm going to add this important security information in the README.
Re: Filters to block and remove copycat-websites from DuckDuckGo, Google and other
#9To be fair, they are quite nice when the official website is down or blocked...
Google's cached version of pages can be another useful option, if you click on the ellipses to the right of a search result's address and then "cached" in the bottom right hand corner of the "About this result" box.
Re: Filters to block and remove copycat-websites from DuckDuckGo, Google and other
#10I really don't like these websites and I smash that back button as soon as I realize I've landed on one. That said I'm amazed they are still showing up at the top of google search. My understanding was that that kind of behavior (which I think at least some other people do too) combined with the fact that they are just copying another much higher page ranked website would mean that they are highly unlikely to rank ab…
I am not sure how GOOG weighs what happens after you click on a result, it would be clever of them to notice how quickly you click on another result for the same search and slightly downgrade the first link (though, what happens if you open the first three links into new tabs before you actually visit them, say). My assumption was that they just counted clicks as an upvote, so if these scammers can make it into the first page of results, they will tend to stay.