I agree with geius that I'd rather have some indication of what I've blocked. I like the Murdoch blocker (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/moepiacmhnmbiilhpo...) for that reason - it'll tell you why it's blocked you from a site, and gives you the option to whitelist it.
I know that, on the face of it, sounds dumb, but there's some that annoy _everyone_.
experts-exchange was the first site I've blocked, for example. Anyone have a list of those annoying sites that pop up when you're trying to search for some obscure error message etc? I'd love to be a bit proactive.
Background: Had an account since April 2007, had reviews removed, last month had my account deleted without notice or warning. I emailed asking for a reason, but have heard nothing.
Yelp uses its "rank" in Google, Yahoo, et. al to bribe and extort small businesses, to prevent facts from being public knowledge, and to censor citizen reporting.
If a small business doesn't have its own website, Yelp is usually the first thing that pops up in a search; it knows this and milks it for everything it can.
What I did: go to Stack Overflow, pick the most popular question of the month and search on Google. Lots of 'mirrors' will appear (probably not on the first page) and you can use your judgement.
bigresource.com - copies content from elsewhere and injects ads
daniweb.com - terrible quality discussion
ehow.com - for when you want a step above Yahoo Answers
"If you don't like a site that appears in your search results, you can block all the pages within that site. Then you won't see any of those pages when you're signed in and searching on Google. If you change your mind, you can unblock the site later.
Sites will be blocked only for you, but Google may use everyone's blocking information to improve the ranking of search results overall.
You may block up to 500 sites."
This is a bit off topic, but do you know a better resource than this w3schools page on Javascript and DOM? [1] I'm just learning now, and it's really frustrating me that I can't find a better resource.
There was a Chinese knock-off (counterfeit) goods spamming Craigslist heavily a year or so back, hosting a bunch of domains out of a Fremont datacenter.
Too many domains to list individually. It's cases like this that make aggregate blocking/banning approaches far more valuable.
The problem with individual blocklists is that they have to be maintained, and over time they suffer from bitrot. And life is hard and I want a pony.
Whether or not it's legitimate, the number of people that don't find a site helpful, and block it, is probably correlated with the chance that a random Google searcher won't find it helpful.
Does anyone know if there's a parallel way to block sites from their Shopping search? If not, this would be a wonderful feature.
There are a few "low price" sites that keep popping up in my results, but never actually offer goods for sale at these teaser prices. I'd love to never be tempted by them again.
It doesn't seem to work. I've blocked w3schools, and they're still 2nd result for "doctype" (perhaps it's an US-only feature? Google keeps redirecting me to .co.uk search)
I don't want Google to block any sites. I don't need nor want a personalized internet filter bubble. What I want Google to do is learn to recognize spammy or irrelevant sites and rank them lower.
This will give their "almighty algorithm" a great input for recognizing "spammy" sites.
Of course, as soon as it starts working, we'll get various religious or politically motivated groups blocking sites they don't agree with, and blackhat SEOs selling packages of botnetted or mechanical turk-ed "blocks" of your competitor's sites...
[+] [-] FiddlerClamp|14 years ago|reply
I agree with geius that I'd rather have some indication of what I've blocked. I like the Murdoch blocker (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/moepiacmhnmbiilhpo...) for that reason - it'll tell you why it's blocked you from a site, and gives you the option to whitelist it.
[+] [-] muppetman|14 years ago|reply
I know that, on the face of it, sounds dumb, but there's some that annoy _everyone_.
experts-exchange was the first site I've blocked, for example. Anyone have a list of those annoying sites that pop up when you're trying to search for some obscure error message etc? I'd love to be a bit proactive.
[+] [-] shawnee_|14 years ago|reply
Background: Had an account since April 2007, had reviews removed, last month had my account deleted without notice or warning. I emailed asking for a reason, but have heard nothing.
Yelp uses its "rank" in Google, Yahoo, et. al to bribe and extort small businesses, to prevent facts from being public knowledge, and to censor citizen reporting.
If a small business doesn't have its own website, Yelp is usually the first thing that pops up in a search; it knows this and milks it for everything it can.
[+] [-] pigbucket|14 years ago|reply
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[+] [-] mattgreenrocks|14 years ago|reply
[+] [-] dredmorbius|14 years ago|reply
I hate hate hate the thought of having to do all my Google searches logged in though.
[+] [-] laughinghan|14 years ago|reply
Why? See http://w3fools.com
[+] [-] blahedo|14 years ago|reply
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[+] [-] misuse-permit|14 years ago|reply
Java : Javadoc :: Javascript : ????
[1] - http://www.w3schools.com/jsref/
[+] [-] zabraxias|14 years ago|reply
[+] [-] dredmorbius|14 years ago|reply
There was a Chinese knock-off (counterfeit) goods spamming Craigslist heavily a year or so back, hosting a bunch of domains out of a Fremont datacenter.
Too many domains to list individually. It's cases like this that make aggregate blocking/banning approaches far more valuable.
The problem with individual blocklists is that they have to be maintained, and over time they suffer from bitrot. And life is hard and I want a pony.
[+] [-] mmuro|14 years ago|reply
This to me says "If we get enough reports of a site being blocked, we're going to make sure everyone's Google searches will block you."
I think this is great for spam sites, but for legitimate sites (whether you like w3schools or not) I can certainly see this as annoying.
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[+] [-] nkurz|14 years ago|reply
There are a few "low price" sites that keep popping up in my results, but never actually offer goods for sale at these teaser prices. I'd love to never be tempted by them again.
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[+] [-] misuse-permit|14 years ago|reply
True, it's ugly and written at a 6th grade reading level, but it's sometimes useful. It's certainly not a spam site.
[1] - http://beaguide.about.com/
[+] [-] dredmorbius|14 years ago|reply
[+] [-] drivebyacct2|14 years ago|reply
Official announcement (from March): http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/03/hide-sites-to-find-mo...
There has been previous discussion on HN as well: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2310310 and discussion of the Chrome extension that led to it: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2218382
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[+] [-] bigiain|14 years ago|reply
Of course, as soon as it starts working, we'll get various religious or politically motivated groups blocking sites they don't agree with, and blackhat SEOs selling packages of botnetted or mechanical turk-ed "blocks" of your competitor's sites...
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