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Show HN: A Chrome extension to exclude Pinterest from Google search results

43 points by giza182 8y ago

rShergold 8y ago
This is an excellent idea. For me, Pinterest ruins search in a few ways. First up. I don't have a Pinterest account. This means when I click an image result I can't actually get to the full-size image without logging in. Second, since all their content is stolen the original source of the image is pushed way down in the results (if it's in there at all). Finally, I get the feeling there are a lot of bot created Pinterest boards as images tend to be shown beside completely unrelated images.
hienyimba 8y ago
Agreed. Pinterest is a cancer. But is it really a big enough problem for the majority of "normal" internet users?
- virusduck 8y ago
  I think it is definitely worth this extension. Any sort of How-To search at this point ends up linking to worthless Pinterest sites of pictures and broken links that may or may not have anything to do with my search (even if on the Google results page it seems they do). I keep getting bit by this, and I look forward to a FF extension too.
jms703 8y ago
Personal Blocklist (made by Google) is nice, as you can exclude many domains from search results.
- ASalazarMX 8y ago
  That extension is just a placebo. It doesn't exclude search results, it just hides them. If your search returns many unwanted results, enjoy paginating a handful of links at a time. It filters only web searches; news, images, videos, etc. are not. I used and dropped it last year. Maybe it has improved, but I doubt it will ever replace the removed "block this site" feature Google had. That worked.
farco 8y ago
Nice work! I can't wait to fork this and block tech radar. It's a shame google won't let you do this from your account.
kpgraham 8y ago
This is not a big problem, but it is annoying enough that I downloaded the extension. I'd like to see a Firefox extension, too. I have been making little JavaScript extensions to do things like sift eBay results and remove sponsored links from searches on some sites. None are mainstream, but they are used and useful.
- abhishekjha 8y ago
  Any good place to start making extensions? I have been learning Javascript lately.
  - mchahn 8y ago
    Check out tampermonkey. You can add javascript to any loaded webpage. It can often replace the need for an extension and it much simpler to use.
  - xkbd 8y ago
    You can build for any platform once you can write Javascript. Chrome or mozilla...
  - KingPrad 8y ago
    From Chrome (and maybe Firefox) you can export an extension to a local folder and view the source. Also, many are on github that you can check out and play with. Find one that does something very simple and tinker, first just changing some text in it, then making bigger changes to get a feel for it.
neengineering 8y ago
Almost as easy as adding -site:pinterest.* to the search
tyleralves 8y ago
Brilliant. I've always wanted this for w3schools.

43 points by giza182 8y ago

This is an excellent idea. For me, Pinterest ruins search in a few ways. First up. I don't have a Pinterest account. This means when I click an image result I can't actually get to the full-size image without logging in. Second, since all their content is stolen the original source of the image is pushed way down in the results (if it's in there at all). Finally, I get the feeling there are a lot of bot created Pinterest boards as images tend to be shown beside completely unrelated images.

hienyimba 8y ago

Agreed. Pinterest is a cancer. But is it really a big enough problem for the majority of "normal" internet users?

virusduck 8y ago
I think it is definitely worth this extension. Any sort of How-To search at this point ends up linking to worthless Pinterest sites of pictures and broken links that may or may not have anything to do with my search (even if on the Google results page it seems they do). I keep getting bit by this, and I look forward to a FF extension too.

jms703 8y ago

Personal Blocklist (made by Google) is nice, as you can exclude many domains from search results.

ASalazarMX 8y ago
That extension is just a placebo. It doesn't exclude search results, it just hides them. If your search returns many unwanted results, enjoy paginating a handful of links at a time. It filters only web searches; news, images, videos, etc. are not. I used and dropped it last year. Maybe it has improved, but I doubt it will ever replace the removed "block this site" feature Google had. That worked.

farco 8y ago

Nice work! I can't wait to fork this and block tech radar. It's a shame google won't let you do this from your account.

kpgraham 8y ago

This is not a big problem, but it is annoying enough that I downloaded the extension. I'd like to see a Firefox extension, too. I have been making little JavaScript extensions to do things like sift eBay results and remove sponsored links from searches on some sites. None are mainstream, but they are used and useful.

abhishekjha 8y ago
Any good place to start making extensions? I have been learning Javascript lately.
- mchahn 8y ago
  Check out tampermonkey. You can add javascript to any loaded webpage. It can often replace the need for an extension and it much simpler to use.
- xkbd 8y ago
  You can build for any platform once you can write Javascript. Chrome or mozilla...
- KingPrad 8y ago
  From Chrome (and maybe Firefox) you can export an extension to a local folder and view the source. Also, many are on github that you can check out and play with. Find one that does something very simple and tinker, first just changing some text in it, then making bigger changes to get a feel for it.

neengineering 8y ago

Almost as easy as adding -site:pinterest.* to the search

tyleralves 8y ago

Brilliant. I've always wanted this for w3schools.