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Google used to have that feature: https://www.ghacks.net/2011/03/10/google-adds-block-all-domain-results-to-search/ https://www.ghacks.net/2011/03/10/google-add
by rbinv 5y ago
Google used to have that feature: https://www.ghacks.net/2011/03/10/google-adds-block-all-domain-results-to-search/ https://www.ghacks.net/2011/03/10/google-adds-block-all-doma...
In my opinion, back then, they needed the data as a training set for spammy domain detection. Now that SERP spam is no longer a serious issue (in Google's eyes anyway), why bother. Google always knows what's best for you.
- Arnavion 5y ago>Now that SERP spam is no longer a serious issue (in Google's eyes anyway) Given the number of clones of StackOverflow and GitHub that show up on the front page, even at the cost of replacing the original SO and GH links that they copied from, I can only assume either Google's eyes are blind or the search engine devs are so good at their job that they never need to Google anything themselves.
- tetsusaiga 5y agoAnother fun one— next time a public figure dies, especially a slightly more obscure one, just google them/their death. Whole first page is just poorly written fiverr style articles, all by people for whom English is clearly a second language, at best. Eventually, legit stuff gets on the first page too, but theres a few instances where weeks later the first result is still one of these garbage seo-torture sites. Has really made me lose my faith in google lately.
- dreamcompiler 5y agoI'd be surprised if Googlers don't have an internal tool to filter out the crap that only they can use.
- sio8ohPi 5y agoAsked last week: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30733227 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30733227 TL;DR: No.
- ncann 5y agoWow, I'm surprised that I never remembered that feature existed. I wonder why they removed it, just like why they removed the insanely helpful "Cached" feature.
- Blackthorn 5y agoCached likely went away for the same reason image search was made to suck, legal issues.
- poglet 5y agoOn the topic of image search, duckduckgo links directly to the image file like Google used to do. It's my go to for image search.
- naoqj 5y agoCached still exists, press the 3 points next to the url.
- Blackthorn 5y agoStill exists in some urls. It used to be virtually universal.