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Google used to have a feature where you could filter out whole domains for any reason. I wonder why they don't bring that back and then use that as a (non-deter
by Jordan-117 3y ago
Google used to have a feature where you could filter out whole domains for any reason. I wonder why they don't bring that back and then use that as a (non-determinative) signal for deciding which domains to ban themselves. They index a lot of sites obvs but you'd think a user-curated list of the top 100 or 1000 spammy domains would be useful info to have.
- malfist 3y agoGoogle has never had that feature. There have been browser extensions that could do it though
- asah 3y agoLOL it was probably an n% experiment that OP got into!
- travem 3y agoThere is the Programmable Search Engine feature that you could set up to do this kind of filtering. Here's a quick example that excludes *.gov domains - https://cse.google.com/cse?cx=55d5f36c6916f4526 https://cse.google.com/cse?cx=55d5f36c6916f4526 The visual style of the results is much more reminiscent of an older style search engine results page which I kind of like
- dpkirchner 3y agoWhile it's true that google.com didn't have the feature, Google used to offer an official extension that implemented this feature.
- Jordan-117 3y agoYes, it was the official Personal Blocklist extension: https://searchengineland.com/googles-personal-blocklist-delete-google-search-results-on-chrome-64757 https://searchengineland.com/googles-personal-blocklist-dele...
- darig 3y ago[dead]
- j45 3y agoProbably a few more zeros on that 1000 to get to the spammy domains, and including those doing seo hijacking
- nicbou 3y agoImagine all the emergency meetings it would trigger at Pinterest, Quora, Business Insider and Forbes