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It's really easy to find real reviews. The magic trick is -affiliate -amazon. You can add other qualifiers as well. Try it: https://www.google.com/search?q=mac

It's really easy to find real reviews. The magic trick is -affiliate -amazon. You can add other qualifiers as well. Try it: https://www.google.com/search?q=macbook+m3+pro+review+-affiliate+-amazon+-site%3Ayoutube.com+-site%3Alinkedin.com+-site%3Afacebook.com https://www.google.com/search?q=macbook+m3+pro+review+-affil... Reviews financed via affiliate links are just camouflaged ads. So Google should offer a filter to remove all of them. I add similar qualifiers to almost all of my searches. They make the web feel like it's 2010 again.

sherr 2y ago
That seems to be a great tip. Thanks.
eproxus 2y ago
Awesome tip. I made a Kagi lens with these settings: https://kagi.com/lenses/0MqOTt5t5MajrIkHAqHEgDeoKzF1a4TS https://kagi.com/lenses/0MqOTt5t5MajrIkHAqHEgDeoKzF1a4TS (Can’t share example results since Kagi doesn’t let you share results from lenses)
- janalsncm 2y ago
  The results would only be notable if they were substantially better than the Google results.
  - richwater 2y ago
    Doesn't Kagi currently pay to access Google's index?
    - janalsncm 2y ago
      I think so, but they do rerank the results. The only major engines that run their own indexes are Google, Bing, Yandex, and Baidu.
kuschku 2y ago
EDIT: If Google decides to ever remove this useful feature as well, here's an archive link showing what the results used to look like at the time of posting: https://archive.is/5KwA6 https://archive.is/5KwA6.
account42 2y ago
In general, for most searches I just want to filter out ad-supported sites completely (including affiliate ads but also all ohers). Those will always have misaligned incentives. Of course Google will never provide this because their incentives are also misaligned, being the biggest online advertising company.