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I took a look at the linked block list[0]. There's a lot of junk in it, but I'm also seeing a lot of sites that have, in my opinion, pretty decent content. My

by tiagod 1y ago

I took a look at the linked block list[0]. There's a lot of junk in it, but I'm also seeing a lot of sites that have, in my opinion, pretty decent content. My approach with Kagi is just to block SEO spam when it shows up in my results, but I don't think good SEO means it's a bad site with no useful results. [0] https://paste.flamedfury.com/flamedfury-kagi-block-list https://paste.flamedfury.com/flamedfury-kagi-block-list

freedomben 1y ago
Indeed, I despise SEO spammy sites and block them aggressively in Kagi, but I see many sites on there that do have good content, often paired with good SEO and lots of ads. I have blocked sites that have good content due to invasive ads before so I'm not one to cast stones, but I wouldn't blindly use this list as you're likely going to be cutting out some potentially good sources.
TehShrike 1y ago
I had the same reaction – his list includes washingtonpost.com, amazon.com, alternativeto.net, medium.com, twitter.com, msn.com, etc. He dumped his entire blocklist, which must include a bunch of sites that he finds personally annoying. Here is the list of domains owned by the 16 companies discussed in the post that he linked to: https://codeberg.org/bbbhltz/16CompaniesFilters/src/branch/main/16companies.txt https://codeberg.org/bbbhltz/16CompaniesFilters/src/branch/m...
- bbbhltz 1y ago
  The "16 companies" blocklist is pretty extreme too. I sometimes want to exclude sites from it, but that would be against the spirit of the list.
fLaMEd 1y ago
Yo, I'll spend a bit of time splitting the lists up. Obviously, there are a number of websites in there outside the 16 Companies from the linked article in my post, and the Kagi top blocked domains that I've added myself as I scroll through search results. I understand that my taste may not be for everybody so will make it clearer in the post and give a bit more options. Sound good?

by tiagod 1y ago

freedomben 1y ago

Indeed, I despise SEO spammy sites and block them aggressively in Kagi, but I see many sites on there that do have good content, often paired with good SEO and lots of ads. I have blocked sites that have good content due to invasive ads before so I'm not one to cast stones, but I wouldn't blindly use this list as you're likely going to be cutting out some potentially good sources.

TehShrike 1y ago

I had the same reaction – his list includes washingtonpost.com, amazon.com, alternativeto.net, medium.com, twitter.com, msn.com, etc. He dumped his entire blocklist, which must include a bunch of sites that he finds personally annoying. Here is the list of domains owned by the 16 companies discussed in the post that he linked to: https://codeberg.org/bbbhltz/16CompaniesFilters/src/branch/main/16companies.txt https://codeberg.org/bbbhltz/16CompaniesFilters/src/branch/m...

bbbhltz 1y ago
The "16 companies" blocklist is pretty extreme too. I sometimes want to exclude sites from it, but that would be against the spirit of the list.

fLaMEd 1y ago

Yo, I'll spend a bit of time splitting the lists up. Obviously, there are a number of websites in there outside the 16 Companies from the linked article in my post, and the Kagi top blocked domains that I've added myself as I scroll through search results. I understand that my taste may not be for everybody so will make it clearer in the post and give a bit more options. Sound good?