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Just give users the ability to blacklist domains when searching; pretty soon you'll have a decent list of what users consider worthless.

And pintrest would die.



Google used to have such a feature.

It would be nice if Google would ask you the simple question: "Did you find what you're looking for?" Instead they rely on the assumption that users only stop looking when they've found what they're looking for.

These days, there's a reasonably high chance that I quit looking because I gave up in futility--not because I found what I was looking for.

It's also the case that there's no way to train Google not to omit search terms or generalize them to the point of uselessness.

I really wish abusive SEO were the only problem but it's far from the case. Search results being crappy is a cumulative effect. You could solve SEO spam and I'll still not be able to find a USB SuperSpeed cable because it gets generalized to "usb cable" and there are a gazillion more charging cables than there are SuperSpeed cables.

Used to be that you could quote things to indicate that you really meant it. That's fuzzy now too. Every time we figure out how to circumvent the bad results, features are removed.


uBlock Origin static filters to the rescue!

Block results from specific domains on Google or DDG:

    google.*##.g:has(a[href*="thetopsites.com"])
    duckduckgo.*##.results > div:has(a[href*="thetopsites.com"])
And it's even possible to target element content with regex with the `:has-text(/regex/)` selector.

    google.*##.g:has(*:has-text(/bye topic of noninterest/i))
    duckduckgo.*##.results > div:has(*:has-text(/bye topic of noninterest/i))
Bonus content: Ever tried getting rid of Medium's obnoxious cookie notification? Just nuke it from orbit:

    *##body>div:has(div:has-text(/To make Medium work.*Privacy Policy.*Cookie Policy/i))


>And pintrest would die.

They're friends with the king, so don't hold you breath.




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