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Google Introduces Domain Blocking To Search

Posted by Soulskill on from the see-you-later-yahoo-answers dept.

An anonymous reader writes "We recently discussed a new Chrome extension that was introduced to block specified websites from appearing in search results. Now, Google has introduced a new feature that hide results from unwanted domains right from the search page. This is yet another way to find more of what you want on Google by blocking the sites you don't want to see at all in search result. The so-called 'experts exchange' or 'online eHow to guide' would be first on my blocked list." Another neat recent addition was the introduction of Recipe View, which adds depth to food preparation searches.

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  1. Heh... by drosboro · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Funny... I just blacklisted Experts-Exchange on my very first search... before I read this article/summary. Apparently I'm not alone in thinking it is the main scourge of the internet. :)

    1. Re:Heh... by Hyppy · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Nah, the site scraper ones are pretty obvious because they'll be repeated verbatim across twenty sites with unrecognizable domain names. Often the "answer" will be incomprehensible, in a foreign language, or just plain wrong. I hate those mailing list aggregator sites for that very reason.

    2. Re:Heh... by gstoddart · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Ya... Like by scrolling to the end of the page where all the answers are, visible to everyone?

      I keep hearing people say this, but every time I get a search result that hits experts exchange, the answer is obscured and there is no way to see it.

      Are you doing something different than the rest of us? Because I sure as heck don't see the answers there.

      At this point, I'd happily block that from my search results.

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  2. My ideal list by Abstrackt · · Score: 2, Insightful

    My ideal list would automatically exclude variations on "be the first to review..." when researching a purchase but just keeping expert sexchange out of the results is already a huge improvement.

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    They say a little knowledge is a dangerous thing, but it's not one half so bad as a lot of ignorance. - Terry Pratchett
  3. Re:What's wrong with Experts Exchange by Hyppy · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The "End" key on my keyboard works wonderfully for scrolling to the bottom of the EE page. It's a problem of whether or not any other sites even have the answer I'm looking for. If I can find it in a more convenient format, I'm generally all ears, but most of the other sites that look relevant in searches are just one of the hundreds of poor copies of email/newsletter digests that are never answered. Those bass-ackwards email aggregators would be the absolute first thing on my list to block.

  4. How about about.com by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Insightful

    I am going to block about.com.... the most worthless %#$## site in the world. Nothing but a content copying bunch of BS.

  5. Re:What's wrong with Experts Exchange by tzenes · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I think there is a bit of history here youre missing.

    Originally, EE was a free site (like wikipedia) where people contributed to the benefit of all. Now at some point the makers of EE "sold out" and the new owners threw up the membership fee.

    Now I can see why you might think "so what," but for those of us who contributed only to have someone cash in on out hard work leaves a bad taste in our mouths. We thought we were making the world a better place, but really we were building someone elses' empire

  6. Experts-Exchange vs StackOverflow by Zouden · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I find that Experts-Exchange is all but gone from my (IT-related) search results, supplanted entirely by StackOverflow. I think EE were in trouble even without this Google feature.

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  7. Hopefully it will affect page rank by sdguero · · Score: 4, Insightful

    It'd be cool if google took users' blacklisting habit as feedback into their algorithm to determine page rank. I'd love to see sites like experts exchange and link farmers get dropped off the first page of results.

  8. Re:Here Goes .... by DNS-and-BIND · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Psychological projection is a psychological defense mechanism where a person unconsciously denies his or her own attributes, thoughts, and emotions, which are then ascribed to the outside world, such as to other people. Thus, projection involves imagining or projecting the belief that others have those feelings.

    Any one of a hundred reasons it could be so. You automatically assuming "IT'S TEH ENEMY!!! OMG" says more about you than it does the original poster.

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