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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 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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      Lost at C:>. Found at C.
  2. Re:Now that is a useful feature by 0100010001010011 · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's a bit bigoted of slashdot to LGBT community.
    Leave Expert Sex Change Alone.

  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. 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