uBlacklist: Blocks specific sites from appearing in Google search results

Re:uBlacklist: Blocks specific sites from appearing in Googl... by SOLAR_FIELDS on Monday December 13, 2021 @08:25PM (#29547026)

I am not sure of the current state of affairs, but in the past (5-10 years ago or longer) w3schools was known for having outdated or sometimes flat out wrong information. They often rank or ranked higher than MDN which is usually the best and most comprehensive source on the subject. So a front end dev would typically want to always see MDN over w3schools.

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Re:uBlacklist: Blocks specific sites from appearing in Googl... by neilpa on Monday December 13, 2021 @08:45PM (#29547174)

My w3schools workaround is appending `mdn` to any search for something related to web standards

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Re:uBlacklist: Blocks specific sites from appearing in Googl... by 42jd on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @12:33AM (#29548581)

I have been part of the beta test for kagi search engine (kagi.com) and my favorite feature is you can prefer/mute websites. So for example I prefer MDN so the site is ranked higher if it shows in the search results. Note I’m unaffiliated with them but the product/team is great so rooting for them to succeed.

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Re:uBlacklist: Blocks specific sites from appearing in Googl... by eitland on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @02:44AM (#29549263)

I'm using Kagi at the moment and not only does it have nice features like this but it is also a fantastic search engine.

Maybe the best way to explain how fantastic it is is that I think it has a bang operator like DDG but I have never tested it because when I look at the results they are obviously better than DDG or Google.

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Re:uBlacklist: Blocks specific sites from appearing in Googl... by nefitty on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @02:02AM (#29549028)

I love the preference idea... I'm going to implement that in my personal search engine.

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Re:uBlacklist: Blocks specific sites from appearing in Googl... by blondin on Monday December 13, 2021 @11:44PM (#29548329)

pretty much.

their contents was never the best or most relevant back then. but they gamed SEO to position themselves higher than most. they are doing better today? good for them. for some of us who have witnessed the whole thing happen, they will be ignored for a long time.

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Re:uBlacklist: Blocks specific sites from appearing in Googl... by jonnycomputer on Monday December 13, 2021 @09:39PM (#29547544)

^^^ this basically.

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