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Re:Tell: Google search is getting worse by lenkite on Sunday April 02, 2023 @08:26AM (#35409843)
I generally have to make extensive use of stuff like "-inurl:DONOTSEARCHHERE". I have a long string that I copy paste into the search location bar.
Re:Tell: Google search is getting worse by avibhu on Sunday April 02, 2023 @08:59AM (#35410045)
Can you share that string please?
Re:Tell: Google search is getting worse by ditn on Sunday April 02, 2023 @09:01AM (#35410061)
You can set a custom filter in uBlock Origin to do this for you - here's an example filtering out Pinterest garbage:

google.##.g:has(a[href=".pinterest."]) google.##a[href=".pinterest."]:nth-ancestor(1)

https://awesometoast.com/argh-stop-the-pinterest-results/

Re:Tell: Google search is getting worse by Kye on Sunday April 02, 2023 @11:49AM (#35411802)
Pinterest is an odd case. It's not quite like usual SEO spam because it's immensely useful for what it is (collecting images and links while planning stuff, art references, etc). But then they use whatever sneaky tactics they use to flood search, so people who aren't Pinterest users think it's garbage. Pinterest probably doesn't need to do this to rank highly since it's actually useful. I don't know what they're thinking.
Re:Tell: Google search is getting worse by nicbou on Sunday April 02, 2023 @01:08PM (#35412691)
uBlocklist does this far more elegantly. It's another one of those tools I forget about until I use a browser without it.