Ask HN: What sites, e.g. experts-exchange.com, would you remove from Google?

Re:Ask HN: What sites, e.g. experts-exchange.com, would you ... by skolor on Monday July 13, 2009 @10:10AM (#701701)

Its funny you mention experts-exchange. Whenever I see that as a search result, its usually a relief. I have yet to see an experts-exchange page that did not have the information I was looking for on it, even though they do make it rather difficult to find (You have to scroll all the way to the bottom to see the actual answer).

Compared to the huge number of real spam sites that usually come up when search for technology related questions, like all of those mailing-list archives/mirrors, and the huge number of pages that ripped old forum content, experts-exchange is amazing.

I can't really think of any pages I would want removed. I would like to see better pages for a lot of products, but that seems to have more to do with the manufacturers simply not creating the pages than with Google. Search results for physical goods seem to be fairly lacking, its always hard to find information about them and not just stores selling them.

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Re:Ask HN: What sites, e.g. experts-exchange.com, would you ... by ErrantX on Monday July 13, 2009 @10:59AM (#701813)

The thing with experts exchange is you have to pay to see the answers, right? (unless I have missed something).

Because they are all over google for most error related searches it is frustrating to click without looking and find a useless page (taunting you almost :P). It hides all the free useful pages with the same answers on :(

I wouldnt remove it from Google though - and I agree, it is better than all the spam link sites.

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Re:Ask HN: What sites, e.g. experts-exchange.com, would you ... by astrodust on Monday July 13, 2009 @11:15AM (#701847)

It implies that you need to pay to see the answers even though they are presented there on the page. The first block of "answers" is deliberately mangled to imply you need to pay to see them, and then there is a block of advertisements, but below that is the same answers presented in plain text.

Very shifty indeed.

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Re:Ask HN: What sites, e.g. experts-exchange.com, would you ... by rksprst on Monday July 13, 2009 @01:42PM (#702130)

I have an account there that I created years ago, and just login if I want to read an answer. I never paid for anything on the site.

It used to be free to register, so unless they've changed something, all you need to do is create an account.

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Re:Ask HN: What sites, e.g. experts-exchange.com, would you ... by timcederman on Monday July 13, 2009 @05:40PM (#702545)

You only need to sign in if you are NOT referred by Google.

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Re:Ask HN: What sites, e.g. experts-exchange.com, would you ... by Xichekolas on Monday July 13, 2009 @10:57AM (#701806)

I think a lot of people don't realize the answers are at the bottom, so they click on the link, see the request to register/pay to see the posts, and immediately back up, cursing the pseudo-paywall.

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Re:Ask HN: What sites, e.g. experts-exchange.com, would you ... by ErrantX on Monday July 13, 2009 @11:02AM (#701821)

I've seen people say this before - how do you mean "at the bottom". Every page I have seen highlights the "accepted answer" in green and does ask you to pay to access it..... am I missing a workaround?

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Re:Ask HN: What sites, e.g. experts-exchange.com, would you ... by aristus on Monday July 13, 2009 @11:10AM (#701836)

Their ploy changes sometimes, but the answer is always there on the page somewhere.

http://www.experts-exchange.com/Apple/Operating_Systems/OS_X...

If you scroll down a bit it says "answer is available to premium members". But the page would not rank on Google if it didn't have actual content. Scroll all the way to the very bottom of the page. (APPLE-DOWNARROW on Mac) Bingo.

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Re:Ask HN: What sites, e.g. experts-exchange.com, would you ... by ErrantX on Monday July 13, 2009 @11:30AM (#701882)

Hmm what browser do you use?

Firefox and Chrome on Windows XP dont appear to have content hidden anywhere.

This is what I see on the example you used. http://screencast.com/t/mJLb2rsD Any ideas where I am missing it? (checked the source too)

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Re:Ask HN: What sites, e.g. experts-exchange.com, would you ... by compay on Monday July 13, 2009 @11:27AM (#701877)

No, I scroll all the way down and don't see anything. Do you need to be logged in? Even if you only have to be logged in without paying, it's still annoying as heck.

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Re:Ask HN: What sites, e.g. experts-exchange.com, would you ... by timmaah on Monday July 13, 2009 @11:38AM (#701904)

It only works for certain referring pages. Google being one of them. Direct access, or a HN referral will not show the answers.

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Re:Ask HN: What sites, e.g. experts-exchange.com, would you ... by projektdotnet on Monday July 13, 2009 @08:29PM (#702818)

I never knew that, had to sign up for HN just so I could thank you for that info, now google search when EE shows up I don't have to skip those.

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Re:Ask HN: What sites, e.g. experts-exchange.com, would you ... by ErrantX on Monday July 13, 2009 @12:31PM (#701992)

aha that's the crucial bit of info I had never heard before :) cheers works for me now.

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