Search Engine Blacklist
Productivity
browser extension for search filtering
SHOW HN2011
How HN took it
10 positive, 8 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 0 critical, out of 18 comments about the project. Thread score +0.51.
Execution: 2 for, 0 againstDesign: 1 for, 0 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Simple and effective; a useful fix for search spam
From 3 comments
Really badass piece of work, Jason, thank you for taking a bite out of this problem. Simple, effective. Some gravy on top would be an in-line blacklist button beside search…
danilocampos on HNWow, fast, excellent work Jason. Clickable - https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/jiicbcimbjppjbckmoknagndlhjbeohb
fname on HNThat's awesome man! Keep up with the good work. It's definitely people like you that keep the Internet fun. :-)
veb on HN
Fast work by the maker
From 2 comments
Wow, fast, excellent work Jason. Clickable - https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/jiicbcimbjppjbckmoknagndlhjbeohb
fname on HNAmazing work, thanks for this!
flipdeadshot on HN
Objections
Crowd-sourced blacklists need moderation and could hide wanted content
From 2 comments
Great idea - would just require some sort of moderation in that format though. I'd much rather manage my own list of domains to blacklist. A crowd sourced one I fear could be…
stevefink on HNYes, moderation is definitely necessary. For instance, easylist for adblock which has over 10000 filters is maintained by five people and is updated with input from the forum…
ramanujam on HN
Requests
Crowd-sourced or shared blacklists
From 3 comments
Great initiative. Having a "Add domain to blacklist" option on right click would be a nice addition. I seriously wish this matures well like Adblock Plus. Imagine having a crowd…
ramanujam on HNYou could set this up like Adblock, where sites being blacklisted are anonymously reported back to a central location. Highly blocked websites are offered to be automatically…
lhnn on HNNext, I'd like to be able to share my blacklists ;-)
anigbrowl on HN
Support for other search engines such as DuckDuckGo
From 1 comment
Neat. Please make this extension work for other search engines too. Especially DDG!
grepular on HN
Safari version
From 1 comment
Any chance for a Safari extension as well?
kenok on HN
Right-click add-to-blacklist option and import/export
From 2 comments
Great initiative. Having a "Add domain to blacklist" option on right click would be a nice addition. I seriously wish this matures well like Adblock Plus. Imagine having a crowd…
ramanujam on HNA smaller iteration would be the ability to import/export your black lists.
bpd1069 on HN
Questions
Can others help build it?
From 1 comment
Thanks Jason! Excellent concept. Is there any way that I or others can help?
andre3k1 on HN
Does Google's spam report feature actually act on reports?
From 2 comments
Does that actually go anywhere or is it like all their other official channels of communication?
benologist on HN... and then what happens?
jacobian on HN
Alternatives named
Stackoverflowerizer Chrome extension
From 1 comment
Good work. Stackoverflowerizer does a similar job by redirecting to the original content when user clicks on a similar website link.…
znt on HN
Google's official spam reporting extension
From 1 comment
Google's official spam reporting extension: https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/efinmbicabejjhjafeidhfbojhnfiepj?hl=en
yanw on HN