I am currently self-hosting a meta search engine instance (searxng), which allows me combine searches from different engines (e.g. Google, Bing, Yahoo, etc), but also to filter out websites that I don’t want to show up.

The only website to make my blacklist so far is slant.co (useless SEO-riddled site that always comes up when I search for software comparisons). I also automatically redirect all reddit.com links to old.reddit.com.

I’m looking to expand this list. So, which websites do you blacklist? Either using software, or just mentally.

  • cmysmiaczxotoy@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    I don’t blacklist on the ip level but I do use a userscript to blacklist domains from showing up in my search results

    https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/1682-google-hit-hider-by-domain-search-filter-block-sites

    These are the domains currently blocked

    9to5google.com
    about.fb.com
    about.instagram.com
    business.instagram.com
    cnet.com
    developer.android.com
    developers.google.com
    ebay.com
    facebook.com
    facebookbrand.com
    fileproinfo.com
    gadgets.ndtv.com
    guidebooks.google.com
    help.instagram.com
    lifehacker.com
    microsoft.com
    orangefreesounds.com
    research.fb.com
    rover.ebay.com
    support.google.com
    support.ring.com
    twitter.com
    www.addictivetips.com
    www.androidauthority.com
    www.androidheadlines.com
    www.collectorsweekly.com
    www.digitaltrends.com
    www.howtogeek.com
    www.instagram.com
    www.lifewire.com
    www.quora.com
    www.storyblocks.com
    www.theverge.com