Wiper
Productivity
browser extension for search filtering
SHOW HN2020
How HN took it
29 positive, 44 neutral or asking, 2 mixed, 5 critical, out of 80 comments about the project. Thread score +0.29.
Idea: 28 for, 2 againstPrivacy: 1 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 1 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful for filtering SEO spam and content farms.
From 3 comments
Thank you! I was searching for an add-on like this a few months ago. When I search for tech support issues I get a lot of SEO spam blogs that have no useful information now I can…
lwkl on HNThis is absolutely fantastic. Similarly frustrated with sites gaming SEO with near rubbish results or bare minimum content.
fillskills on HNGeeksforgeeks and tutorialspoint are low quality offshore content farms.
ycombonator on HN
Wanted this for years; Google should have built it.
From 2 comments
Thank you for this addon. Google should have done this 20 years ago.
pot8n on HNIt seems kinda ridiculous that such a obvious and extremely useful idea hadn't been made yet, I cant wait to use it! Bravo! Thanks so much or developing this.
Donkeykong1111 on HN
Objections
Permission request is too broad.
From 1 comment
I would love this but unfortunately this permissions request is too broad: https://files.terriblefish.com/2020-05-24_17-27-15.png The Firefox UI won't let me see what the other…
altano on HN
Removed results should be hidden or de-emphasized, not shown as placeholders.
From 2 comments
This should already have been part of Google itself. Some sites come up high far too frequently for certain searches of mine, and it's never the best info. I like that this…
wccrawford on HNCan we have the option of not showing the removed results? Or maybe just show small notification on top "some results were removed by Wiper, click here to show them"? Otherwise…
zaat on HN
Requests
Support for Chrome.
From 2 comments
Is there something like this for Chrome?
wellthisisgreat on HNI'm not aware about other similar tools. But I'll be soon porting and submitting on Chrome as well.
davehcker on HN
Support for Bing or DuckDuckGo.
From 2 comments
Please make one for Bing. I gave up on Google search about half a year ago initially for all searches that could yield politically incorrect results, but then for all technical…
cft on HNWould be nice if there was a DDG version.
ravenstine on HN
Option to fully remove results rather than suppress them.
From 2 comments
Apparently some people prefer the fact that the results are not fully removed. I have a better idea- to let the users decide it, so for v.1.0 I'm going to take these two ideas…
davehcker on HNI am thinking about more customization, especially this that allows the user to 1. suppress (like now) or 2. remove the results entirely. But in my defence, it was a weekend…
davehcker on HN
Questions
Why not just use Google's minus-site operator?
From 2 comments
for those who dont know about native search filters, appending "-domain.tld" to a regular search query also works
modzu on HNGoogle has a similar built-in feature today, just add "-" before the domain you don't want to see. For example: html a tag -w3schools.com
andrewash on HN
Alternatives named
uBlacklist
From 1 comment
Chrome users: uBlacklist is fantastic. (It also has a Firefox version.) https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/ublacklist/pncfbmialoiaghdehhbnbhkkgmjanfhe/related?hl=en It's…
dkthehuman on HN
Google search filter extension
From 2 comments
Google search filter is an alternative that has been around for quite some time and has some additional features: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/g-search-filter/
arkitaip on HNhttps://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/g-search-filter/ Similar, but also enables highlighting of certain domains. Also available on Chrome:…
atrudeau on HN
Personal blocklist extension
From 1 comment
Google used to offer this as a feature in search itself ages ago. It ended up being removed from the core product and replaced by an extension which they abandoned. It's…
jaimex2 on HN
Built-in -site: search operator
From 1 comment
Anybody else here remembers times when Google search supported blocking domains in personal setting? Along with so many advanced search operators? Oh, days of yore… Anyway, you…
myfonj on HN