[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":465},["ShallowReactive",2],{"project-42697346":3},{"id":4,"name":5,"line":6,"line_source":7,"title":8,"url":9,"domain":10,"maker":11,"posted_at":12,"year":13,"points":14,"comments":15,"rank_in_year":16,"shown_in_year":17,"top":18,"tier":19,"category":20,"subcategory":21,"format":22,"keywords":23,"reception":27,"sentiment":28,"stance_mix":29,"scored_comments":33,"aspects":34,"strip":42,"post_text":45,"what":46,"said":69,"maker_in_thread":176,"shape":186,"grid":190,"attempts":428,"same_week":429,"maker_shows":44,"maker_hidden":457,"reader_version":458,"card":459},"42697346","BadWebsiteBlocklist","A blocklist to remove spam and bad websites from search results","title","Show HN: A blocklist to remove spam and bad websites from search results","https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002Fpopcar2\u002FBadWebsiteBlocklist","github.com","popcar2",1736863601,2025,225,84,276,3837,8,"notable","productivity","search blocklist","other",[21,24,25,26],"ublacklist","remove spam results","seo spam filter","mixed",-0.083,{"positive":18,"neutral":30,"mixed":31,"critical":32},21,2,14,45,{"idea":35,"design":38,"execution":40},{"positive":36,"critical":37},4,12,{"positive":39,"critical":39},1,{"positive":41,"critical":41},0,[39,41,43,39,44,39,41,44,44,44,43,44,39,39,41,39,39,41,44,36,41,41,43,41,44,39,44,44,39,44,41,39,44,44,44,44,44,43,39,41],5,3,"Hi HN!\n\nI've been fed up with search results so much that I decided to make a giant blocklist to remove garbage links by using uBlacklist.\n\nI browsed other blocklists and wasn't very satisfied from what exists now; the goal of this one is to be super organized and transparent, explaining why each site was blocked via issues. Contributions welcome!\n\nEven though around 100 domains are blocked so far, I already noticed a big improvement in casual searches. You'd be surprised how some AI generated websites can dominate the #1 page on DuckDuckGo.",{"problem":47,"audience":53,"pricing":60,"motivation":61,"time_to_build":60,"stack":65,"openness":66,"stage":67,"team_size":68},{"value":48,"source":49,"evidence":50},"Spam, AI-generated and low-quality sites clutter search results","maker",[51],{"id":52},"post",{"value":54,"source":49,"evidence":55},"Users frustrated with low-quality search results",[56,57],{"id":52},{"id":58,"by":11,"text":59},"42698286","Even Google is plagued by spam, I've tried all sorts of search techniques and alternative engines but I feel like the only solution seems to be doing things manually. I was…",null,{"value":62,"source":49,"evidence":63},"Fed up with garbage search results",[64],{"id":52},[],"open_source","launched","solo",{"praise":70,"objections":84,"requests":115,"questions":138,"alternatives":150},[71],{"value":72,"source":73,"evidence":74},"Useful idea and a clear improvement in casual searches","commenter",[75,76,80],{"id":52},{"id":77,"by":78,"text":79},"42698180","ColdTakes","DuckDuckGo and Kagi allow you to remove entire sites from search results and it is the best feature of these websites.",{"id":81,"by":82,"text":83},"42712979","troyvit","This is cool. It would be pretty easy to add the domains from this list to Kagi's blocked domain list and have it integrated in the search without a plugin. The downside…",[85,104],{"value":86,"source":73,"evidence":87},"Blocklist is subjective; blocks sites like MSN and corporate blogs that some users find useful",[88,92,96,100],{"id":89,"by":90,"text":91},"42698192","cormorant","I'm fed up too. Spammy, AI-looking sites are showing up more and more. For some reason, many of them use the same Wordpress theme with a light gray table of contents - they look…",{"id":93,"by":94,"text":95},"42699043","shortformblog","The problem with a list like this is that a “bad website” is in the eye of the beholder. I’m not saying that there’s anything wrong with you personally not liking the Shopify or…",{"id":97,"by":98,"text":99},"42709548","Kuinox","I don't understand why so much corporate blogs are blocked. Most of them are about their product, or about the industry in general. - For example, kaspersky blog doesn't look…",{"id":101,"by":102,"text":103},"42699815","mrbluecoat","I guess the author's \"boiling hatred to bad tech support articles\" leads to some overreach",{"value":105,"source":73,"evidence":106},"Search engines should filter spam themselves",[107,111],{"id":108,"by":109,"text":110},"42713016","QuadrupleA","One enraging thing, if some guy on GitHub can do this, why the F** can't billion-dollar search giants put in a little human effort to do it too, right in their search engines?…",{"id":112,"by":113,"text":114},"42725403","nashashmi","I feel like lots of sites that are censored by the bing and google are also being censored by DDG. Is there really any point of filtering out more sites? Search results are so…",[116,128],{"value":117,"source":73,"evidence":118},"Integrate into search engines or browsers directly",[119,123,124],{"id":120,"by":121,"text":122},"42700039","Ringz","Installed! This should not be a function of the search engine nor a plugin. This should be integrated in the browser. Another great function (not for this plugin) should be the…",{"id":81,"by":82,"text":83},{"id":125,"by":126,"text":127},"42711234","batata_frita","Does anybody know if is it possible to apply a similar configuration in a searxng instance?",{"value":129,"source":73,"evidence":130},"Support categories or customizable lists",[131,135],{"id":132,"by":133,"text":134},"42743367","BigGreenJorts","> Unfortunately, this kind of blocklist is highly subjective. This list blocks MSN.com! That's hardly what I would have chosen. I'm wondering how much the blacklist can be broken…",{"id":136,"by":94,"text":137},"42701779","Seems like a kit that can be personalized across broad categories might be a better bet. By putting the onus on one list you don’t solve the main problem, which is that the list…",[139],{"value":140,"source":73,"evidence":141},"How are domains sourced and how are contributions managed",[142,146],{"id":143,"by":144,"text":145},"42700817","gtfiorentino","Hi @popcar2 — how are you sourcing the domains for the blocklist? We'd like to evaluate those domains and consider whether they should be removed from DuckDuckGo as spam. You can…",{"id":147,"by":148,"text":149},"42700372","swayvil","How do you ensure good contributors and good contributions? Do you have a forum where you discuss prospective contributions etc?",[151,158,162,169],{"value":152,"source":73,"evidence":153},"uBlacklist without a list",[154],{"id":155,"by":156,"text":157},"42701060","nosioptar","You can use ublacklist without a list and just block shit sites as you see them. I'm loving being able to search for something without getting results from garbage sites like…",{"value":159,"source":73,"evidence":160},"Kagi and DuckDuckGo site blocking",[161],{"id":77,"by":78,"text":79},{"value":163,"source":73,"evidence":164},"Brave Goggles",[165],{"id":166,"by":167,"text":168},"42699619","miyuru","Brave has goggles that do exactly this. you can even share the list with others. https:\u002F\u002Fsearch.brave.com\u002Fgoggles\u002Fdiscover",{"value":170,"source":73,"evidence":171},"GoogleHitHider",[172],{"id":173,"by":174,"text":175},"42698670","Night_Thastus","I've been using GoogleHitHider, which also works on other search engines like DDG. Worked well for many years. It's a list I curated myself though for personal use, I definitely…",{"comments":177,"answered":44,"key":178},9,[179,180,183],{"id":58,"text":59},{"id":181,"text":182},"42698392","I think this would block you from visiting the websites, but they'd still show up on search results. uBlacklist doesn't block them, but rather just hides them for search engines…",{"id":184,"text":185},"42701022","Hi! I'm mostly going through them manually. 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