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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by mim@lemmy.sdf.org to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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.

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[-] NENathaniel@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 year ago

I’ve never considered black listing a site before tbh. Do you guys find it worth the effort when you could just, not click on the links?

[-] nom@nom.mom 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Not op, but I have been doing this for years with a userscript. Getting rid of SEO garbage, pintrest, quora, etc links makes more room for the helpful results.

It is also a good way to ensure you don't land on any recipe sites that are built more for wasting your time than helping you cook.

I just got into the habit of permabanning any site that had anti-user patterns, annoying popups, right click/back button blocking, or clickbait headlines. I don't see a lot of that stuff anymore. Makes the net a bit more useful. Or at least less frustrating.

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