Block certain websites from displaying on search results.

[AZ1]

The one thing that irks me more than anything else i how certain websites dominate searches. Every time i do a search the same website links keep coming up on the top 10. I cannot see how that's in any way good for anyone. Why do none of the web browsers have a built in function that allows users to list websites they never want to see in their searches? Currently the only way i can ensure that a website doesn't come up on a search i'm conducting is to do this "main search key words -site:website.com",  its way too cumbersome. The "block site" add on in fire fox doesn't seem to do as good a job as this the *-site:website.com* since the sites i don't want to see still display even with this fire fox extension.

[Jon]

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[Agentvirtuel]

Hello

This other https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/discussions/problem-with-deleting-search-results/m-p/50938

[mozillian]

I believe Mozilla won't implement this even though it might be a good idea, it's kind of not their thing to directly bake new features into Firefox anymore.

[AZ1]

I actually feel that this is a very important function especially for the future of browsing. We just cannot have a few heavy lifters dominating search results, its not a healthy situation at all.

[MattAuSupport]

Try searching and adding -youtube.com to the search query to exclude YouTube or -micrisift.com to exclude Microsoft.  I have been using it ever since Google started giving priority to YouTube in search results number of years ago.

[luis123456789]

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@AZ1 wrote:

Why do none of the web browsers have a built in function that allows users to list websites they never want to see in their searches?

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Presumably because this requires both integration and buy-in from the search sites: if Firefox starts messing with Google search results then the next week Google might change the coding and delivery fo searches, or worse ban Firefox altogether. It would be Firefox getting into yet another "cat and mouse" game that they can not ever win, and honestly Firefox already has enough of that.

It is also against Firefox's better interest to add features that editorialize what information a eg.: news or query site is delivering. *And* it would have to be done on a search site basis: one egine to change Google's results, another to change Bing's results, another to change DDG's results, and so on.

Frankly, it's much easier and more privacy respecting to do this client-side. With the Stylus add-on for example, it takes only three lines to block links to a domain you don't want to see eg.: pinterest.

[pg_78]

The extension "uBlacklist" might interest you.

[Plus_Escapee]

I don't want any fextralife wikis in my search for any reason whatsoever. I have a very scorched-earth attitude toward things I dislike. I would love to see a way to block an entire domain to stay away from cheats like Fextralife or games journalist websites in general. I'm tired of being misinformed and manipulated by completely evil idiots.

[Agentvirtuel]

Hello

Firefox policies https://mozilla.github.io/policy-templates
WebsiteFilter https://mozilla.github.io/policy-templates/#websitefilter
Take a look at https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/ideas/block-websites-by-domain-list/idc-p/49031/highlight/true#M28482

If you want to test the policies.json file
For demonstration purposes

{
 "policies": {
   "WebsiteFilter": {
     "Block": [
       "*://*.facebook.com/*",
       "*://*.fextralife.com/*"
     ]
   }
 }
}

[Agentvirtuel]

Hello

In a different way https://mozilla.github.io/policy-templates/#websitefilter
Your system's registry editor : HKEY_CURRENT_USER, or, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Policies\Mozilla\Firefox\WebsiteFilter\Block

[luis123456789]

Cute, but that's not what this request is about. This is about third party domains showing information *about* a domain the OP wants removed.

[KlumsyK]

Indeed. Something like a simple text block that takes a list of url strings and everything downstream from each is not displayed in search. That would be wonderful, wouldn't you say? 🙂