Fed up of aggregator and pay per view sites in search results
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So, this afternoon I snapped. I got so fed up with wading through ******** aggregator site listings and pay sites that I decided to do something about it! You know the sites - there are the ones who just strip everything from the msdn forums and then serve them back in a completely unintelligable format packed with adverts or those (like ExpertSexChange) that require a subscription which you are never going to pay for. Anyway my solution is to use the bing search api which I can then rub up against a whitelist and blacklist of sites to filter/order the results so that I get the ones that I really want at the top. If anyone else wants to have a play then go to http://search.it-workplace.com It's very simple but does what I want!
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"If a man speaks in a forest where there is no woman to hear him, is he still wrong?" -
So, this afternoon I snapped. I got so fed up with wading through ******** aggregator site listings and pay sites that I decided to do something about it! You know the sites - there are the ones who just strip everything from the msdn forums and then serve them back in a completely unintelligable format packed with adverts or those (like ExpertSexChange) that require a subscription which you are never going to pay for. Anyway my solution is to use the bing search api which I can then rub up against a whitelist and blacklist of sites to filter/order the results so that I get the ones that I really want at the top. If anyone else wants to have a play then go to http://search.it-workplace.com It's very simple but does what I want!
www.it-workplace.com
"If a man speaks in a forest where there is no woman to hear him, is he still wrong?"cool, but you seem to have a bug or two. search for the following CTabCtrl Hello Hello World FoxNews You'll notice that the results of the previous searches are mixed in. A search for FoxNews should *not* return an MSDN link pointing to CTabCtrl
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader." - John Quincy Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering” - Wernher von Braun -
cool, but you seem to have a bug or two. search for the following CTabCtrl Hello Hello World FoxNews You'll notice that the results of the previous searches are mixed in. A search for FoxNews should *not* return an MSDN link pointing to CTabCtrl
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader." - John Quincy Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering” - Wernher von BraunThanks, something to do tomorrow methinks.......
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"If a man speaks in a forest where there is no woman to hear him, is he still wrong?" -
So, this afternoon I snapped. I got so fed up with wading through ******** aggregator site listings and pay sites that I decided to do something about it! You know the sites - there are the ones who just strip everything from the msdn forums and then serve them back in a completely unintelligable format packed with adverts or those (like ExpertSexChange) that require a subscription which you are never going to pay for. Anyway my solution is to use the bing search api which I can then rub up against a whitelist and blacklist of sites to filter/order the results so that I get the ones that I really want at the top. If anyone else wants to have a play then go to http://search.it-workplace.com It's very simple but does what I want!
www.it-workplace.com
"If a man speaks in a forest where there is no woman to hear him, is he still wrong?" -
Did you know you can block that stuff on google? You just have to go to the site and then hit back to go back to your search and there will be a link to block all sites on that domain from future searches. It's pretty handy
Where? Just tried it and I could not see any option to block a site (I tried logging in as well)
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Where? Just tried it and I could not see any option to block a site (I tried logging in as well)
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You have to go to the site from your search results (without opening in a new tab) and then go back and it will magically show up.
I was opening in another window (I always do by force of habit) but even if I open the link in the same window then hit back I do not see anything that allows me to block the site. Are you subscribing to any other Google services? Is it a browser option?
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I was opening in another window (I always do by force of habit) but even if I open the link in the same window then hit back I do not see anything that allows me to block the site. Are you subscribing to any other Google services? Is it a browser option?
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Hmmm. Well I am sure that you have to be signed in for it to work, but here is a screenshot of how it looks on my system: http://ScrnSht.com/rcjeaw[^]
Weird, I just don't have that option in my results.....
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Weird, I just don't have that option in my results.....
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"If a man speaks in a forest where there is no woman to hear him, is he still wrong?"What browser. I see it in FF, but not opera. OTOH since I middle click my search results the current implemenation is as worthless as the 90% of ExpertSexChange's pages that my ad blocker currently devours.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies. -- Sarah Hoyt
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cool, but you seem to have a bug or two. search for the following CTabCtrl Hello Hello World FoxNews You'll notice that the results of the previous searches are mixed in. A search for FoxNews should *not* return an MSDN link pointing to CTabCtrl
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader." - John Quincy Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering” - Wernher von BraunFixed...
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"If a man speaks in a forest where there is no woman to hear him, is he still wrong?" -
What browser. I see it in FF, but not opera. OTOH since I middle click my search results the current implemenation is as worthless as the 90% of ExpertSexChange's pages that my ad blocker currently devours.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason? Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful? --Zachris Topelius Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies. -- Sarah Hoyt
Ah FF it is! Doesn't rank the sites I like higher though.
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"If a man speaks in a forest where there is no woman to hear him, is he still wrong?"