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24 alternatives to A blocklist to remove spam and bad websites from search results
Hi HN! I've been fed up with search results so much that I decided to make a giant blocklist to remove garbage links by using uBlacklist. I 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! Even 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.
This is a curated blocklist designed for use with uBlacklist to filter spam and low-quality websites from search results. It removes AI-generated content farms and other garbage domains that clutter search engines like… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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uBlacklist▲98Block specific sites from appearing in Google search results
2021 · iorate.github.io · its alternatives →
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Chrome extension which blocks requests to sites which have used legal threats to remove themselves from other blacklists. - paulgb/BarbBlock
2017 · github.com · its alternatives →
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A browser add-on to strip search results from 'blacklisted' URLs on Google - davidahmed/wiper
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Yesterday the top upvoted comment for "Why We Desperately Need a New (and Better) Google" http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2057772 was adding personal domain blacklists. I offered to build this if there was enough interest so here's a minimum viable product for Chrome (Firefox soon to follow): https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/jiicbcimbjppjbckmoknagndlhjbeohb. Your feedback is welcome!
2011 · its alternatives →
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uBlock Origin is more than an ad-blocker, it's a general purpose content filter that can be leveraged to hide low-quality content from pages you browse. While the main filter lists can remove mailing list popups and obvious nags, the definition of low-quality content is personal, so one size cannot fit all. I used to have an ad-hoc script to render and publish a personal uBlock Origin filter list, added to all my browsers. The goal of this project is to enable more people to build such a list custom list to filter out low-quality content and nags. Chose from a list of community-maintained…
2022 · letsblock.it · its alternatives →
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I've been working on a little open source [1] search engine, nilch. I noticed that nearly all well known search engines, including the alternative ones, tend to be run by companies of various sizes with the goal to make money, so they either fill your results with ads or charge you money, and I dislike this because search is the backbone of the internet and should not be commercial, so it runs in a not-for-profit style and aims to survive on donations. Additionally I'm personally really sick of AI in my search results so I got rid of that, and I wanted DuckDuckGo bangs so it supports all of…
Dec 2025 · nilch.org · its alternatives →
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Google sends 16 large media brands (588 individual brands) a combined 3 billion+ clicks per month. They rank first page on 85% of all searches. They are inundating the web with things like subpar product recommendations, AI written listicles, and cookie cutter reviews. I don't like that, so I made an open source extension that blocks all of them from search results. (I'm not a developer, and I made this with Claude Opus's help)
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hacker News blocklist extension for Chrome. Contribute to morgante/hn_blocklist development by creating an account on GitHub.
2015 · github.com · its alternatives →
- 12UD
Hey makers! I'm excited to introduce my new project, https://unblock.domains I actually built this to solve one of my own problems after one of my domains got blacklisted for unknown reasons, and I was never notified about it. I didn't have monitoring at the time and wondered why none of my emails were reaching my customers! To that end, Unblock.Domains is designed to keep your domains off blacklists effortlessly. It monitors major blacklists around the clock and automatically requests whitelisting if your domains get blacklisted. Key features include: Automatic Monitoring and…
2024 · unblock.domains · its alternatives →
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Bounceless▲16Clean your email list, avoid getting blocked by spam filters
2016 · bounceless.io · its alternatives →
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There has been many recent discoveries (including the leak) about how 16 media companies dominated Google Search results, abusing their status to rank very high on a bunch of garbage they put out. And like that saying goes, I can't change the world, but I can change myself. I don't want to look at their bullshit anymore when I search for food recipes or product reviews. So this extension is my way of protesting. Full write up: https://thesolofoundernewsletter.com/p/secondpage
2024 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
- 15IS
2023 · v01.io · its alternatives →
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📡 🛡️A self-updating extensive blocklist filter for AdGaurd. Be sure to 🌟 this repository for updates! - GitHub - smashah/smashblock: 📡 🛡️A self-updating extensive blocklist filter for AdGaurd. Be sure to 🌟 this repository for updates!
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Nomoresurf▲87Block distracting websites & make it harder to unblock them
2022 · nomoresurf.com · its alternatives →
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2014 · unblock.us.org · its alternatives →
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CrawlerCheck▲16Since the last Show HN 7 months ago, I've shipped some major updates: • Operators Directory – browse 160+ crawlers by company (Google, OpenAI, Anthropic, etc.). See all their bots, safety stats, and official docs in one place. • Enhanced crawler profiles with "Blocking Impact" analysis and common use cases • Added 25+ new AI crawlers including latest models and scrapers • Bulk robots.txt generator – generate allow/block rules for all filtered bots in one click • RFC 9309 strict compliance – mimics Googlebot's exact "Longest Match" logic The tool now helps answer "who owns CCBot?" or…
2025 · crawlercheck.com · its alternatives →
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Effortlessly remove multiple URLs from Google Search Console
2023 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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I'm a solo dev. A few years ago, I got addicted to Reddit. Spent months in that loop. Being a programmer, I thought I'd be clever. Redirected Reddit's domain to nowhere in my DNS file. Worked great until I'd just... open the file and undo it 20 minutes later. So I made it irreversible. Locked the DNS file so it can't be edited unless I boot my Mac in safe mode. And if I do that, there's a script that instantly locks it again. Haven't used Reddit since last year. Problem solved, right? Wrong. I just replaced Reddit with Twitch and YouTube. Started keeping streams running in the background…
Nov 2025 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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A Web extension to exclude Pinterest from your Google search results - sellomkantjwa/unpinterested
2018 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Creator here. In a nutshell this extension is a "Like / Dislike" system but for website results. I miss the days of things like the YouTube dislike bar, where you can quickly assess if something is good or not. Currently sitting at ~90 users. To get it off the ground I've scraped the last year of HN to make a set of good links, and used a few content farm blacklists to make a set of bad links. Right now it's semi-useful and should only get better with time. There are some simple measures in place to prevent spam & abuse, but will cross that bridge if it ever comes. All feedback welcome!
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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