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24 alternatives to An open source extension to block large media brands from Google search
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)
This open source browser extension filters Google search results to remove 16 large media brands and their 588 associated properties, which collectively receive over 3 billion monthly clicks and dominate 85% of search… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 1 we have checked on their own sites, 1 of them free or with a free tier. An open source extension to block large media brands from Google search launched in 2024; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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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 →
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Hide spoilers, profanity, politics, distractions by keywords
Nov 2025 · filter-everything-online.com · its alternatives →
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The AI 500▲108Hey HN, I've been trying to correct for one of the biggest difficulties with moving from SEO -> GEO, which is the lack of public data (in the same way that for SEO we had ahrefs/semrush/etc). To try and start fixing this, I've built a searchable database of 15k brands, across 500 different industries, with daily updates. Each morning, the tool goes out and queries 10k different prompts, and normalises the results to all the relevant brands. You can also see some of the most interesting tech rivalries here: https://trakkr.ai/rankings/rivalries Would love your…
Dec 2025 · trakkr.ai · its alternatives →
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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.
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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AI to optimize content as per Google Search guidelines
2022 · longshot.ai · its alternatives →
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I created this chrome extension for myself where I track my own behavior locally and recommend myself content from platforms I want content from (youtube/twitter/quora/etc) in a feed. I made it public just in case anyone else was interested. I would rather have control over my own algorithm and own the data. Also, it gives me flexibility. Turns out I do like these feeds just not when I don't own it haha. Let me know what you think of my implementation?
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
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SearchScore AI free▲54See if AI search can find and recommend your brand.
May 2026 · searchscore.ai · its alternatives →
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2016 · links.spince.com · its alternatives →
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Track brand visibility in AI search results
2025 · keyword.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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Google Searches without media conglomerates
2024 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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YouFilter▲67Free chrome extension to filter YouTube search results
2021 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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We built a search engine that shows you the most engaging stories/topics being shared across Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin, and Google+. We crawled over 15 million articles the past 3 months, retrieved the total number of Facebook likes, tweets, Google+’s etc and built a search index around it. Here's what our infrastructure looks like: Rails/Redis: We use the Sidekiq gem as a message queue. We have hundreds of workers that do the crawling, data mining, and number crunching. ElasticSearch: We built the search index using ElasticSearch, with the data imported from our Postgres…
2013 · buzzsumo.com · its alternatives →
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A browser extension to remove Mainstream Media from YouTube
2020 · demainstream.com · its alternatives →
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See Which Media Giants Owns Your Search Results
2025 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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SerpRankings▲52See which brands ChatGPT recommends for Free
Aug 2026 · serprankings.app · its alternatives →
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Free, open-source tool for efficient bulk removal of indexes
2024 · google-search-console-bulk-index-cleaner.rxliuli.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 saw last week that if you include a curse word in your Google search query it won't serve an AI overview, serves less ads, and less "zero click" Google properties. so I made a little tool to help facilitate this search, saving you literally hundreds of microseconds!
2025 · fuckingsearch.com · its alternatives →
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Open URLs & Google searches in bulk - instantly
2025 · chromewebstore.google.com · its alternatives →
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