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OT Excluding Google in search results?
Does anybody know how to exclude "google.com" in Google search
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OT Excluding Google in search results?
John Doe wrote:
Does anybody know how to exclude "google.com" in Google search results? Somehow I doubt it, but it needs doing here. Use another search engine. After someone mentioned it here in the group I am now using this one instead and it is IMHO much better, at least for engineering stuff: https://duckduckgo.com/html/ -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com/ |
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OT Excluding Google in search results?
John Doe wrote: Does anybody know how to exclude "google.com" in Google search results? Somehow I doubt it, but it needs doing here. http://www.givemebackmygoogle.com/ |
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OT Excluding Google in search results?
On 11/7/2011 4:10 PM, Joerg wrote:
John Doe wrote: Does anybody know how to exclude "google.com" in Google search results? Somehow I doubt it, but it needs doing here. Use another search engine. After someone mentioned it here in the group I am now using this one instead and it is IMHO much better, at least for engineering stuff: https://duckduckgo.com/html/ Another advantage to using duckduck is that they claim they Do No Tracking metrics on anyone searching, AND they claim they dont store search histories. Whereas with Google, marketing dynamics are Important to them so they track and store Lots More Then Some Folks like. |
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OT Excluding Google in search results?
hp wrote:
On 11/7/2011 4:10 PM, Joerg wrote: John Doe wrote: Does anybody know how to exclude "google.com" in Google search results? Somehow I doubt it, but it needs doing here. Use another search engine. After someone mentioned it here in the group I am now using this one instead and it is IMHO much better, at least for engineering stuff: https://duckduckgo.com/html/ Another advantage to using duckduck is that they claim they Do No Tracking metrics on anyone searching, AND they claim they dont store search histories. Whereas with Google, marketing dynamics are Important to them so they track and store Lots More Then Some Folks like. I am not too concerned about tracking but lately Google has produced way too many results that appear to be more commercially motivated. Maybe that seach engine has run its course, at least for me. It was good while it lasted but now I've pretty much abandoned it. What I still use it for is maps. But I found that the print-out has become mediocre. Can't see streets well anymore, the two lines don't print right. If anyone knows a better map search engine that would be nice. -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com/ |
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OT Excluding Google in search results?
"Artemus" bogus invalid.org wrote:
John Doe jdoe usenetlove.invalid wrote: Does anybody know how to exclude "google.com" in Google search results? Somehow I doubt it, but it needs doing here. http://www.givemebackmygoogle.com/ That mentions the "annoying affiliate links". FWIW... I recall that being mentioned in a congressional hearing televised on C-SPAN recently. You can find the Google search hearing(s) on C-SPAN's website, if interested. -- Thanks to the replies. |
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OT Excluding Google in search results?
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claiming to be John Doe typed: Does anybody know how to exclude "google.com" in Google search results? Somehow I doubt it, but it needs doing here. -site:google.com will exclude google.com. Rinse and repeat for other Google properties. "-site:google.com mail" (for example) lists Yahoo! Mail, Home | Mail Online, mail.com, hotmail.com, AOL Webmail and others without any mention of Gmail. -- It's always darkest before dawn. So if you're going to steal your neighbor's newspaper, that's the time to do it. |
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OT Excluding Google in search results?
On 2011-11-07 09:58, Acid Washed China Blue Jeans wrote:
In aweb.com, John wrote: Does anybody know how to exclude "google.com" in Google search results? Somehow I doubt it, but it needs doing here. Have you tried adding the search term -google.com? I used to use Altavista, mainly because of its ability to include or exclude entire websites or high-level domains. For example, I can force returns on only websites in Iran with [+domain:ir] . This is especially useful when researching current events, as you can exclude national domains which will are likely to offer only officially sanitized versions of events. Or you might actually want to see the official propaganda, or harvest e-mail addresses from a particular domain. (I mentioned Iran, since I like to harvest Iranian e-mail addresses to send subversive spam to.) There really should be a browser plug-in to filter websites by national domain. With few exceptions, I have never found any information of value on Russian or Chinese websites, and I contracted the worst computer virus ever from a Russian website. Articles that may be truthful are likely to be repeated on other countries' websites, so filtering Russian websites does not have any effect. |
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OT Excluding Google in search results?
On Nov 7, 4:10*pm, Joerg wrote:
John Doe wrote: Does anybody know how to exclude "google.com" in Google search results? Somehow I doubt it, but it needs doing here. Use another search engine. After someone mentioned it here in the group I am now using this one instead and it is IMHO much better, at least for engineering stuff: https://duckduckgo.com/html/ -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com/ Google is really starting to get to me. It's now a 'secure' site, htpps:// and asks all the time if I only want to see results from secure sites. George H. |
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OT Excluding Google in search results?
DevilsPGD Still-Just-A-Rat-In-A-Cage crazyhat.net wrote:
someone claiming to be John Doe typed: Does anybody know how to exclude "google.com" in Google search results? Somehow I doubt it, but it needs doing here. -site:google.com will exclude google.com. That appears to be the concise answer, thanks. Now... Does anybody know how to put that in a URL so that it comes up properly on Google's advanced search page? How do you put that (-site:google.com) into a URL that will take you to the advanced search page with that criteria ready to go? I can get to the search page, but it doesn't use that (-site:google.com) criteria. I suspect that is evidenced by the fact that the URL criteria is not automatically listed in any advanced search page box when you get back there. Having that code (-site:google.com) somehow fit into the "site/domain" box is probably the first sign of success, if possible. Again... You can use the search results example URL, but it does not work as a start page. http://www.google.com/advanced_searc...e%3Agoogle.com That takes me back to the start page, but it does not use the URL criteria in the new search results. Here is an example URL that plugs stuff into the advanced search page. http://www.google.com/advanced_searc...&hl=en&num=100 BTW... You might have trouble with the number of search results 100 if you do not know how to automatically reset that number, since Google stubbornly changes it back to 10. -- Rinse and repeat for other Google properties. "-site:google.com mail" (for example) lists Yahoo! Mail, Home | Mail Online, mail.com, hotmail.com, AOL Webmail and others without any mention of Gmail. |
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