Filter Google?

[Michael Laplante]

When I search for freeware I often get shareware sites that let you
"download for free" (which ain't freeware). There are three in particular
that routinely bubble to the top consistently. Similarly, when I pose a
technical question, I often get this one damn site that requires you to
register before they will reveal the answer to the question.

Is there a Google add-in / freeware that will let me easily filter out these
sites when using Google?

M

 

[FYIS.org/]

In Michael Laplante typed:

When I search for freeware I often get shareware sites that let you
"download for free" (which ain't freeware). There are three in
particular that routinely bubble to the top consistently. Similarly,
when I pose a technical question, I often get this one damn site that
requires you to register before they will reveal the answer to the
question.

Is there a Google add-in / freeware that will let me easily filter
out these sites when using Google?

M

Use
http://www.google.com/advanced_search?hl=en
with what you don't want to see in 'without the words'.

DanlK, FYI Services Collectibles
www.FYIS.org

 

[Michael Laplante]

Yeah, I knew about that but I was hoping for a permanent solution rather
than me re-typing everytime.

M

 

[Dave]

In Michael Laplante typed:



Use
http://www.google.com/advanced_search?hl=en
with what you don't want to see in 'without the words'.

DanlK, FYI Services Collectibles
www.FYIS.org

One trick for the register sites is to use Google's "cached" link
instead of the first top link for the result. Bypassed many a "You must
be signed in to read this" messages that way


Dave

 

[Alan]

When I search for freeware I often get shareware sites that let you
"download for free" (which ain't freeware). There are three in particular
that routinely bubble to the top consistently. Similarly, when I pose a
technical question, I often get this one damn site that requires you to
register before they will reveal the answer to the question.

Is there a Google add-in / freeware that will let me easily filter out these
sites when using Google?

M

If you use the Firefox browse, there is a Firefox extension
called CustomizeGoogle that does exactly what you want. I.e.,
create a list of sites to filter out of your search results.

 

[Spencer Spindrift]

| Michael Laplante wrote:
| > When I search for freeware I often get shareware sites that let you
| > "download for free" (which ain't freeware). There are three in
particular
| > that routinely bubble to the top consistently. Similarly, when I
pose a
| > technical question, I often get this one damn site that requires you
to
| > register before they will reveal the answer to the question.
| >
| > Is there a Google add-in / freeware that will let me easily filter
out these
| > sites when using Google?
| >
| > M
| >
| >
| If you use the Firefox browse, there is a Firefox extension
| called CustomizeGoogle that does exactly what you want. I.e.,
| create a list of sites to filter out of your search results.

NB Google uses tracking cookies. You can delete them with
http://www.winpatrol.com/winpatrolplus.html

Spencer

If Jesus was Jewish, then why did he have a Mexican name?

 

[Steve H]

Yeah, I knew about that but I was hoping for a permanent solution rather
than me re-typing everytime.

PC Pro magazine had a small article about this sort of thing a little
while back - setting up a google search as a 'favourite', complete
with filters using "-" and "NOT" keywords etc. to filter out sites
like Dealtime, Kelkoo and so on.
Might be some infor on their site somwhere:

http://www.pcpro.co.uk/

Regards,

 

[Kittie Spit]

Very simple to do, but of course, it won't filter out ALL such sites,
esp the ones that try to be deceptive or "creative" in their tags to
lure you in with a bait & switch approach.

That said, the best is to use the advice already given, using Google
Advanced Search. What you're actually doing is this, which can be done
in plain vanilla Google.

For example,
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&...areware+-"download+for+free"+-"free+download"
This is a google search for: tools freeware OR "open source" -shareware
-"download for free" -"free download"

Note the use of the capital OR, here meaning either freeware or "open
source" [with the quotes].

Naturally, this particular search is less than useful as I'm just
searching for "tools" -- you'd have to be more specific than that.