OT Excluding Google in search results?

[John Doe]

Does anybody know how to exclude "google.com" in Google search
results? Somehow I doubt it, but it needs doing here.

 

[John Doe]

Have you tried adding the search term -google.com?
Yes.
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[Joerg]

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/

 

[hp]

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.

 

[Joerg]

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.

 

[John Doe]

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.

 

[DevilsPGD]

In message <[email protected]> someone

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.

 

[George Herold]

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/

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.

 

[John Doe]

-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_search?q-site:google.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_search?q=-wiki&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.
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[Joerg]

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.

Along with some other sites that you don't want to see?

Try other search engines, some are much better IMHO.

 

[George Herold]

Along with some other sites that you don't want to see?

Try other search engines, some are much better IMHO.

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Regards, Joerg

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Arghhh! I have google set as my home page. I was just trying to
remove it and make duckduck the home page. I can't get rid of
google. (It's like a bad dream!) I'm using IE as a browser. When I
go to the option to set home page to the default. (Some MSN thing.)
It still goes back to google!

George H.

 

[Franc Zabkar]

Now... Does anybody know how to put that in a URL so that it comes
up properly on Google's advanced search page?

I'm still using Google's very old Advanced Search format. I do this by
saving a local copy of the old AS page on my hard drive, and then
editing its URLs to point to Google.

You could do the same for the current AS page, but you would add
"-site:google.com" in place of the blank text field, as follows:

<label>all these words:</label></td><td class=input><div
class=inputwrapper><input class=box type=text value="-site:google.com"
name=as_q style="width: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.

I allow Google to store my preferences (25 results) in a cookie.

- Franc Zabkar

 

[John Doe]

John Doe <[email protected]> put

I'm still using Google's very old Advanced Search format. I do this by
saving a local copy of the old AS page on my hard drive, and then
editing its URLs to point to Google.

You could do the same for the current AS page, but you would add
"-site:google.com" in place of the blank text field, as follows:

<label>all these words:</label></td><td class=input><div
class=inputwrapper><input class=box type=text value="-site:google.com"
name=as_q style="width:100%">

How is that supposed to be used? Is it part of a URL? Part of some
HTML code?
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[Joerg]

Arghhh! I have google set as my home page. I was just trying to
remove it and make duckduck the home page. I can't get rid of
google. (It's like a bad dream!) I'm using IE as a browser. When I
go to the option to set home page to the default. (Some MSN thing.)
It still goes back to google!

Assuming it's not a Google "tool bar" or something, run a virus scanner
and a rootkit scanner. That sounds suspicious. Also, look at all the
plug-ins. Lots of them may have been installed without your consent.

I'd ditch IE and move to something like Firefox. Set privacy settings
and options rather high. If a web site won't properly display without
allowing dangerous scripts then it usually isn't worth looking at in the
first place.

 

[Franc Zabkar]

How is that supposed to be used? Is it part of a URL? Part of some
HTML code?

Save the Advanced Search HTML page on your hard drive. Then edit the
HTML code as shown. Create a bookmark that links to the file on your
HDD and use it in preference to the original page.

Here is my first attempt. Save it on your HDD and try it:
http://www.users.on.net/~fzabkar/temp/NoGoogle_Advanced_Search.htm

I've partially edited Google's page, but I'm not good with HTML, so
hopefully someone could tidy it up for you.

- Franc Zabkar

 

[George Herold]

Assuming it's not a Google "tool bar" or something, run a virus scanner
and a rootkit scanner. That sounds suspicious. Also, look at all the
plug-ins. Lots of them may have been installed without your consent.

I'd ditch IE and move to something like Firefox. Set privacy settings
and options rather high. If a web site won't properly display without
allowing dangerous scripts then it usually isn't worth looking at in the
first place.

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Regards, Joerg

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Thanks Joerg, It looks like it's something wrong with IE. The
secretary can't change her home page either. I'm willing to bet that
the microsoft solution will involve upgrading some old piece of
software. Why do computer issues seem like such a time sink? I learn
something and five years later it's different. No ones changing the
charge of an electron.

George H.

 

[George Herold]

Arghhh!  I have google set as my home page.  I was just trying to
remove it and make duckduck the home page.  I can't get rid of
google.  (It's like a bad dream!)  I'm using IE as a browser.  WhenI
go to the option to set home page to the default.  (Some MSN thing.)
It still goes back to google!

George H.

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Is your AV program locking it?
Art

Ahh, that could be! I'll ask,

Thanks (maybe)
George

 

[PeterC]

Along with some other sites that you don't want to see?

Try other search engines, some are much better IMHO.

I've used Yahoo for several years' partly because of avoiding Google and
partly because, with 2 key strokes, I can drop into the unwanted box:
---------------------------
ebay "compare prices" compare amazon bizrate kelkoo dooyoo pricerunner
shopzilla nextag shoppingcentre freebytes medusa teloos "192.com" "shop.com"
betterdeals "ec21.com" "price comparison" pricemate "ciao.com" kellysearch
fastfinders choiceful shopwiki
-----------------------------------

whereas Google severely truncates that.
Recently Yahoo took to giving weird results, increasing the hits if UK was
invoked/exclusions added(!) and changed its images fortmat to be like
Googles but wouldn't go beyond the first page.
I changed to Google for images but, as has been said, my default of 20 hits
became 10 for any other format.

It's all very annoying as I've had my own urls for ages, with all of my
preferences in and no cookies required - now it's all broken!

 

[PeterC]

Two that come to mind:

https://ixquick.com/

and

http://scroogle.org/

Which has:

http://www.scroogle.org/cgi-bin/scraper.htm

I quit using Google when the Adblocker plugin to my browser reported
over 800 hits by GoogleAnalytics scripts. They spy on everything you do.

mike

In Firefox (back-up only) I've Adblock and Ghostery; in Opera, Ghostery and
the various urlfilters, then a Hosts file of nearly 250k lines and /still/
the bastards get through!

 

[Joerg]

Thanks Joerg, It looks like it's something wrong with IE. The
secretary can't change her home page either. I'm willing to bet that
the microsoft solution will involve upgrading some old piece of
software. Why do computer issues seem like such a time sink? I learn
something and five years later it's different. No ones changing the
charge of an electron.

Oh, you can do that, too. Just file the requisite patent somewhere. I am
quite sure it'll sail through if worded correctly