Will have to try that. With Firefox, I have been using the "No Script"=20
Add-on. You have the opportunity to filter most of these items, either=20
on a always, this session only, or never basis. I find, though it is a=20
little bothersome when surfing since many sites are first timers, and=20
unless you permit them, you don't get anywhere.
:)

On 2/21/2011 8:01 PM, Philip Pemberton wrote:
> Well, it seems the keyword-spammers have truly taken over Google.
>
> I was looking for a datasheet for a part earlier this afternoon, and I
> had to dig through SIXTEEN PAGES worth of search "results" which turned
> out to be some Chinese component chopshop trying to sell me parts I
> already had. "Urrgh," says I, "There has to be a better way."
>
> Turns out there is... if you're using Firefox as your web browser.
>
> First: grab yourself a copy of the OptimizeGoogle extension and install i=
t:
>     https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/optimizegoogle/
>
> Enable Search Result Filtering as per the destructions. I also enabled
> "Always remove click-tracking" and "Block ads on all Google services",
> and disabled "Add links to other web search sites". "Stream Search
> Results" is worth playing with too -- it removes the next/prev buttons
> at the bottom of the page, and makes the next page appear automatically
> as you scroll down the page.
>
> Now close the OptimizeGoogle options. Below each search result, you
> should have a list of things you can do -- typically Google gives you
> "Cached" and "Similar", but OptimizeGoogle adds "Filter". Click this
> button and you can add a single search result to the block list. What I
> typically do is block the entire subdomain or domain, e.g.:
>
> http://www.partminer.com/partdetail/partcatalog/LED-Display/9-CHARACTER/R=
ED/_pg1
>
> is added to my blocklist as:
>     http://*.partminer.com/*
>
> To get you started, I've uploaded my blocklist to Pastebin (figured you
> guys wouldn't appreciate me adding it as an attachment!):
>     http://pastebin.com/iJwhSg24
>
> To install the list -- open OptimizeGoogle Options (Tools menu), select
> Filter, then copy-paste the list of URLs into the "Filter list" box. OK
> your way out.
>
> Feel free to suggest additions to this list if you notice any other
> spammers I've missed :)
>
> Cheers,
>   =20
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