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Offline CC27

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Google offered to block FoxNews results for me this morning!
« on: April 18, 2011, 09:02:07 AM »
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Google offered to block FoxNews results for me this morning!   Updated at 9:00 AM
   
Edited on Mon Apr-18-11 09:55 AM by Zephie
I was doing a search on Google this morning and I noticed something interesting: One of the results was for a Fox News article, and right below it was a link reading "Block all foxnews.com results". I don't know if anyone else has noticed this, but that's fantastic. After clicking you get a happy little message that says "We will not show you results from foxnews.com again", after showing the link being blown up.

I wasn't aware of this previously, though I knew you could filter search results. Interestingly none of the other links had this option beneath them.

Edit: Link found by being logged in to google, using general search and not news search.

search: pregnancy advice for dads. The link for fox news was #7. The option to block is right below the excerpt.

Advice for Dads-to-Be: 9 Tips for the Next 9 Months - Pregnancy ...
Feb 25, 2009 ... Advice for Dads-to-Be: 9 Tips for the Next 9 Months, Pregnancy isn't just about the woman. Guys, find out what you need to know to survive ...
(http link to fox news - removed for sake of post) - Cached - Similar - Block all foxnews.com results

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This is huge and series.  :whatever:

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Re: Google offered to block FoxNews results for me this morning!
« Reply #1 on: April 18, 2011, 09:04:26 AM »
:panic: "They're listening to us!  We have a voice!" :panic:

Google lets you do that with any domain.  Nitwit.
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Re: Google offered to block FoxNews results for me this morning!
« Reply #2 on: April 18, 2011, 09:04:50 AM »
I have had Huffpo blocked from google search results for some time.  It's a feature that google offers allowing you to block results from unwanted sources.
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Re: Google offered to block FoxNews results for me this morning!
« Reply #3 on: April 18, 2011, 09:11:11 AM »
Well now, what's the point in blocking a "search" result?

I can't think of any time I'd want to do that.

It's like, "I'm going to the library to look up 'boryborygmia,' but I'm on purpose not going to see what the Journal of the American Medical Association has to say about it."

For the life of me, I can't figure out why this is a good thing, putting on blinders that obscure one's view.

But of course, these are primitives.....
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Re: Google offered to block FoxNews results for me this morning!
« Reply #4 on: April 18, 2011, 09:41:30 AM »
You have to consciously tell google to block certain sites?  It's right there when I googled pregnancy advice for dads, with no offer to block.   :???:  I'm not getting why the DUmmie is so jubilant....it wasn't a Google Corporation corporate decision to corporately block teabagger sites? 
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Re: Google offered to block FoxNews results for me this morning!
« Reply #5 on: April 18, 2011, 10:59:47 AM »
Quote from: Karin on April 18, 2011, 09:41:30 AM
You have to consciously tell google to block certain sites?  It's right there when I googled pregnancy advice for dads, with no offer to block.   :???:  I'm not getting why the DUmmie is so jubilant....it wasn't a Google Corporation corporate decision to corporately block teabagger sites?  

I know that.  You know that.  But they don't.  They think that links to Fox News have been blocked for everyone in the entire world.

BTW, I noticed that I am unable to block website like that, too.  I wonder if it's only offered in Google Chrome (I use Firefox).
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Re: Google offered to block FoxNews results for me this morning!
« Reply #6 on: April 18, 2011, 11:15:02 AM »
Quote from: thelaughingman on April 18, 2011, 10:59:47 AM
I know that.  You know that.  But they don't.  They think that links to Fox News have been blocked for everyone in the entire world.

BTW, I noticed that I am unable to block website like that, too.  I wonder if it's only offered in Google Chrome (I use Firefox).

I googled "abortion rights".

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About 18,600,000 results (0.11 seconds)
Search Results
National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League
Apr 15, 2011 ... National organization advocating for and providing comprehensive information on reproductive rights in the U.S. Numerous local affiliates.
About Us - Contact - Abortion - Get Involved
www.naral.org/ - Cached - Similar - Block naral.org
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Abortion-rights movement - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The abortion-rights movement, also called the pro-choice movement, is a political movement encompassing the ethical view that a woman should have the legal ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abortion-rights_movement - Cached - Block en.wikipedia.org
NOW and Abortion Rights/Reproductive Justice
The National Organization for Women has a list of pro-choice resources, a list of their pro-choice activities, and a list of pro-choice activities that ...
www.now.org/issues/abortion/ - Cached - Similar - Block now.org
News for abortion rights

Some results were removed by the Personal Blocklist Chrome extension (show).

It's a Chrome extension, but I think Firefox may have one , also.

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Re: Google offered to block FoxNews results for me this morning!
« Reply #7 on: April 18, 2011, 11:17:46 AM »
I thought the whole reason algore invented the internet was to allow all kinds of information to be available to all the masses.  If the DUmmies want to stick their heads in the sand an only get information from sources that mirror their limited ways of thinking, good on them.  So much for them being open minded to other ideas......
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Re: Google offered to block FoxNews results for me this morning!
« Reply #8 on: April 18, 2011, 11:22:33 AM »
Quote from: DLR Pyro on April 18, 2011, 11:17:46 AM
I thought the whole reason algore invented the internet was to allow all kinds of information to be available to all the masses.  If the DUmmies want to stick their heads in the sand an only get information from sources that mirror their limited ways of thinking, good on them.  So much for them being open minded to other ideas......


I use the Chrome extension to block lefty blogs when I'm searching for news.
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Re: Google offered to block FoxNews results for me this morning!
« Reply #9 on: April 18, 2011, 12:00:33 PM »
God forbid that you should be subjected to the truth, just block whatever goes against your agenda.
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Re: Google offered to block FoxNews results for me this morning!
« Reply #10 on: April 18, 2011, 12:03:37 PM »
Quote from: DLR Pyro on April 18, 2011, 11:17:46 AM
I thought the whole reason algore invented the internet was to allow all kinds of information to be available to all the masses.

Me too.

Where was I thinking wrong?

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If the DUmmies want to stick their heads in the sand and only get information from sources that mirror their limited ways of thinking, good on them.  So much for them being open minded to other ideas......

Uh-huh.
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Re: Google offered to block FoxNews results for me this morning!
« Reply #11 on: April 18, 2011, 12:06:38 PM »
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Zephie Donating Member (894 posts)  Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list    Mon Apr-18-11 09:13 AM
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Google offered to block FoxNews results for me this morning!   Updated at 9:00 AM
   
Edited on Mon Apr-18-11 09:55 AM by Zephie
I was doing a search on Google this morning and I noticed something interesting: One of the results was for a Fox News article, and right below it was a link reading "Block all foxnews.com results". I don't know if anyone else has noticed this, but that's fantastic. After clicking you get a happy little message that says "We will not show you results from foxnews.com again", after showing the link being blown up.

I wasn't aware of this previously, though I knew you could filter search results. Interestingly none of the other links had this option beneath them.

Edit: Link found by being logged in to google, using general search and not news search.

search: pregnancy advice for dads. The link for fox news was #7. The option to block is right below the excerpt.

Advice for Dads-to-Be: 9 Tips for the Next 9 Months - Pregnancy ...
Feb 25, 2009 ... Advice for Dads-to-Be: 9 Tips for the Next 9 Months, Pregnancy isn't just about the woman. Guys, find out what you need to know to survive ...
(http link to fox news - removed for sake of post) - Cached - Similar - Block all foxnews.com results

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Re: Google offered to block FoxNews results for me this morning!
« Reply #12 on: April 18, 2011, 03:16:41 PM »
The tide is dripping!

Or the chickens have legs!

Or the toast is toast!

Or sumpthin'...
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Re: Google offered to block FoxNews results for me this morning!
« Reply #13 on: April 18, 2011, 03:27:25 PM »
Quote from: franksolich on April 18, 2011, 09:11:11 AM
Well now, what's the point in blocking a "search" result?

I can't think of any time I'd want to do that.

It's like, "I'm going to the library to look up 'boryborygmia,' but I'm on purpose not going to see what the Journal of the American Medical Association has to say about it."

For the life of me, I can't figure out why this is a good thing, putting on blinders that obscure one's view.

But of course, these are primitives.....


Coincidentally, I know the definition of "borborygmia." 

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Re: Google offered to block FoxNews results for me this morning!
« Reply #14 on: April 18, 2011, 03:42:01 PM »
Quote from: Traveshamockery on April 18, 2011, 03:27:25 PM

Coincidentally, I know the definition of "borborygmia."  
So does nadin.
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Re: Google offered to block FoxNews results for me this morning!
« Reply #15 on: April 18, 2011, 04:37:47 PM »
Quote from: Traveshamockery on April 18, 2011, 03:27:25 PM

Coincidentally, I know the definition of "borborygmia." 

 :lol:

Every time I think of the Bostonian Drunkard, I think of boryborygmia.

Every time I think of Pedro Picasso, I think of trimenthylumania.
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Milo Yiannopoulos "It has been obvious since 2016 that Trump carries an anointing of some kind. My American friends, are you so blind to reason, and deaf to Heaven? Can he do all this, and cannot get a crown? This man is your King. Coronate him, and watch every devil shriek, and every demon howl."

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Re: Google offered to block FoxNews results for me this morning!
« Reply #16 on: April 18, 2011, 06:22:32 PM »
Quote from: franksolich on April 18, 2011, 04:37:47 PM
Every time I think of the Bostonian Drunkard, I think of boryborygmia.

Every time I think of Pedro Picasso, I think of trimenthylumania.
You're causing so much Google traffic, nadin is having trouble getting in.
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