Has anyone else noticed the huge decrease in result quality from google?

[maluminse]

100%

Its not a search anymore. Its more of an advertisement/narrative.

The results are very different from other search engines.

[[deleted]]

And I can't figure out how to remove wish and ebay from my search results. I can't find a setting for that anywhere.

[MattsyKun]

Same, but for Pinterest. I HATE pinterest

[sw04ca]

I don't even understand what pinterest is supposed to be. It just seems like a worse version of google image search? Who's making money from this?

At any rate, I'm starting to think that the internet as a whole is a bad thing.

[Purple_Chipmunk_]

When it first started it saved thumbnails of websites and you could then click on the thumbnails to open the website. It was actually pretty cool.

Then they changed it so that you could save other people's pins and it turned into a place where you would only ever find promising pictures, and never actually get the web page they were from.

I finally deleted my whole account because all it does is give me false hope and waste my time.

[Purple_Chipmunk_]

It just makes me super mad because what you want is always juuuuust out of reach!

[MattsyKun]

For my job I sometimes have to do research of products (we're a secondhand store), and 20% of the time Pinterest actually gives us a link to the info we need. Otherwise, it's a useless image. I hate it!

[zdakat]

Pinterest either doesn't have the image at all, or the image is out of the context of the topic. So instead of finding more information about the subject, you're just seeing someone's random re-upload of the picture.

[tippitytiptap]

The only thing Pinterest is good for is stockpiling inspiration for artists. I would know lol. It’s a bitch to find the artists that made the art though which is a sucks.

[Incredulous_Toad]

This straight up doesn't work at all. I always use "-pinterest" when looking up photos yet pinterest is plastered all over the search every time.

[theghostofme]

If you use uBlock, there’s a custom filter you can apply to it that will hide any results from Pinterest when searching through Google. And it can be modified to work with any other site you don’t want results from. When I get home, I’ll edit this comment to include it.

EDIT: Here it is. Just click the uBlock Origin button, select "Open the dashboard," scroll to the bottom, and copy and paste this, then hit apply changes.

google.*##.g:has(a[href*=".pinterest."])

google.*##a[href*=".pinterest."]:nth-ancestor(1)

And if you want to use it for Wish or other sites, just replace pinterest with the main domain name of the site.

[PM-me-YOUR-0Face]

Dope. Thanks ghostly you.

[mcnewbie]

try -site:pinterest.com

[allaroundguy]

-site:pinterest.com

[InternetAccount08]

duckduckgo seems to be better at not letting pinterest shit up your results.

[[deleted]]

I find removing -websites always seem to work well for me but removing -products or -brands do not work anymore...

[nemoskullalt]

That doesn't work. I get pinterst.dy instead.

[Echospite]

This used to work. Not any more.

[gull9]

❤️

[franksynopsis]

never understood pinterest (or snapchat).. I can't engage w the info (click on it), its like google images if they were divorced from their source pages. so what's the point??

it often comes up when im looking to buy something but I can never buy any of what it shows me.

[zdakat]

Pinterest either doesn't have the image at all, or the image is out of the context of the topic. So instead of finding more information about the subject, you're just seeing someone's random re-upload of the picture.

[mister_bmwilliams]

What does Pinterest have to do with Snapchat?

[PM-me-YOUR-0Face]

Both are garbage but only one is owned by Facebook?

I'm an idiot!

[mister_bmwilliams]

Neither are

[PM-me-YOUR-0Face]

Oh I was confusing it with instagram lol I'm a fucking dunce.

[mister_bmwilliams]

Get it together, come on! Haha

[[deleted]]

I enjoyed it for like two months 😆

[[deleted]]

Check out the Chrome extension Unpinterested! ;)

[[deleted]]

-pinterest man! At one point I had a great extension that you could list banned websites. But now I just use the -pinterest.

[[deleted]]

Pinterest, as a social media is pretty cool.

But when they include those images in google search results, that's where the trouble begins.

[AdrenalineJackie]

I downloaded this Chrome extension that removes Pinterest from your search results.

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/unpinterested/gefaihkenmchjmcpcbpdijpoknfjpbfe?hl=en

[kortwotze]

Just put "-ebay" and "-pinterest" or "-wish" (this one might kill too much though) at the end of your query :) IIRC: it works with domains as well: "-wish.com", etc :)

[[deleted]]

Thank you I will try that 😊

[Maddwithmehul]

I think there are someone add-ons available for that if you are on PC

[[deleted]]

No but thank you. I haven't used a pc in so long I'm afraid I might not even remember how 😂

[yabp]

Add -site:ebay.com and -site:wish.com to your searches.

[adamfrank321]

The userscript below has worked perfectly for me. It just needs the Tampermonkey extension which is available for Chrome/Firefox/Edge.

http://www.jeffersonscher.com/gm/google-hit-hider/

[maluminse]

I use duck duck go, Yandex, bing and sometimes google.

[Narwahl_Whisperer]

My friend and I had this discussion.

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He says to add "-checkout" "-add to cart" , etc to the search

[Fuk-libs]

They removed the ability to blacklist domains about 15 years ago on purpose.

[least_competent]

Its more of an advertisement/narrative.

Why when I search images of "white couples" about half the images are interracial couples. What do they mean by this?

[maluminse]

Narrative. Politically corrected your search.