tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19727420.post1159954988590949855..comments2024-03-23T12:05:13.464-07:00Comments on Ideas: How do I filter .ru out of a Google search?David Friedmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06543763515095867595noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19727420.post-29370371889681801752020-07-11T08:58:52.632-07:002020-07-11T08:58:52.632-07:00-.ru works for me:
russian wodehouse society -.ru-.ru works for me:<br /><a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=russian+wodehouse+society+-.ru" rel="nofollow">russian wodehouse society -.ru</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19727420.post-36646964232509207412020-07-10T14:35:50.659-07:002020-07-10T14:35:50.659-07:00There's an extension called "uBlacklist&q...There's an extension called "uBlacklist" (there's one for Chrome as well as one for Firefox) that lets you filter particular patterns out of Google searches. For example, I have pinterest filtered out of image searches. You should be able to add a filter for "*://*.ru/*"MikeKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15813099251733068708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19727420.post-74846212756961265512020-07-10T11:05:40.566-07:002020-07-10T11:05:40.566-07:00Many thanks to Anonymous for his first suggestion,...Many thanks to Anonymous for his first suggestion, which works. I had tried -.ru and it didn't work, but perhaps I was doing something wrong. <br /><br />I use a long search string which includes my name and -ambassador (to eliminate the David Friedman who is ambassador to Israel) plus lots of other minuses to eliminate less likely false positives.<br />David Friedmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06543763515095867595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19727420.post-8098188182483893642020-07-10T10:25:34.189-07:002020-07-10T10:25:34.189-07:00You can report bad search results to Google
https:...You can report bad search results to Google<br />https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/93713<br />and then they can learn how to remove them from their results.Tim Lamberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03619533938771249394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19727420.post-20858214042534044812020-07-10T06:52:22.094-07:002020-07-10T06:52:22.094-07:00I'm curious, what search terms are you using? ...I'm curious, what search terms are you using? I tried "David Friedman" and didn't see anything except .com, .org and .edu in the first 10 pages of results.<br /><br />I do agree that cut-and-paste web pages are a serious problem these days.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19727420.post-35007859025466064532020-07-10T04:18:12.440-07:002020-07-10T04:18:12.440-07:00Even just adding -.ru to a Google search will filt...Even just adding -.ru to a Google search will filter those results out.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19727420.post-44659636397731349172020-07-09T21:53:57.125-07:002020-07-09T21:53:57.125-07:00try adding "-site:.ru" to the search.
co...try adding "-site:.ru" to the search.<br />compare: <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=russian+wodehouse+society" rel="nofollow">russian wodehouse society</a> vs <a href="https://www.google.com/search?q=russian+wodehouse+society+-site:.ru" rel="nofollow">russian wodehouse society -site:.ru</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com