I've just modified my Google search engine entry in Chrome to include this. There use to be an easy way to configure your account to always block certain domains, but that's gone now, so you have to use -site per-query. Maybe there are browser plugins that help? I miss the old functionality. I only had to block about a dozen sites to get great search results.
Maybe it'd be less viable now; I'd probably have to block hundreds or thousands of sites, and they'd keep breeding new ones. Just make a search that excludes all the domains you despise. Don't include any search terms or just a dummy one. Then save it as a bookmark. You used to be able to tweak part of the URL in the Firefox google search thing, and append queries I thought so as well.
Google removed it. You can hide sites with a flag in the query. No idea if it works on image search but I assume it does. I use Brave. How do I hop to the Tor version of a site? If you go to a site that advertises via HTTP header that it has a Tor version, you'll get an "Open in Tor" button at the end of the address bar. Examples are nytimes. It was too effective. Udik 10 months ago root parent prev next [—]. I don't get why Google doesn't give an option to permanently remove or downgrade certain domains, straight from the results page.
There are results I am never interested in. It could also work as a further signal for their ranking, if used with some caution. Probably Google would do good to give up total control and obscurity and put people in the driving seat of search customization. But I'm wondering if this would not be better implemented at browser level. Not just on Google, but also on the rest of the web, like ad blocking extensions.
Blikkentrekker 10 months ago root parent prev next [—]. I have an account there and I use it but the interface is atrocious and they seem to actively be making it worse. Recently they removed the facility to, when saving a pin, to type the name of the board to find it, now having to scroll through an alphabetical listing.
Before that, they also redesigned the website such that a refresh of the page was required in order to save a pin to two different boards, an action they explicitly support.
The website is also a slow resource hog. They only recently added a way to search one's own's pins, and it's very lacking and doesn't reliably even catch words in the descriptions thereof. Sometimes it does; sometimes it doesn't. What can be said about it is that the algorithm for finding related things is generally quite good — the interesting thing is that it's actually better at finding the aforementioned boy's love fiction than most of the websites that actually host it.
The problem is that there is no real competitor. If the user is confused on how to do something then it keeps them on the page longer and pushes the metrics up taps on head. The irritating part is that Google used to penalize websites dramatically if the user couldn't get to the content but the search engine could.
I guess that interfered with Google extracting ad money. Ekaros 10 months ago root parent prev next [—]. Yes, Ointerest and Quora are types of site that Google should really punish hard. Account requirements is something that should move sites outside the few top pages Yeah, the results should definitely contain a HEAVY waiting for accessibility by the general user and most people don't have a pinterest account nor do they want one.
The absolute worst part of pinterest is the the time it takes to respond to ctl-w. It's slower than just about every other site. KKKKkkkk1 10 months ago root parent prev next [—]. With Google featuring progressively more ads and Google content at the top of the results page, it's not clear if it's still in Google's self interest to give users the best results anymore.
This is why there's an aggressive firewall between the ads and search organizations. The ranking team isn't even aware of revenue numbers by ACL.
I'm sure the search team can, erm,google for the ad revenue figures in the earnings release. FireBeyond 10 months ago root parent next [—]. Apropos of anything else, Google is famous for a "monorepo". Any team can see the underlying architecture of things, regardless of any supposed "aggressive firewall" alluded to above. A monorepo does not let you deduce the revenue consequences of experiments, but regardless, even if you could figure it out, it isn't part of the incentive structure.
You think the search team runs an experiment once per 3 months to test how their algorithm ideas impact earnings? The company isn't a charity. If a search change demonstrably has a negative effect on company earnings even if users like it it will almost certainly be reversed. This is completely false. I've personally been involved in launching ranking changes that negatively impacted revenue substantially. I didn't find out until months later through the grapevine, and only in vague terms like "ads had to scramble.
Revenue projections were never considered as part of the launch decision, nor have they they been consulted as part of evaluating subsequent versions. VBprogrammer 10 months ago root parent next [—]. Perhaps this has gone too far, as others have noted, there are so many ads and Google generated content esp. YouTube links that the organic search results are practically on the second page.
If Googlers were allowed to consider revenue in the search results perhaps they wouldn't have been so easily down graded to a second class citizen. You can find public examples where the opposite has been done.
But I believe it was the right decision to launch Panda, both for the long-term trust of our users and for a better ecosystem for publishers. Someone decides that searches have e. If you believe this I would love to sell you an extremely expensive bridge.
If ever. Well to be fair, probably the engineers want to on some level, but there is a business mandate to not and there always has been. I am cynical. Maybe Google's own experiments show that users click more ads when they get frustrated of the Pinterest spam that is technically not spam enough to be removed from the index. What the users are going to do? Use Bing? Google's most optimised version is probably being an Ads search engine where you are presented only with the most lucrative ads that are relative to your query.
Essentially Yellow pages. And certainly not for image searches, which is how Pinterest's pollution ends up being noticed. I had an experience the other day where duckduckgo worked where google had failed an obscure java default bug. It was pleasantly surprising. It's certainly going in that direction. With reverse image search being replaced with "Search with Google Lense" on mobile, the most prominent results are now all Google shopping ads.
If that's the idea, isn't it easier to just show random junk? Why pinterest? Well, yeah, since even if you click through Pinterest won't actually show you the content. Isn't that supposed to disqualify them from appearing in search results at all?
Just do -pinterest in your search to filter. User: This service has a problem and it's not working well. Programmer: There's nothing wrong with the service, you just have to use [magic incantation] to make it work right. I've been hoping for 20 years that this kind of exchange would stop happening. Still hoping! IanCal 10 months ago root parent next [—]. And there's always this kind of response. They didn't say the service was fine, they just provided a simple workaround which doesn't require forcing a change to Google's algorithm.
Hoping they don't help with this seems odd. So, to counter, I'm glad that they did say this as it regularly annoys me too. It's indeed a useful tip - and no offense to the GP - but this kind of reply always feels like the tech support equivalent of a mandatory arbitration clause: like an attempt to solve an issue individually with each person reporting it instead of giving a systemic solution that would benefit anyone.
The blame is shifted from devs providing a good service to individual users not knowing the latest workaround. Most probably the devs know how to do it but specs written by someone else told them to obfuscate useful functionality. Google: we need your personal information so we can improve your experience User: -pinterest Google: we need your personal information so we can improve your experience User: -pinterest!!
They merely offered a very simple workaround. This is a quick fix. Maybe the problem will get fixed "officially" someday. But I have the problem now, I need a workaround now, not in 5 years. User: your thing doesn't work the specific way I want. I haven't read the manual and refuse to learn now to use its features.
You should make it magically work the way I imagine. Multiply by users with different opinions, all entitled, on how thing should work. Services and users have different goals.
Why is the helpful technologist the problem? Real answer? Because helpful technologists are the interface between less knowledgeable users and services like Google. They can't. So, they offer the user a work-around. How, really, could you improve the Google service for everyone? I guarantee the number is greater than zero. The assumption's completely invalid, so it doesn't actually work.
I see your point. Working around abusive behaviour, and accepting that as a solution, just enables further abuse. I don't think we can influence said engineers here on HN.
I know for a fact that I personally wouldn't be influenced, and I also think that if the product managers will want something, then it will get done, no matter what people write here. Your second statement is enabling bad behavior, your first statement is insane.
TeMPOraL 10 months ago root parent next [—]. They're exactly right. The root problem here is incentive misalignment. Both Google and Pinterest sacrifice value they provide to extract more revenue from their users.
Care to elaborate on the insane part? I feel sane. Because we are all user of the product "google search". But yes I see your point. I call it the "permanent workaround". I think your premise is wrong.
The service isn't broken. I'd assume Google has enough people and data to know that it's doing what most people want. They were even kind enough to put in a workaround for the minority for whom it doesn't work well which appears to be OP. Most people want to have a full result page of nothing but login walls when searching for any kind of image?
Most people who click on Pinterest links are already logged into Pinterest Pinterest has a huge user base. They don't need to look at the source if they have an account; the link will work fine. And, no, most people don't bother picking a site before searching. Why would they artificially limit their results? People don't even visit amazon before searching for Amazon products. Not just Image Search - Pinterest often dominates Text Search, and people here are "Oh well, they figured out how to deliver what Google wants!
But not most people doing a Google search. Anyone who is not on Pinterest has its result page spammed with useless links. For the amount of people hired you would assume they had the best people. But their hiring process is broken. The brand is so strong that people think anyone who makes it into google must be the best of the best. It's more like a random person who has studied leetcode. Google account preferences used to have an option to exclude domains from results.
About a decade? In ish Google moved this functionality to Chrome so I lost access to it. Not sure if it is still there. DangitBobby 10 months ago root parent next [—]. It's not perfect, but I use the Firefox version of this extension.
Good for blocking Pinterest and those techno-babble scraper sites. It would be great if Google had a little "hide this domain for me permanently" next to every search result. Not only would it improve that user's own search results, it's a very strong signal that other users also might not like it, for de-ranking purposes.
GraemeL 10 months ago root parent next [—]. They used to offer that functionality but removed it years ago. I've been using this userscript since then. Even some social networks work with SEO. This decision is based in four determinant factors:. If many pinners purchase on your page through Pinterest, the platform will understand that you have a great website.
Here we must focus on keywords. A pin that has been commented and shared many times is a successful one. At first glance Pinterest looks like a social network for sharing and saving images. And it is, actually. As of , Pinterest is the 14th largest social network in the world with million active users each month.
Source: The Global State of Digital And Pinterest statistics show that both the number of Pinners and boards created, is increasing year over year.
This platform can be particularly beneficial if your business targets the same demographic that loves and uses Pinterest. The platform has historically attracted women and people who want to shop or start a new project.
Source: Pinterest Business. Now that you know what Pinterest marketing is, time to move on to how you can market your business on Pinterest.
Keep reading for 8 actionable tips. Pinterest is a visual platform, so effectively using it for business means producing high-quality, engaging visual content to share.
Finally, be consistent! Consistent, daily Pinning is more effective than creating a board and filling it up at once. And Pinning regularly ensures your content will reach a wider audience.
Using Hootsuite to schedule Pins will help your brand stay on top of your content calendar. Learn more about how to use Pinterest with Hootsuite below. Mix it up! Pin a video encouraging Pinners to shop at your e-commerce store or try adding multiple photos to a Pin to create a carousel. Consider also posting how-to Pins or inspiration boards to provide your audience with fun and valuable content.
In other words, the brand skillfully mixes useful, engaging and inspiring content boards with boards that are more promotional:. But the brand also has other boards, like the Earth Day board that includes Pins indirectly showcasing the brand while showing an understanding of what their audience values and supports. Find more SEO tips — and the top Pinterest keywords— in this article.
Another effective way to market your business on Pinterest is with ads. Pinterest allows advertisers to target ads around keywords, interests, location, age and other metrics and categories. And detailed audience targeting lets advertisers reach specific groups of Pinterest users, including:.
From video ads to collections to promoted Pins, there is a range of ad types available on Pinterest. Learn everything you need to know about Pinterest advertising here. A successful Pinterest marketing strategy is data-driven. In other words, tracking, measuring and analyzing key Pinterest metrics and audience behavior helps social media managers see what content performs best and what content is a little less engaging.
Get a verification badge. Website verification allows Pinterest users to certify that the website on their Pinterest profiles is theirs. To verify your site, go to 'settings' and click the 'verify website' button. Verified websites have check-marks next to the domain in search results, and can increase SEO rank and traffic to your pages. Fill out SEO hot spots.
Fill out your SEO title on Pinterest and name your individual boards with keywords. Link across platforms. Someone intrigued by your Pinterest page will likely want to see more of your offerings.
Give people every opportunity to browse your content. Include links from your Pinterest profile to your website, blog and other social media platforms. Use strong calls to action like 'See more now! Become visible to search engines. Pinterest can be a waste of time if people can't find your work, and Pinterest has an option that hides pinboards from search engines.
Take a second to ensure fans and prospects can find you by going to 'settings' and turning off the 'hide from search engines' option. Prepare for local search. The meteoric rise of Pinterest means it will become more relevant to local search results. Prepare by creating a board that highlights local attractions in your organisation's city or region.
Include landmarks related to your business, like your storefront. This information illustrates your connection to the area and lets local customers know where to visit you. Create a variety of boards.
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