I was prompted to submit this entry to HN after reading this post: http://venturebeat.com/2011/01/12/google-search/<p>I've been doing what I describe below for a while and can't imagine living without it. I think with a bit of collaboration everyone can benefit and make Google suck less.<p>Install this Chrome extension: https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/eidhkmnbiahhgbgpjpiimdogfidfikgf<p>And add this to the config:<p># Make these domains stand out in results<p>+en.wikipedia.org<p>+stackoverflow.com<p>+github.com<p>+api.rubyonrails.org<p>+apple.com<p>+ruby-doc.org<p>+codex.wordpress.org<p>+imdb.com<p>+alternativeto.net<p>+superuser.com<p>+news.ycombinator.com<p>+.edu/<p># SPAM - never show these results<p>experts-exchange.com<p>ezinearticles<p>efreedom.com<p>about.com<p>ehow.com<p>I'm hoping someone can compile a more complete list of the content farms so that I can improve my config (and therefore my search experience). Just adding the major ones (Experts Exchange, etc) as above already makes a huge difference. Could someone maybe post a gist on GitHub with a more complete config?
Here's my list of spam sites (I use OptimizeGoogle for firefox to filter them:<p>/efreedom.com/i<p>/bigresource.com/i<p>/thefreecountry.com/i<p>/sharewareconnection.com/i<p>/x64bitdownload.com/i<p>/softpedia.com/i<p>/tucows.com/i<p>/softexia.com/i<p>/mysharonbiz.com/i<p>/informe.com/i<p>/whois.net/i
For programming questions, I created a very simple Google custom search engine, which works quite well for me - <a href="http://laughingcomputer.com/search/" rel="nofollow">http://laughingcomputer.com/search/</a>