I can't begin to express how aggravating it is to google a programming issue, and have the top five results all link to the same page with the same paywalled answers.
Yes. I knew I could not be the first person to post Expert Exchange. It was the *very* first thing I thought of, and then some of the more annoying driver sites that popup when you do searches for various printer and hardware drivers.
I love this idea too, but honestly wonder just what Google will do the results. I can see abused like Astroturfing to influence a competitors ranking in the search results.
That being said, just being able to block Expert Exchange is priceless to me. I hate those bastards.
How does that block it from appearing in the search results for Google? I know Google ain't pure as the driven snow, but they ain't checking my hosts file on disk either before they return search results:)
Heh, true. Oh well, trying to help here.:) And you're right, a search result which times out is even worse that one you simply have to scroll down to the bottom to see the answer.:)
YES the freakin driver sites are getting ridiculous. Every time I look for a driver the first 2 pages are some crap site that just pops you around from page to page only to try and install their crappy software to "give" you the driver for a small fee! If their site was not there the driver would be easy to find. With all these sites it makes the driver impossible to find.. therefore you need these sites to find them.. AHHH gonna throw up now.. then download this bad boy.
Here's to hoping Expert's Exchange is among them (Score:5, Insightful)
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LOL!
Yes. I knew I could not be the first person to post Expert Exchange. It was the *very* first thing I thought of, and then some of the more annoying driver sites that popup when you do searches for various printer and hardware drivers.
I love this idea too, but honestly wonder just what Google will do the results. I can see abused like Astroturfing to influence a competitors ranking in the search results.
That being said, just being able to block Expert Exchange is priceless to me. I hate those bastards.
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That being said, just being able to block Expert Exchange is priceless to me. I hate those bastards.
/etc/hosts, or, c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts. Apparently (from ping) they're at 208.87.33.150.
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Heh
I know about the hosts file :)
How does that block it from appearing in the search results for Google? I know Google ain't pure as the driven snow, but they ain't checking my hosts file on disk either before they return search results :)
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Re:Here's to hoping Expert's Exchange is among the (Score:4, Insightful)