Skip to content

Comment on Show HN: A blocklist to remove spam and bad websites from search resultsparent

Comments

Hi! I'm mostly going through them manually. Not all of the domains in the list are literally spam - most of the list also includes misleading sites like corporate blogs that trick people into downloading their software.

You might be interested in the AI spam/low effort section though, one that tops DDG often are these AI generated tech articles: https://github.com/popcar2/BadWebsiteBlocklist/issues/1

They're the same site under different domains, you can tell it's AI by its writing style, how much they churn out per day, how little info there is about who's writing it, how similarly the about pages are written, and how the same article is suspiciously also in similar-sounding sites.

Another one I just caught today that was on top of page 1: https://github.com/popcar2/BadWebsiteBlocklist/issues/84

I'll be sure to report these sites as I'm adding to the list, thanks.

Got it, that's good to know, thanks! I've added the domains in the AI spam / low effort section to our list of user reports for review.

AboutSource Built by g1lg1l

Hackerly is an independent reader for Hacker News, built on the public HN API. Not affiliated with Y Combinator.