| How do you block fixya.com scam site from google results without typing -fixya every time? | vmlinux | 1/4/11 1:26 PM | Every time I search for something I get half a page of fixya with no answer, and often even the question has nothing to do with what I searched for. They are obviously working some sort of system to get on top of google, and it's killing me trying t |
| Re: How do you block fixya.com scam site from google results without typing -fixya every time? | macaxeman | 1/22/11 4:24 PM | HERES HOW! First set up a search with all of the criteria like -fixya -pulse -ehow -freepatentsonline etc. Then click on favorites near the top of your browser and then on add to favor |
| Re: How do you block fixya.com scam site from google results without typing -fixya every time? | vmlinux | 1/22/11 6:44 PM | That's a pretty decent idea dude. I agree that google needs to do something, but I guess the reason they can't take search filters from users is that spammers would somehow manipulate it to nuke competitors. The only bad thing about your result is |
| Re: How do you block fixya.com scam site from google results without typing -fixya every time? | deadsprat | 8/21/12 11:39 AM | You don’t want a website to appear in your search results – “Ping” it to obtain its IP address and follow the below. You can block "fixya" on Google by using your Windows Explorer to navigate to C:WINDOWS\System32\drivers\etc Right-click on the “ |
| Re: How do you block fixya.com scam site from google results without typing -fixya every time? | cf-allen | 8/23/12 4:53 PM | Your question is old, but people are replying to it now with out of date answers. You can block search results using your Google Account. Login, then go to https://www.google.com/preferences?hl=en 2nd to last item is "Blocking unwanted results" wh |
| Re: How do you block fixya.com scam site from google results without typing -fixya every time? | lescom | 8/24/12 8:33 AM | You posted this on the wrong forum. This is for the tool that uses Google for custom searches on your own web site and has NOTHING AT ALL to do with the ordinary Google search Might I suggest that you do a scumware scan on your machine? |
| Re: How do you block fixya.com scam site from google results without typing -fixya every time? | Chad P. | 4/3/13 5:58 AM | As of April 3, 2013, Google has discontinued that feature (according to the page that loads). They direct you to a Chrome add-on that will do the same. I use Firefox, so I guess I'll look in FF add-ons. |
| Re: How do you block fixya.com scam site from google results without typing -fixya every time? | backy0175 | 4/3/13 9:00 PM | How about Firefox addon "Hide Unwanted Results of Google Search". https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/hide-unwanted-results-of-go/?src=userprofile |
| Re: How do you block fixya.com scam site from google results without typing -fixya every time? | Chad P. | 4/4/13 5:50 AM | THANK YOU!!!!! I just installed it and it works great! No more FixYa crud when I search. I just added *.fixya.* in the settings and it eliminated it. Strange that when I used Google to search for an add-no to do this, I didn't get any results. Co |