How to block specific websites from showing up in Google search results?

In this tutorial I’ll tell you about how to block specific websites from showing up in Google search results. Many a times it happens when you search for something Google comes up with some irrelevant results. And if you don’t want such type of results in the future searches, you can block those useless websites from Google Search result. Currently we have three approach methods – Blocking Websites at the Browser level, blocking sites per account and blocking search results using Global filter. Without making any delay let’s see how we can block those unnecessary websites.

How to block specific websites from Google Search Results?

Method 1: Blocking the useless sites using browser – This method works with only Google chrome browser. If you have one, then install the add-on called "Personal Blocklist". After installing the add-on if you find any irrelevant result in your Google search, then just click the block link generated by the add-on besides the search result and it will block the website from showing up further in the future searches. But in reality the add-on simply hides the search result and you will find that they are still showing up in searches if other alternate browsers if you have.

Method 2: Blocking Sites through Google Account – Here, you should be logged in to your Google account while making searches. As this trick occurs only for the Google account you have used to block the site. To use go to the "web dashboard" and add the URL you don’t want to show up in the search result. You can add up to 500 URLs but you are allowed to add only one URL at a time.

Method 3: Block using Global Filter – This is the last alternative to block selected sites from Google Search that we will be discussing today in this post. This is done by using the Google’s Custom Search feature. You need to follow the following steps in order to successfully block specific websites from your Google search result.

Step 1: This one is optional. If you were using the Personal Blocklist add-on in Chrome, then simply export the URLs that have been blocked by clicking the Google Blocklist icon and then selecting the “Export” option.

Step 2: Now go to "this page" and give it a name (any name) and description and in the sites to search section enter all the TLDs that are popular (e.g. *.com, *org, *.edu). But remember to add one TLD in one line.

Step 3: Save it by clicking the “Next” option in the bottom of the page. After that click the option that lets you test you Custom Search Engine. There after click on the “Next” option again and you will find a link that reads “include more sites”. This is the place where the “to-be-blocked” sites are to be added. There choose exclude sites and then exclude sites in bulk option and add the sites you want to be blocked. If you have used the first step then you can just copy and paste sites from the exported block list. Save it and next time when you search sometime you will see that the blocked sites are not showing up.

So these are the three most effective methods to block useless sites from Google searches. The only disadvantage of the third method is that you have to keep syncing your Chrome add-on Personal Blocklist and the Custom Search Engine in order to keep the searches clean, but it’s worth it. This is all for now, if in future I come to know about any new methods about how to block specific websites from showing up in Google Search results, I’ll surely give an update here.

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