Google offered to block FoxNews results for me this morning!

[Zephie]

I was doing a search on Google this morning and I noticed something interesting: One of the results was for a Fox News article, and right below it was a link reading "Block all foxnews.com results". I don't know if anyone else has noticed this, but that's fantastic. After clicking you get a happy little message that says "We will not show you results from foxnews.com again", after showing the link being blown up.

I wasn't aware of this previously, though I knew you could filter search results. Interestingly none of the other links had this option beneath them.

Edit: Link found by being logged in to google, using general search and not news search.

search: pregnancy advice for dads. The link for fox news was #7. The option to block is right below the excerpt.

Advice for Dads-to-Be: 9 Tips for the Next 9 Months - Pregnancy ...
Feb 25, 2009 ... Advice for Dads-to-Be: 9 Tips for the Next 9 Months, Pregnancy isn't just about the woman. Guys, find out what you need to know to survive ...
(http link to fox news - removed for sake of post) - Cached - Similar - Block all foxnews.com results

edit: Photo help

[madokie]

1. I don't know what it is but I know I want one :-)

[rurallib]

2. I googled "block storie from Fox News"

eventually I got here:
http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/news/thread?tid=2eb97aacca29d5b5&hl=en

Level 1
12/20/10
I don't want any stories from Fox to appear in my news summary. How do I block that source?
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Chuck Prady
Level 2
12/29/10
As of now, there's no feature in Google news to block specific news sites. The best thing to do right now is go to Settings > News Settings, then add Fox News in the "Less News From", then save changes.
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I can't figure out how to do this. = Oh well

[Zephie]

3. The way I got the link was:

search: pregnancy advice for dads. The link for fox news was #7. The option to block is right below the excerpt.

Advice for Dads-to-Be: 9 Tips for the Next 9 Months - Pregnancy ...
Feb 25, 2009 ... Advice for Dads-to-Be: 9 Tips for the Next 9 Months, Pregnancy isn't just about the woman. Guys, find out what you need to know to survive ...
(http link to fox news - removed for sake of post) - Cached - Similar - Block all foxnews.com results

edit to remove http link.

[rurallib]

4. all I got is Cached - Similar

that is all.
you must be lucky.

[Zephie]

5. You might need to be logged in to a google account

I'm constantly logged in because I'm a twitter addict and need it to connect with lots of things, so I don't think about that (apologies!) That might make a difference in the result options. I swear I'm not crazy! x_x

[Angry Dragon]

6. 'I swear I'm not crazy!'

That is what they all say


:hi: :donut: :evilgrin:

[Trajan]

7. Not working for me either ,,,, and I am logged in ,,,

It isnt clear if you were already IN 'Google News' when you entered the query, or if you entered the "pregnancy advice for dads" while in simple Google, and then clicked the 'news' tab ...

I do not get a foxnews.com story anywhere for that query

[Zephie]

8. OH! It was not a news search, just a general search term search

I was looking for web pages. I'll edit that in to the main post if I still can. Thank you for pointing that out, I feel so silly.

edit: Done, and photo of process added.

[Ratty]

9. Doesn't work for me. I'm logged in too

But click on your account on the upper right of the page. For me it says I have to fill in my profile. I think you have to do that step first. I'm too lazy.

[Zorra]

10. Google could make a whole lot of money selling a "Block Fox News" app.

I'd pay a little just to never have to deal with fake news when searching.