[PLUG] web search post filtering
brooks at netgate.net
brooks at netgate.net
Wed Jul 10 13:31:55 UTC 2019
It's not the solution you're seeking (I know of no such plugin) but maybe
a switch to duckduckgo instead of Google or Bing might make things a
little better. They don't collect or use tracking data to mung your
search results with crap.
https://duckduckgo.com/
Kevin
On Tue, 9 Jul 2019, Keith Lofstrom wrote:
> Perhaps I'm losing my ability to write useful search engine
> queries, but I suspect the "free" search engines are
> evolving to deliver sponsored search results that only
> vaguely resemble my request.
>
> For example, get many many results to a "+word" inquiry
> with no instances of the word I want. There might be a
> pony under all those horses**t results, but I don't have
> the time or stamina to dig.
>
> Is there a firefox (or chromium, or ...) browsing addon
> that downloads every search result (html and text, ignoring
> images etc.) from a search engine, then locally filters
> those hundreds of results for MY keywords inside the addon,
> showing me only the results that closely my specific query
> ... or none? Perhaps enabled to include personal or
> community-constructed filters, and also report statistics
> and log success rates.
>
> If you get something for free, you are the product. I'm
> tired of being bought and sold.
>
> Keith
>
>
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