> I think 'more customization' which is a theme with a lot of these alternatives is a fundamental dead end.
It doesn't need much--a single button with "Remove this site from future results".
That would solve 99% of the problem because it would destroy SEO optimization since whole swathes of people would have different criteria due to the blocked websites. It would also tell Google which websites suck if they didn't already know.
Alas, it would also destroy their ad revenue because once a site got overly scummy people would start delisting it.
It doesn't need much--a single button with "Remove this site from future results".
That would solve 99% of the problem because it would destroy SEO optimization since whole swathes of people would have different criteria due to the blocked websites. It would also tell Google which websites suck if they didn't already know.
Alas, it would also destroy their ad revenue because once a site got overly scummy people would start delisting it.