uBlock-Origin-dev-filter

Filters to block and remove copycat-websites from DuckDuckGo and Google. Specific to dev websites like StackOverflow or GitHub.

Import into uBlock Origin

1. Open uBlock Origin settings
2. Under the "Filter" tab, scroll to the bottom where it says “Custom” and click the “Import” checkbox to reveal the custom URL textbox
3. Append the URL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/quenhus/uBlock-Origin-dev-filter/main/dist/google_duckduckgo/all.txt in the textbox
4. Press Apply Changes in the upper right

Note: In /dist/, you can find filters for other search engines. You can use and combine these filters by using the raw URL of /dist/ files.

Adding URL's

Please create a pull-request or start an issue with evidence against the "copycats".

Sources

• uBlacklist Stack Overflow Translation
• uBlacklist GitHub Translation
• uBlock Origin - Shitty Copy-Paste websites filter
• Quenhus Stackoverflow/Github copy-cats

Do your own

1. List URL that you want to block in a .txt in the data/ folder
2. Use src/generate.py, which generate files in dist/ you can use as uBlock filters

Manual Google filter

1. Take an URL *.abc.example.com or iam.copycat.com/*
2. Remove * prefix or /* suffix
3. Surround the URL with google.*##.g:has(a[href*=" and "])
4. For example, it gives google.*##.g:has(a[href*=".abc.example.com"]) and google.*##.g:has(a[href*="iam.copycat.com"])

Manual DuckDuckGo filter

1. Take an URL *.abc.example.com or iam.copycat.com/*
2. Remove * prefix or /* suffix
3. Surround the URL with duckduckgo.*##.results > div:has(a[href*=" and "])
4. For example, it gives duckduckgo.*##.results > div:has(a[href*=".abc.example.com"]) and duckduckgo.*##.results > div:has(a[href*="iam.copycat.com"])