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FIANLLY rid of google's damn shopping tab!!
October 6, 2015 at 10:13 pm
(This post was last modified: December 2, 2015 at 9:24 pm by Aractus.)
On 31 May 2012 Google removed the "Product Search" feature, and has never returned it.
Finally I've worked out how to remove the Shopping links permanently (which SHOULD already be removed using uBlock0/Adblock in my opinion). Here is the rule:
Code: ! Code to remove Google Shopping links...
! Remove from main tab bar (no need to remove nth-of-type(1) as that would only display if you're already on the shopping tab)
google.ca,google.co.nz,google.co.uk,google.com.au,google.de,google.com##.hdtb-mitem > a[href*="&tbm=shop&"]
! Remove from tab bar drop-down
google.ca,google.co.nz,google.co.uk,google.com.au,google.de,google.com##.hdtb-mitem > .qs.q[href*="&tbm=shop&"]
! Remove from Google Apps drop-down
google.ca,google.co.nz,google.co.uk,google.com.au,google.de,google.com###gb6[href*="/shopping"]
! Remove (*unknown location...)
google.ca,google.co.nz,google.co.uk,google.com.au,google.de,google.com###gbmm[href*="&tbm=shop&"]
! Remove from the no-script tab-bar
google.ca,google.co.nz,google.co.uk,google.com.au,google.de,google.com##._Jhd._UXb[href*="&tbm=shop&"]
Edit: Updated.
For Religion & Health see:[/b][/size] Williams & Sternthal. (2007). Spirituality, religion and health: Evidence and research directions. Med. J. Aust., 186(10), S47-S50. -LINK
The WIN/Gallup End of Year Survey 2013 found the US was perceived to be the greatest threat to world peace by a huge margin, with 24% of respondents fearful of the US followed by: 8% for Pakistan, and 6% for China. This was followed by 5% each for: Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, North Korea. -LINK
"That's disgusting. There were clean athletes out there that have had their whole careers ruined by people like Lance Armstrong who just bended thoughts to fit their circumstances. He didn't look up cheating because he wanted to stop, he wanted to justify what he was doing and to keep that continuing on." - Nicole Cooke
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RE: FIANLLY rid of google's damn shopping tab!!
December 1, 2015 at 12:19 am
(October 6, 2015 at 10:13 pm)Aractus Wrote: On 31 May 2012 Google removed the "Product Search" feature, and has never returned it.
Finally I've worked out how to remove the Shopping links permanently (which SHOULD already be removed using uBlock0/Adblock in my opinion).
What shopping links are you referring to?
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RE: FIANLLY rid of google's damn shopping tab!!
December 1, 2015 at 12:25 am
![[Image: dvulwrd.png]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=i.imgur.com%2Fdvulwrd.png)
Second from the left in that screenshot.
For Religion & Health see:[/b][/size] Williams & Sternthal. (2007). Spirituality, religion and health: Evidence and research directions. Med. J. Aust., 186(10), S47-S50. -LINK
The WIN/Gallup End of Year Survey 2013 found the US was perceived to be the greatest threat to world peace by a huge margin, with 24% of respondents fearful of the US followed by: 8% for Pakistan, and 6% for China. This was followed by 5% each for: Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, North Korea. -LINK
"That's disgusting. There were clean athletes out there that have had their whole careers ruined by people like Lance Armstrong who just bended thoughts to fit their circumstances. He didn't look up cheating because he wanted to stop, he wanted to justify what he was doing and to keep that continuing on." - Nicole Cooke
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RE: FIANLLY rid of google's damn shopping tab!!
December 1, 2015 at 12:27 am
Wow, and I thought I was an ad-blocking fanatic.
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RE: FIANLLY rid of google's damn shopping tab!!
December 1, 2015 at 3:26 pm
(December 1, 2015 at 12:25 am)Aractus Wrote:
Second from the left in that screenshot.
Why get rid of it? Isn't it easier just to not click it?
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RE: FIANLLY rid of google's damn shopping tab!!
December 1, 2015 at 10:29 pm
Because it's an ad, and like all the very worst ads it's integrated into the content without informing the users that it is an ad and not content. I.e. it's meant to look like it's a search function (which is what Product Search was), but it's a paid listing service similar to Yellow Pages with the exception that no one gets a basic listing for free.
For Religion & Health see:[/b][/size] Williams & Sternthal. (2007). Spirituality, religion and health: Evidence and research directions. Med. J. Aust., 186(10), S47-S50. -LINK
The WIN/Gallup End of Year Survey 2013 found the US was perceived to be the greatest threat to world peace by a huge margin, with 24% of respondents fearful of the US followed by: 8% for Pakistan, and 6% for China. This was followed by 5% each for: Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, North Korea. -LINK
"That's disgusting. There were clean athletes out there that have had their whole careers ruined by people like Lance Armstrong who just bended thoughts to fit their circumstances. He didn't look up cheating because he wanted to stop, he wanted to justify what he was doing and to keep that continuing on." - Nicole Cooke
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RE: FIANLLY rid of google's damn shopping tab!!
December 1, 2015 at 10:43 pm
No, it isn't an ad any more than a cactus is an automobole. It's a link which takes you to those things if you should so choose - imagine that, a link titled "Shopping" that will show you things that you might wish to buy, and someone else will certainly sell you. It's a tool for people who are looking for goods to purchase online.
There's a lot of reasons to criticize online advertising, this IMHO is not one of them.
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RE: FIANLLY rid of google's damn shopping tab!!
December 2, 2015 at 12:59 am
Paid listings = advertising. It's not the product search feature, that was removed permanently from Google.
For Religion & Health see:[/b][/size] Williams & Sternthal. (2007). Spirituality, religion and health: Evidence and research directions. Med. J. Aust., 186(10), S47-S50. -LINK
The WIN/Gallup End of Year Survey 2013 found the US was perceived to be the greatest threat to world peace by a huge margin, with 24% of respondents fearful of the US followed by: 8% for Pakistan, and 6% for China. This was followed by 5% each for: Afghanistan, Iran, Israel, North Korea. -LINK
"That's disgusting. There were clean athletes out there that have had their whole careers ruined by people like Lance Armstrong who just bended thoughts to fit their circumstances. He didn't look up cheating because he wanted to stop, he wanted to justify what he was doing and to keep that continuing on." - Nicole Cooke
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RE: FIANLLY rid of google's damn shopping tab!!
December 2, 2015 at 1:18 am
The ads bother me less than the tracking cookies. I saw a report last night which showed that making a simple Google search is like flypaper for what amounts to spyware.
This was not the video but close enough.
http://www.nbcnews.com/id/42239031/ns/bu...l5BZ7_m6RI
They recommended a proxy server or VPN.
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RE: FIANLLY rid of google's damn shopping tab!!
December 2, 2015 at 7:23 pm
(This post was last modified: December 2, 2015 at 7:23 pm by bennyboy.)
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