Gossip Site Blocker
Hide harmful sites from Google search results.
Gossip Site Blocker - Firefox Add-on to Manage Search Results
'Gossip Site Blocker' is a user-friendly Firefox add-on. It assists users in blocking specific harmful sites, accounts on social media platforms like Twitter, or even blocking content based on certain keywords from their Google search results. This versatile tool offers both soft and hard blocking features. To ensure user experience, it inhibits blocked content from being viewed even for a moment. This might cause a slight shift in the layout which can be adjusted by resizing the window. It can also block card type search results, news, and videos.
Add-on stats
Manifest V2
By: Hideki Ikemoto
Rating: 4.18 
(33)
Weekly download count: 11
Firefox on Android: No
Permissions:
- storage
- activeTab
Size: 111.75K
Email: ik*****@gmail.com
URLs: Website ,Privacy policy
Full description: See detailed description
Ranking
Other platforms
Not available on Android
Not available on Edge
User reviews
These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews.
Firefox Browser Add-ons does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate,
spammy, or outdated. Pros
- Effectively blocks unwanted sites from Google searches.
- User-friendly for beginners without complicated settings.
- Supports regular expressions for advanced users to block specific words or domains.
- Helps reduce clutter from low-quality websites and malicious content.
- Provides control over what shows up in search results.
Cons
- Occasional functionality issues, such as the blocker not activating until refreshing a page.
- The user interface could be improved for visibility and ease of use.
- The 'Block this page' button is intrusive and cannot be minimized effectively.
- Users cannot directly edit or correct registered target strings without deleting and re-adding.
- Issues with the add-on's performance on the initial load or search, leading to temporary failures.
Most mentioned
- Functionality issues or performance inconsistencies.
- Ease of use for beginners versus the need for advanced features.
- User interface design and suggestions for improvements.
- Regular expression support for blocking more specific content.
- Intrusive blocking button on search results pages.
User reviews
by Firefox user 15711806, 2024-12-23
by Firefox user 18353134, 2024-04-01
Add-on safety
Risk impact
Gossip Site Blocker requires a lot of sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.
Risk impact analysis details
- Critical Request access to the following domains: google.com, google.ad, google.ae, com.af, com.ag, com.ai, google.al, google.am, co.ao, com.ar, google.as, google.at, com.au, google.az, google.ba, com.bd, google.be, google.bf, google.bg, com.bh, google.bi, google.bj, com.bn, com.bo, com.br, google.bs, google.bt, co.bw, google.by, com.bz, google.ca, google.cd, google.cf, google.cg, google.ch, google.ci, co.ck, google.cl, google.cm, google.cn, com.co, co.cr, com.cu, google.cv, com.cy, google.cz, google.de, google.dj, google.dk, google.dm, com.do, google.dz, com.ec, google.ee, com.eg, google.es, com.et, google.fi, com.fj, google.fm, google.fr, google.ga, google.ge, google.gg, com.gh, com.gi, google.gl, google.gm, google.gp, google.gr, com.gt, google.gy, com.hk, google.hn, google.hr, google.ht, google.hu, co.id, google.ie, co.il, google.im, co.in, google.iq, google.is, google.it, google.je, com.jm, google.jo, co.jp, co.ke, com.kh, google.ki, google.kg, co.kr, com.kw, google.kz, google.la, com.lb, google.li, google.lk, co.ls, google.lt, google.lu, google.lv, com.ly, co.ma, google.md, google.me, google.mg, google.mk, google.ml, com.mm, google.mn, google.ms, com.mt, google.mu, google.mv, google.mw, com.mx, com.my, co.mz, com.na, com.nf, com.ng, com.ni, google.ne, google.nl, google.no, com.np, google.nr, google.nu, co.nz, com.om, com.pa, com.pe, com.pg, com.ph, com.pk, google.pl, google.pn, com.pr, google.ps, google.pt, com.py, com.qa, google.ro, google.ru, google.rw, com.sa, com.sb, google.sc, google.se, com.sg, google.sh, google.si, google.sk, com.sl, google.sn, google.so, google.sm, google.sr, google.st, com.sv, google.td, google.tg, co.th, com.tj, google.tk, google.tl, google.tm, google.tn, google.to, com.tr, google.tt, com.tw, co.tz, com.ua, co.ug, co.uk, com.uy, co.uz, com.vc, co.ve, google.vg, co.vi, com.vn, google.vu, google.ws, google.rs, co.za, co.zm, co.zw, google.cat
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Risk likelihood
We don't have sufficient data to confidently determine the risk likelihood of Gossip Site Blocker. Use it at your own risk.
Risk likelihood analysis details
- High This extension has low user count. Unpopular extensions may not be stable or safe.
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