uBlacklist Chrome Extension Analysis
Privacy, Security & Ad BlockersChrome extension ID: pncfbmialoiaghdehhbnbhkkgmjanfhe
uBlacklist is a browser extension that allows users to blacklist specific domains from appearing in search engine results. It supports multiple search engines and provides options for both manual rule creation and public ruleset subscriptions.
Overview
Installs
200K+
Rating
★ 4.4
930 reviews
Languages
13 locales
Includes Deutsch, English, Türkçe, español...
Market analysis
Review-backed positioning, friction, and market signals for this Chrome extension.
Macro category
Privacy, Security & Ad Blockers
Pricing friction
Low review signal
Complaint intensity
Moderate review signal
Listing positioning
The product is positioned as a utility to clean up search results by preventing specific sites from appearing. It emphasizes flexibility through match patterns, regular expressions, and the ability to sync rulesets via Google Drive or Dropbox.
Inferred product pattern
Open-source utility for user-defined search engine filtering.
Review-backed pain points
Users report a significant regression in version 9.0.0 where previously blocked sites are now visible again and the intuitive 'block this site' buttons have disappeared or changed behavior.
Observed feature gaps
Inconsistency in blocking sites within 'quick match' dropdowns or specific search tabs (e.g., Forums tab) and intermittent failures in image search blocking.
- Power searchers
- Users avoiding content farms or AI-generated sites
- Researchers seeking higher signal-to-noise ratios in search
- Removing low-quality websites from search results
- Blocking AI-generated content websites
- Filtering out specific forums or social media platforms from Google searches
- Effective removal of generative AI websites
- Long-term utility for search cleaning
- Ability to block results in image searches
- Functionality breakage in version 9.0.0
- Failure to hide blacklisted sites
- Disappearance of the block button in the UI
- Ineffectiveness in specific search UI elements like dropdowns
- Performance complaints detected
- No pricing friction observed; the extension appears to be free.
Support
No direct support interaction complaints, but users express frustration over the lack of stability in the latest update.
Reliability
Severe reliability issues reported following the 9.0.0 update, with users claiming the tool 'no longer works at all' or fails to hide sites.
Privacy
No privacy or security complaints found in the provided samples.
- Free usage observed
- No account requirement observed
- Free plan or free usage claimed
Store listing facts
- Screenshots: 4
- Videos: 0
- Languages: 13
- Privacy policy
- Developer contact
- Version: 9.9.0
- Size: 2.13MiB
- Last updated:
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Links
Privacy policy: https://ublacklist.github.io/privacy-policy
