Good News
Overview
Good News is a Chrome extension developed by MrSethT.
According to the data from Chrome web store, current version of Good News is 3.11, updated on 2019-01-31.
3,000+ users have installed this extension.
224 users have rated this extension with an average rating of .
Blocks unwanted news stories from appearing in your Google News feed.
It blocks unwanted news stories from appearing in your Google news feed. Add keywords and key phrases as patterns to block. Then, any headlines or leads that contain those patterns will be hidden from view. To restore them, either remove the pattern or click the "show" link at the top of the news feed.
Import my list as a starter - https://pastebin.com/dh9TuPsL
What's new-
06/2018
- first word bug
- attempt to prevent overly simple keywords
05/2018
- started handling new layout
07/2017
- much faster
- can hide notification
- works with new redesign
- added "Silent Mode"
- UI tweaks
- now applies to all regions (*://news.google.*)
It largely borrows from Personal Blocklist (by Google)
Keyword muting, trump, kardashian, block
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Latest Reviews
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Arkan Salih
2022-05-09
Please update. Whenever I open a topic I have to refresh. Also Google news has changed design. Now it shows small cards of "full coverage" under the main story, and when the extension finds a blocked word, it hides the entire coverage, not only that story. Let's say the story is about a far right candidate and an article contains "Trump like candidate", so this extension shows the entire coverage on Google news just because of one article's wording. I understand the extension should technically hide that source, but not other sources that don't contain Trump. Thanks. |
Nikki Y
2022-04-18
Do not bother. There is no place to add the things you want blocked. They must have removed it. Not sure how this could work without that. |
Roberto Rosario
2022-04-02
Thanks for providing such an essential service! I don't need to hear about all the murders and killings in the world every day! |
Darik Horn
2021-11-16
A way to easily block sportsball and COVID-19 stories in Google News. Official propaganda topics can't be blocked in the Google News user interface. Good News is a very excellent extension for Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge. |
Blake Piercy
2021-10-09
Thank You!!! I can now block entertainment and sports. The only addition I would make is an ability to block more general terms. For instance give it the term "baseball" and it automatically blocks all sites with anything baseball related. For now blocking individual websites is actually a bit entertaining, imagine the smile I got when I added "Burnt Orange Nation" to the list. That glee will wear off and it'll get tiresome to block each one, of which there seems to be an infinite number. Thanks for the effort and the work you put into this, it's certainly appreciated. |