Bruce Banner Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 All too frequently, when I search for an image using google, up pops "Pinterest" inviting me to sign in with my google account. It's like a virus and has been annoying the hell out of me. A bit of searching revealed that I am not alone. The solution seems to be to add "-pinterest" to the end of the google search request. This can be added to your default search engine in your browser (at least with Chrome), ie Default browser "google.co.uk - pinterest" and pinterest is excluded from all search results. Job jobbed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorkins Posted June 30, 2018 Share Posted June 30, 2018 Thanks for the tip! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sledgehead Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 or just seacrh w/o a google account / logging in to one , that way you can see what they are offering. You can download the image simply by copying the image location in the preview pane and pasting it to a new tab. it also allows you to see other images like the pintrest one, images that are downloadable w/o a ptest acc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Banner Posted July 1, 2018 Author Share Posted July 1, 2018 Except that I need to be signed into my Google account for some other things to work, although I don't sign into Chrome unless I need to migrate settings. Since blocking Pinterest, I find that I get a better choice of images as Pinterest and Google seem to collude to stamp on other image sources. I also strongly object to being presented with a click button, with my google email address and password, already filled in when landing on Pinterest. I use Firefox for some browsing where I have Duckduckgo set up as my default search engine. Horses for courses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sledgehead Posted July 1, 2018 Share Posted July 1, 2018 3 hours ago, Bruce Banner said: Since blocking Pinterest, I find that I get a better choice of images as Pinterest and Google seem to collude to stamp on other image sources. In that case I'll give it a go. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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