Good News

Blocks unwanted news stories from appearing in your Google News feed.

What is Good News?

"Good News" is a distinctive Chrome extension that allows users to filter out undesired news stories from their Google News feed. Users can personalize their news feed through the addition of specific keywords and phrases that, when detected, result in the relevant headlines or leads being hidden. The application also offers a feature to restore the blocked stories, by either eliminating the patterns or clicking the "show" link. Additional features include faster processing, notification hiding, compatibility with new layouts, a "Silent Mode", as well as a global application extent.

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Extension stats

By: MrSethT

View on Chrome Web Store

Users: 3,000+

Rating: 4.69 (227)

Version: 3.11 (Last updated: 2019-01-31)

Creation date: 2019-01-31

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

tabs
*://*/*

Size: 157.70K

Email: mr*****@gmail.com

Ranking

# 17104 ▼ 57

Other rankings

#299 in News & Weather ▲ 3 #1 in news keyword 14 ▲ 1 #3 in good keyword 21 ▲ 3

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Extension summary

Analyze keywords

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"

User reviews

These summaries are automatically generated weekly using AI based on recent user reviews. Chrome Web Store does not verify user reviews, so some user reviews may be inaccurate, spammy, or outdated.

Pros

Effectively removes unwanted news topics
Allows users to block specific words or phrases
Helps filter out distraction from entertainment and sports news
Users appreciate the immediate visibility of changes as they block content
Essential for users seeking control over their news feed

Cons

Entries can vanish unexpectedly, leading to loss of user trust
Hides entire sections or categories based on a single keyword match
Not all terms are effectively blocked, resulting in unwanted articles still appearing
Issues with the extension's integration with recent Google News design changes
Lack of functionality to easily manage blocked sites or terms comprehensively

Most mentioned

Loss of stored terms and entries
Aggressiveness in hiding entire cards of headlines
Ineffectiveness in blocking all intended terms
Desire for a mobile version of the extension
Need for updates to match design changes in Google News

Recent reviews

Ganesh Ramakrishnan, 2024-02-09

When I added terms to it that I didn't want to see, it worked. However, I recently noticed that many of these terms were showing up. I didn't understand why, and I didn't check this extension to see what the problem was. Today, I saw a new item that I wasn't interested in, so I went to add it to this extension, and I noticed that ALL of my previous entries had been wiped clean. I don't know what happened, but probably two years or so worth of entries were simply gone. That's not acceptable. If that's a flaw in this extension, it means that this is an extension that doesn't belong in the Play Store. To sum up, when it was working, it was working just fine, but when I discovered that all my entries had vanished, that made this a really problematic extension. Edit: It happened a second time. I added terms back into the database, and w/in a few weeks, they'd disappeared. I'm uninstalling this addon, b/c I don't trust it not to harm my browser.