How to get rid of of Ad Results from Bing Searches.

[iKeith]

In the last couple of days, I've noticed that when I perform a search with Bing (in Safari), I get a dozen Ad results before the actual results. I'm not talking about the pictured results on the right side, but Ads coming up in the list of actual results.

I've never experienced this before. Is there a way to get rid of them? To pre-empt the suggestion, I'm NOT switching to Google because I hate them. I tried DuckDuckGo but it's just not the same. I'd like to keep Bing but just get rid of the Ad results, if possible. Thanks in advance!

 

[vmachiel]

Try a content blocker? I use 1Blocker on my Mac and don't see any ad results.

 

[Weaselboy]

In the last couple of days, I've noticed that when I perform a search with Bing (in Safari), I get a dozen Ad results before the actual results. I'm not talking about the pictured results on the right side, but Ads coming up in the list of actual results.

I've never experienced this before. Is there a way to get rid of them? To pre-empt the suggestion, I'm NOT switching to Google because I hate them. I tried DuckDuckGo but it's just not the same. I'd like to keep Bing but just get rid of the Ad results, if possible. Thanks in advance!

I'm not seeing that behavior at all on Bing with Safari. Sounds like maybe you have an extension or some adware doing this. Look in Safari Preferences in the Extensions pane... what do you see there?

If that is not the answer, try running the app Malwarebytes to check for adware.

 

[iKeith]

Try a content blocker? I use 1Blocker on my Mac and don't see any ad results.

Thanks vmachiel. I'll look into 1Blocker. I had AdBlock Plus but it stopped working. Currently I use UBlock, but I'm not completely happy with it.
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I'm not seeing that behavior at all on Bing with Safari. Sounds like maybe you have an extension or some adware doing this. Look in Safari Preferences in the Extensions pane... what do you see there?

If that is not the answer, try running the app Malwarebytes to check for adware.

Thanks Weaselboy! Actually, I tried Malwarebytes but it didn't find anything. The ad results are now only popping up once in awhile. It's strange. The only extensions I have, and have had for a long time, are:

AllPagesZoom
Ghostery
UBlock
TranslateMe

As soon as the new iMac is released, I hope to replace my mid-2007 iMac with it. Thanks again!

 

[Weaselboy]

The only extensions I have, and have had for a long time, are:

I wonder if one of your extensions was automatically updated to a version that is causing this. Might be worth temporarily disabling the extensions just as a test.