Tampermonkey extension to blacklist domains from search:

http://www.jeffersonscher.com/gm/google-hit-hider/

Would be a great feature to add to Google One? Or a reason to switch search engines, I guess.

Isn't surrounding the term with quotes meant to do the same thing as "+" used to?

Yes, but it is an annoying pita, and the silly reason it was changed, but not changed back when the initiative collapsed, continues to rustle my jimmies.

"I would pay" seems to be the solution to everything on HN. Would you?