This won't work if Google is the only search engine doing it. Anything that's only blocked from showing up on Google Search is still accessible on every other search engine that isn't blocking it. This is little more than a tactic on Google's part to appear to be doing something about a problem that won't be solved by Google.
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This won't work if Google is the only search engine doing it. Anything that's only blocked from showing up on Google Search is still accessible on every other search engine that isn't blocking it. This is little more than a tactic on Google's part to appear to be doing something about a problem that won't be solved by Google.