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Re: Every web search result in Brave Search is now served by our own index

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Post by sethherr »

benatkin wrote: post #76
GCA10 wrote: post #26

Just started testing Brave Search, and it scored a rare 100 on the first test: If you type in the name of a favorite boutique hotel, will you get that hotel's true website -- or the usual hairball of third-party intermediaries? (For anyone who's ever tried to modify a reservation, the difference is astonishing. If you're booked with the hotel, all kinds of adjustments are at least possible. If you're booked with Book…

It gets it wrong. Sometimes I want the Booking.com. Otherwise you'd fan the flames of the predatory brochure websites industry.

Why not just use booking.com search then?

Re: Every web search result in Brave Search is now served by our own index

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Post by skinkestek »

usefulcat wrote: post #55
rvz wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The Mozilla CEO is to blame for the chaos they caused around Firefox, and them losing market share to Chrome for the past 14 years. Mozilla is so dysfunctional that the CEO is rewarded a massive bonus for running the company to the ground and laying off their employees. They are not interested in competing against Chrome; instead they are chronically dependent on Google's money and on life support, making over 80% of…

> I hope Brave makes Firefox (and Mozilla) even more irrelevant. I get that you hate Mozilla, but from the perspective of an end user of browsers, this is a deeply irrational position. Less competition in the browser space is uniformly bad for end users, as we've seen very clearly in the past.

My dislike for Mozilla the non profit is rather intense but I still agree with you: nothing good comes out of playing into Googles hand here and shortening and simplifying the path they have to try to go to corner the browser market and become really problematic.

I still hope we can manage to break up Google before that happens so anything that delays Googles cornering of the browser market is a win in my eyes.

Re: Every web search result in Brave Search is now served by our own index

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Post by achates »

lotsofpulp wrote: post #64
HeavenFox wrote: post #51

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It actually could be the opposite: since the OTA guest can leave a bad review, hotels may treat them better.

Anyone can leave a review on Google Maps and TripAdvisor and the hotel brands’ website, I assume a review on an OTA would not be any more valuable. As a side note, I wonder if many people pay attention to reviews outside of extremely low rated places.

I do. One bad review doesn't make much difference to me but if I see a few mentioning the same issue I usually trust them.

Re: Every web search result in Brave Search is now served by our own index

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Post by benatkin »

sethherr wrote: post #81
benatkin wrote: post #76

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It gets it wrong. Sometimes I want the Booking.com. Otherwise you'd fan the flames of the predatory brochure websites industry.

Why not just use booking.com search then?

The convenience of hitting the back button and looking at other pages about them. Booking is the first page I want to check but not the only one. Sometimes I won't hit back, but my browsing habits are informed by being able to hit back.

Re: Every web search result in Brave Search is now served by our own index

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Post by tyingq »

KomoD wrote: post #79
jacooper wrote: post #18

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They bought the search engine when it went bankrupt. Still quite a feat and its results are actually better than ddg and bing.

Interesting, any links to info about that?

https://brave.com/brave-search/

"Today Brave announced the acquisition of Tailcat, the open search engine developed by the team formerly responsible for the privacy search and browser products at Cliqz, a holding of Hubert Burda Media. Tailcat will become the foundation of Brave Search..."

Re: Every web search result in Brave Search is now served by our own index

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Post by pythko »

lotsofpulp wrote: post #38
thrdbndndn wrote: post #36

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Huh, interesting idea. I personally deliberately book though Booking and alike because it's so nice to have everything hotel related in one place especially when having long trips.

I always buy directly from the hotel assuming that I will be treated better due to the hotel earning more money from me due to not having to pay commission to a travel agent. Also, I assume there is less probability of errors since when you reserve on a travel agent website, your reservation goes through an additional system before it gets to the hotel.

I agree; I’ve had multiple instances recently of booking through a third party where getting changes or refunds is very slow and clunky, if they will even do it at all. Contrast that to my experience with booking a hotel directly through their website, where I mistakenly booked the wrong dates. One phone call to the hotel and 2 minutes later they changed it with no hassle.

Re: Every web search result in Brave Search is now served by our own index

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Post by sphars »

causi wrote: post #24
pachico wrote: post #4

Just the fastest and most ergonomic browser I've tried. I wish Firefox was like Brave, to be honest. Until that happens, I'll stick to Brave for both mobile and desktop.

I don't see why anyone would pick Brave over Vivaldi, especially on mobile.

I used Vivaldi for a good year or two on my machines, but after some point Vivaldi was so slow to launch and to navigate. Maybe it was my setup, but other browsers were quick launch and use. Been using FF for several months now, maybe they fixed the issues in Vivaldi since.
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