A search engine that favors text-heavy sites and punishes modern web design

Post by HaloZero » Thu, Sep 16, 2021, 6:02 PM UTC

silent_cal wrote: post #286

gjm11 wrote: post #280

I tried a few searches. >: none of the search results appeared to have anything to do with Javascript pipe syntax. (Which doesn't exist yet, but it's under discussion.) Google gives a bunch of highly-relevant results. >: first result is a list of books about relativity, one of which is Reichenbach's "Philosophy of space and time"; good, but there's no real information there. Second is about Reichenbach but nothing to…

To be fair, those searches are pretty weird.

Post by overkalix » Thu, Sep 16, 2021, 6:05 PM UTC

BenoitP wrote: post #221

LanceH wrote: post #175

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It would be nice if we could pipe search engines.

Definitely; We could create a meta search engine that queries them all, in desktop application format. Let's name it after a famous old scientist, and maybe add the year to prove it's modern: Galileo 2021.

Post by Loughla » Thu, Sep 16, 2021, 6:08 PM UTC

YeGoblynQueenne wrote: post #299

jandrese wrote: post #160

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This sort of optimization is why simple recipes are typically found at the end of a rambling pointless blog post now. Still, the best way to break SEO is to have actual competition in the search space. As long as SEO remains focused on Google there is an opportunity for these companies to thrive by evading SEO braindamage.

>> This sort of optimization is why simple recipes are typically found at the end of a rambling pointless blog post now. I continue to be curious about this kind of complaint. If all you want is a recipe list, without any of the fluff, why would you click on a link to a blog, rather than on a link to a recipe aggregator? Foodie blogs exist specifically for the people who want a foodie discussion and not just an ingre…

Post by PaulHoule » Thu, Sep 16, 2021, 6:11 PM UTC

BenoitP wrote: post #221

LanceH wrote: post #175

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It would be nice if we could pipe search engines.

Definitely; We could create a meta search engine that queries them all, in desktop application format. Let's name it after a famous old scientist, and maybe add the year to prove it's modern: Galileo 2021.

Post by RistrettoMike » Thu, Sep 16, 2021, 6:13 PM UTC

marginalia_nu wrote: post #225

asjdflakjsdf wrote: post #203

You should monetise this with amazon affiliate links that are relevant to each search. And then use that money to keep this project going. Google is fantastic, but it has become something different from what it was, the company and the product. It is so refreshing to see a modern tool that encourages exploration of the actual world wide web.

I might add a donate button or something if people want to help support the project, hardware isn't cheap and all. But I have a job and decent income. I think if this search engine became the way I earned money, it would influence the project in a bad way, and corrupt its purpose, which is to help people explore the less-commercial internet.