Million Short: A search engine that removes the topM most popular sites
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Re: Million Short: A search engine that removes the topM most popular sites
#2I've been trying MS out for a couple weeks. The default search results are very good - i.e., you get what your search terms asked for, near the top - something the better-known sites are getting worse at, as they try to be all things to all people ... and in the process second-guessing or just ignoring carefully chosen terms.
At times "removing the top sites" helps drill down into more obscure sources ... still unsure about the intent there.
Re: Million Short: A search engine that removes the topM most popular sites
#3I've been trying MS out for a couple weeks. The default search results are very good - i.e., you get what your search terms asked for, near the top - something the better-known sites are getting worse at, as they try to be all things to all people ... and in the process second-guessing or just ignoring carefully chosen terms. At times "removing the top sites" helps drill down into more obscure sources ... still unsur…
I think the intent would be to filter out SEO spam essentially, and get you a small primary-source website. Like searching for "san francisco restaurants" gets you some much more interesting results on MS than on Google.
Re: Million Short: A search engine that removes the topM most popular sites
#4Looks like a very interesting project. Thanks for sharing it!
Re: Million Short: A search engine that removes the topM most popular sites
#5WOW. First search was a success. I remember having issues finding good resources on "windows driver development debugging" in the past so I figured why not see what comes up. These days you get a bunch of unrelated things about troubleshooting drivers and whatnot, depending on the day.
The top results after pruning the normal top 100 were great - relevant, helpful, insightful, if not a little dated (but still good info).
Going to keep this in my back pocket and try it out later.
Re: Million Short: A search engine that removes the topM most popular sites
#6This was great, the first few results got me great content with fewer annoying ads!
Re: Million Short: A search engine that removes the topM most popular sites
#7I love this idea. The other search engines are just add machines now. Bring back the original Internet!
Re: Million Short: A search engine that removes the topM most popular sites
#8For the anecdote, I often add "reddit" in a Google search and I often have good results.
I remember than searching for python related questions often has the same website as top result, instead of the official documentation.