wiz@lemm.ee to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoPeople who haven't gotten into habit of googling stuff in the last 20 years might not get into it at all anymore because of how search engines are gamed with SEO spam tactics nowadaysmessage-squaremessage-square216fedilinkarrow-up1851arrow-down121
arrow-up1830arrow-down1message-squarePeople who haven't gotten into habit of googling stuff in the last 20 years might not get into it at all anymore because of how search engines are gamed with SEO spam tactics nowadayswiz@lemm.ee to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square216fedilink
minus-squareSpikesOtherDoglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 year agoI know P2P had become a dead buzzword, but what if people dedicated a portion of their computers to assisting an open search engine. I would wait 30s for accurate results. It could also piggyback on a search aggregator.
minus-squareChocrates@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoThere used to be an open source search aggregator, don’t remember what it was called
minus-squareArcticCircleSystem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoI think it was YaCY, but apparently it’s basically useless for everyday use. ~Cherri
minus-squareChocrates@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoYeah that looks like it! Why do you say it is useless? I have cloud credits that I could theoretically burn hosting one of these
minus-squareArcticCircleSystem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoIIRC its results just aren’t that good? I haven’t tried it, this is just what I’ve heard. Maybe it’s gotten better? ~Cherri
I know P2P had become a dead buzzword, but what if people dedicated a portion of their computers to assisting an open search engine.
I would wait 30s for accurate results. It could also piggyback on a search aggregator.
There used to be an open source search aggregator, don’t remember what it was called
I think it was YaCY, but apparently it’s basically useless for everyday use. ~Cherri
Yeah that looks like it! Why do you say it is useless? I have cloud credits that I could theoretically burn hosting one of these
IIRC its results just aren’t that good? I haven’t tried it, this is just what I’ve heard. Maybe it’s gotten better? ~Cherri