• pelespirit@sh.itjust.works
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    3 days ago

    Are search engines hard to make? An open source, white hat, search engine would be amazing. I’m not sure if I’m using the white hat term correctly, but what I mean is, a search engine that looks for real people and not corporations first. Basically, 90’s search engines.

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      3 days ago

      Yes? Search engines that work well have been notoriously difficult to make. Google is one of the richest companies because 90s search engines were so dreadfully bad. The bigger the internet, the harder the problem. Working at the scale, efficiently, and giving useful information is just hard.

      Kagi is a recent company that seems to be doing a decent job.