• @Chocrates
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    42 years ago

    This could be interesting. The infrastructure required to scrape the internet though is going to be so daunting. Google got to build it up slowly as the internet got bigger. Bing is backed by a huge corporation that already has data centers. A new non profit player is going to take a huge coordinated effort.

    • @[email protected]
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      82 years ago

      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.

      • @Chocrates
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        22 years ago

        There used to be an open source search aggregator, don’t remember what it was called

        • @ArcticCircleSystem
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          22 years ago

          I think it was YaCY, but apparently it’s basically useless for everyday use. ~Cherri

          • @Chocrates
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            12 years ago

            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

            • @ArcticCircleSystem
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              12 years ago

              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