wiz@lemm.ee to Showerthoughts@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years 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-square216linkfedilinkarrow-up1868arrow-down121
arrow-up1847arrow-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 · 2 years agomessage-square216linkfedilink
minus-squareChris@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoThere used to be an open source search aggregator, don’t remember what it was called
minus-squareArcticCircleSystem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoI think it was YaCY, but apparently it’s basically useless for everyday use. ~Cherri
minus-squareChris@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years 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-up1·2 years 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
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