Hey folks… I’ve been trying to figure out lately where to ask this question ….
I have a long time hobby of working around search engines … actually building them, coding them, scaling them etc…. various open source, homebuilt, and commercial offerings I’ve used…. This is probably 20 years I’ve been “dabbling” in this space and seen a huge change in how search engines are perceived, utilized etc…. My question that I’m looking for feedback on, knowing that this group is extremely good at feedback is this: When you use a search engine, do you ever think of using something other than Google? (ie. Bing, Duckduckgo) Do you feel a search engine that is country specific is something that you would go out of your way to use … or just use whatever is in your browser and don’t care? Is privacy of what you search for on a search engine of concern at all? thanks - this helps me a great deal … I’m considering launching a project involving a search engine and challenged with what it’s primary focus should be …. :) Cheers, Paul
