youll never have the access google bots have, there would be no way to do better a hybrid google search engine, now that would be boss i assume there is an api visual boolean, menu driven inurl, etc that sort of stuff maybe a darkweb tool
On Thu, Oct 27, 2016 at 5:36 PM, Travis Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > About 5+ years ago, I had a friend that built a search engine front end. > You would input your search, and it would query Google, Yahoo, MSN and a > few others, and then based on the results from all of them, rank the > results you would see based on how the other engines saw the world. It was > very fast and actually produced some amazing results. > > He never did anything with it, and I'm pretty sure it has since died a > slow death. Google has the majority of searches now because everyone knows > the name, everyone references it (even on TV shows, movies, etc)... and > it's a unique name that everyone remembers. It's also easy to type on a > keyboard. LOL > > Travis > > > > On 10/27/2016 4:26 PM, Paul Stewart wrote: > > Interesting and thanks… > > Have you ever tried Gigablast for example? (www.gigablast.com) It’s a > great example in my opinion of an “alternative” search engine that > typically provides good results … I also find that DuckDuckGo ( > www.duckduckgo.com) providers better results on searches than Google. > > The challenge is that everyone is so used to Google whether it’s actually > better or not - it’s the benchmark to beat sometimes….. > > Thanks again, > Paul > > On Oct 27, 2016, at 6:13 PM, Simon Westlake <[email protected]> wrote: > > The only way I would use something else would be if it offered me > something beyond what Google does. I've tried others, and the search > results are often inferior, or the same, which doesn't leave me with much > reason to use anything other than Google. > > I'd happily use a better product if it was offered, but I think that's > probably a tall order. > > On 10/27/2016 4:07 PM, Paul Stewart wrote: > > 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 > > > > > -- > Simon Westlake > Skype: Simon_Sonar > Email: [email protected] > Phone: (702) 447-1247 > --------------------------- > Sonar Software Inc > The future of ISP billing and OSShttps://sonar.software > > > > -- If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your team as part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team.
