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
>
>
>
>
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