Remember when Google worked surprisingly well? Google is becoming worse than useless. A recent Scott Galloway book (mostly about the post-COVID business landscape) suggests neeva.com - an ad-free privacy-oriented subscription ($5/mo) search engine.
According to https://neeva.com/blog Neeva announced public availability on 06/29/21 , so I expect gaps and rough edges. The Neeva blog goes back to 06/22/20, explaining how Neeva made it into Galloway's recently released book. Neeva does not seem to be open source, but they are transparent about objectives and methods. See https://neeva.com/learn The first three months are free. I will probably sign up, but I would like to do so along with a larger informal testing team, designing tests to probe for weaknesses, and also unexpected strengths. I've already become so resigned to Google's (and DuckDuckGo's) shortcomings that I've forgotten how to find best search outcomes. The more of us looking for and sharing good/bad Neeva outcomes, the sooner we will find them. Or not. Neeva might be useless, or strong in areas that do not matter to you and me. But more explorers can cover more territory. Keith -- Keith Lofstrom [email protected]
