>most of the web has become too inauthentic to trust
i think that specialised search engines are gaining ground. For example, I am using github search for searching code samples, that works better than google.
You might want to check my side project that tries to explore the subject. I have a search tool / catalog of duckduckgo !bang operators, i am hoping that it allows for better discoverability of specialized search engines.
The latest addition is a description for each search engine, just hover over the name, and you get a description derived from the sites meta and title tags.
I think that specialised search engines are gaining ground, it has become easier to set one up, thanks to elasticsearch/lucene. They can be quite good, for a limited domain, and they don't have to invade your privacy in order to find out what you are looking for. I think that what is missing are tools like this, that would aid the discovery and use of these search engines. I hope that this will allow them to eat into the market from the 'low end'.
i think that specialised search engines are gaining ground. For example, I am using github search for searching code samples, that works better than google.
You might want to check my side project that tries to explore the subject. I have a search tool / catalog of duckduckgo !bang operators, i am hoping that it allows for better discoverability of specialized search engines.
https://mosermichael.github.io/duckduckbang/html/main.html - (best viewed on a PC).
The latest addition is a description for each search engine, just hover over the name, and you get a description derived from the sites meta and title tags.
I think that specialised search engines are gaining ground, it has become easier to set one up, thanks to elasticsearch/lucene. They can be quite good, for a limited domain, and they don't have to invade your privacy in order to find out what you are looking for. I think that what is missing are tools like this, that would aid the discovery and use of these search engines. I hope that this will allow them to eat into the market from the 'low end'.
The projects source is here: https://github.com/mosermichael/duckduckbang
Unfortunately they don't invest too much into !bang operators at duckduckgo, however that's my input data...