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Re:Ask HN: Why isn't there a Google competitor emerging? by stingraycharles on Sunday March 27, 2022 @01:16PM (#30821966)
Isn’t Algolia pretty much eating this market?

They seem to be very dominant on the problem of “here’s my dataset, please provide me with an api / interface to search it”

Re:Ask HN: Why isn't there a Google competitor emerging? by csa on Sunday March 27, 2022 @02:10PM (#30822509)
Maybe?

When searching for something on HN, I get much better results using Google and site: rather than using the embedded algolia search.

I would have to think that this would be true of a corporate data set as well.

Their api might be what sets them apart, though. I’m not sure… not in that space.