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Re:Waiting for dawn in search: Search index, Google rulings ... by stavros on Thursday January 22, 2026 @02:04AM (#46716137)
You really do need every single site, as search is a long tail problem. All the interesting stuff is in the fringes, if you only have a few big sites you'll have a search engine of spam.
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Re:Waiting for dawn in search: Search index, Google rulings ... by charcircuit on Thursday January 22, 2026 @03:36AM (#46716647)
I think that is only needed for a small subset of queries. Seriously think of the last time you did a search and went to a fringe site as opposed to a well known brand or social media. Ranking quality is much more important than coverage over the whole internet.
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Re:Waiting for dawn in search: Search index, Google rulings ... by stavros on Thursday January 22, 2026 @04:34AM (#46717024)
> Seriously think of the last time you did a search and went to a fringe site as opposed to a well known brand or social media.

Oh, almost never. That's exactly why search sucks now.

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