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Re:HNSearch – old HN search engine – will be shut down later... by jaredsohn on Saturday March 15, 2014 @06:53PM (#7406884)
I highly doubt they are "branching out" from just HN. Obviously Algolia existed prior to replacing hnsearch (they were already in YC), but taking it over gives them more visibility within the startup community and also frees up responsibility for Octopart.
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Re:HNSearch – old HN search engine – will be shut down later... by ndessaigne on Saturday March 15, 2014 @07:05PM (#7406922)
Yes, we already existed before operating the new HN search. We did it as a way to participate to the community and of course it's good for our visibility. The hnsearch.com domain is the property of Octopart, not ours.
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