[kwlug-disc] Now in the market for a new search engine...

[Doug Moen]

So I clicked on a link and searched for youtube-dl in searx. First hit was the yt-dl.org home page, sourced from wikidata. Brilliant. That source won't go away unless the RIAA can force Wikipedia to delete the youtube-dl article, which I doubt is possible at present.

I'm sold on the idea of a multi source meta search engine. Making it private and ad-free and easy to use, while not sucking, will be a challenge though.

On Sat, Apr 16, 2022, at 11:32 AM, Andrew Sullivan Cant wrote:
> This reminded me of the Searx search engine, which sounds interesting 
> but I have not gotten around to looking at.
>
> * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Searx
> * https://searx.space/
>
> It appears to be a meta-search engine, which you can run locally or use 
> existing mirrors.
> This means it does not disconnect you from the existing search engines, 
> but might be a useful step removed from them. And provides you with at 
> least an interface which you have more control over.
>
> Its AGPLv3, which is nice.
>
> Has anyone ever user or looked at this?
>
> Oh, sorry I forgot the right terminology for that...
>
> "Dear Lazyweb, ..."   :)
>
> Andrew
>
>
> https://blog.codinghorror.com/lazyweb-calling/
>
>
>
> On 2022-04-15 22:26, CrankyOldBugger wrote:
>> 
>> Just found out that DuckDuckGo is now a lapdog for the copyright 
>> industry 
>> (https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/04/15/2057253/duckduckgo-removes-pirate-sites-and-youtube-dl-from-its-search-results 
>> <https://yro.slashdot.org/story/22/04/15/2057253/duckduckgo-removes-pirate-sites-and-youtube-dl-from-its-search-results>)
>> 
>> I mean, really, youtube-dl????
>> 
>> So I am now in need of a new really-is-private-and-FOSS search engine.  
>> Obviously, Google is out of the question.
>> 
>> What are the cool kids using these days to protect their rights?
>> 
>> Thanks!
>> 
>> 
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