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Is this doing a `site:` search on Google? If it's doing something more, what is it? Also, FWIW, the HackerNews blade doesn't return anything (I tried some pret

• hornbaker 10y ago
  Tons of results for me: https://hn.googleblade.com/hn/ai https://hn.googleblade.com/hn/ai It can do something as simple as a site: search on Google, but you can string configs together to join up 20-30 sites together, create tabs to split out by sentiment, split out by number or dollar ranges, etc. etc. I have barely scratched the surface with the Blades there now, hoping to see some creative ones surface.
  • jklinger410 10y ago
    The point is that yes, all of this can be done with Google operators. These are just links to those operators.
    • hornbaker 10y ago
      Well, yes, if you don't mind typing or pasting the same combo of 20-30 different search operators in Google.com, it can be done there. But there are some other subtle differences: you get thumbnail images with search results (if available) with Blades, and you don't get a captcha to prove you're human if your search volume or rate is out of bounds on a Blade. (These are features of CSEs, not something I've hacked.)