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A while ago, i needed to search something from the cli with w3m, ddg wouldn't work without JS so I had to use google. That commentary aside, search engines mak
by badrabbit 7y ago
A while ago, i needed to search something from the cli with w3m, ddg wouldn't work without JS so I had to use google.
That commentary aside, search engines make a big chunk of their revenue on prioritizing results and making sure the search term is relevant. Why can't the index be exposed as an api to allow arbitrary front ends?
- class4behavior 7y ago>A while ago, i needed to search something from the cli with w3m, ddg wouldn't work without JS so I had to use google. https://help.duckduckgo.com/duckduckgo-help-pages/features/non-javascript/ https://help.duckduckgo.com/duckduckgo-help-pages/features/n...
- badrabbit 7y agoThanks!
- SpicyLemonZest 7y agoGoogle and Microsoft do expose their indexes as APIs both called Custom Search. There just isn't much demand for a frontend, because in exchange for not having monetization glued on they charge half a cent per query.
- Arbalest 7y agoHuh, maybe I'll look into that for my own search needs. If the whole issue is people aren't paying, and this comes without all the other strings, it'd be worth it.
- dfeojm-zlib 7y agoSurfraw supports ddg. surfraw duckduckgo search for this