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I have always loved this site. I wish there was a search engine that indexed only pages like these. Something that penalized pages with ads[1], and penalized l

by jml7c5 6y ago

I have always loved this site. I wish there was a search engine that indexed only pages like these. Something that penalized pages with ads[1], and penalized larger sites. A search engine for the "personal" web. [1]: Not that I'm actually opposed to ads. The trouble is the incentive of "more views = more money" leads to content farming, which is what has destroyed the usefulness of most search engines.

freediver 6y ago
I thought the same so I built one as an experiment: https://cse.google.com/cse?cx=014479775183020491825:c2lrlzrogb5 https://cse.google.com/cse?cx=014479775183020491825:c2lrlzro... More on it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21209358 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21209358 Result: You likely only love the idea of one, but wouldn't actually use it. Main reason is it it would represent only a very small fraction of searchable web that you will forget to use it.
- metrokoi 6y ago
  Why not simply append surface web Google results to whatever "personal" web pages are returned? Or heavily prioritize "personal" web results. If what you are searching for has been written about on one of those pages you get that result, if not you still have all the usual Google results to choose from.
djaque 6y ago
Came here to comment the same. I have memories of spending nights just reading it as a teen. IIRC, there is some conspiracy theory stuff on it, but there's so much interesting content. I think the guy is an exhibit designer at the Boston museum of science or something.
Treblemaker 6y ago
Wiby.com was discussed here a while back: "Does anyone remember websites?" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15631565 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15631565
- chadcmulligan 6y ago
  https://wiby.me https://wiby.me wiby.com is for sale
staycoolboy 6y ago
I discovered this site about the same time as QuackWatch[1]. The first few years out of the gate for the WWW were fun times. [1] https://quackwatch.org/ https://quackwatch.org/
teddyh 6y ago
> I wish there was a search engine that indexed only pages like these. […] penalized larger sites. https://millionshort.com/ https://millionshort.com/

by jml7c5 6y ago

freediver 6y ago

I thought the same so I built one as an experiment: https://cse.google.com/cse?cx=014479775183020491825:c2lrlzrogb5 https://cse.google.com/cse?cx=014479775183020491825:c2lrlzro... More on it: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21209358 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21209358 Result: You likely only love the idea of one, but wouldn't actually use it. Main reason is it it would represent only a very small fraction of searchable web that you will forget to use it.

metrokoi 6y ago
Why not simply append surface web Google results to whatever "personal" web pages are returned? Or heavily prioritize "personal" web results. If what you are searching for has been written about on one of those pages you get that result, if not you still have all the usual Google results to choose from.

djaque 6y ago

Came here to comment the same. I have memories of spending nights just reading it as a teen. IIRC, there is some conspiracy theory stuff on it, but there's so much interesting content. I think the guy is an exhibit designer at the Boston museum of science or something.

Treblemaker 6y ago

Wiby.com was discussed here a while back: "Does anyone remember websites?" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15631565 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15631565

chadcmulligan 6y ago
https://wiby.me https://wiby.me wiby.com is for sale

staycoolboy 6y ago

I discovered this site about the same time as QuackWatch[1]. The first few years out of the gate for the WWW were fun times. [1] https://quackwatch.org/ https://quackwatch.org/

teddyh 6y ago

> I wish there was a search engine that indexed only pages like these. […] penalized larger sites. https://millionshort.com/ https://millionshort.com/