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I of late think there is a market for an anti SEO search engine. Basically hides anything with ads and google analytics.

bryanrasmussen 6y ago
I don't think there is a market for something that hides at least half the internet (market meaning you can make money off it) but I think there may be people who would enjoy it.
symplee 6y ago
There's https://millionshort.com/ https://millionshort.com/ > The search engine, which brands itself as “more of a discovery engine,” allows users to filter the top million websites on the internet out of their search, resulting in a unique set of results and placing an emphasis on content discovery. This approach to search is also designed to combat the impact that aggressive black and grey hat SEO practices have on mainstream search results.[0] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Million_Short https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Million_Short
- oriesdan 6y ago
  This sounds like a great idea, and something I would have used if it worked with javascript disabled. If the owners are around : would you consider adding nojs support? I know it's an edge case request, sorry to be that guy. But then again, "search without top results" is not exactly a concept that will bring you the average web user :)
Grimm1 6y ago
While I think this particular stance is a bit extreme I do agree that some of Google's larger signals have been heavily gamified and even though they change them up every few years they've had a hard time combating people who try to play the system. I very much think that looking into alternative ranking methods less subject to gaming is a good idea.
- jfim 6y ago
  It's the case for pretty much all of the content that's online these days. Online reviews aren't really trustworthy, online news and social media isn't really either, nor are search rankings. I'm not sure if there's a real solution though, pretty much every mechanism for solving this has far too many incentives to break it, so that you'd get traffic/clicks/purchases. Just too much money causes the metrics to be gamed.
  - Grimm1 6y ago
    I think that because there is very little competition in search in particular that they are able to rest on that -- I think if you saw real competition in the space for users that it would at least get better.

bryanrasmussen 6y ago

I don't think there is a market for something that hides at least half the internet (market meaning you can make money off it) but I think there may be people who would enjoy it.

symplee 6y ago

There's https://millionshort.com/ https://millionshort.com/ > The search engine, which brands itself as “more of a discovery engine,” allows users to filter the top million websites on the internet out of their search, resulting in a unique set of results and placing an emphasis on content discovery. This approach to search is also designed to combat the impact that aggressive black and grey hat SEO practices have on mainstream search results.[0] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Million_Short https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Million_Short

oriesdan 6y ago
This sounds like a great idea, and something I would have used if it worked with javascript disabled. If the owners are around : would you consider adding nojs support? I know it's an edge case request, sorry to be that guy. But then again, "search without top results" is not exactly a concept that will bring you the average web user :)

Grimm1 6y ago

While I think this particular stance is a bit extreme I do agree that some of Google's larger signals have been heavily gamified and even though they change them up every few years they've had a hard time combating people who try to play the system. I very much think that looking into alternative ranking methods less subject to gaming is a good idea.

jfim 6y ago
It's the case for pretty much all of the content that's online these days. Online reviews aren't really trustworthy, online news and social media isn't really either, nor are search rankings. I'm not sure if there's a real solution though, pretty much every mechanism for solving this has far too many incentives to break it, so that you'd get traffic/clicks/purchases. Just too much money causes the metrics to be gamed.
- Grimm1 6y ago
  I think that because there is very little competition in search in particular that they are able to rest on that -- I think if you saw real competition in the space for users that it would at least get better.