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I don't actually want Google to index as much of the internet as it possibly can. I actually want streamlined indices that are tailored towards thoroughly searc

I don't actually want Google to index as much of the internet as it possibly can. I actually want streamlined indices that are tailored towards thoroughly searching a specific knowledge domain. Edit: I would love, love, love a search engine specifically tailored towards programming questions. One that doesn't treat queries like "C# ?." as me looking for "C#" and getting the most generic results possible.

dhosek 5y ago
I had an idea for this where I was building a manually-constructed index of sites kind of like old-school Yahoo (related to typography), and then there would be a full-text search of those URLs and their close relatives (pretty much, the idea being that for a given URL, I'd index anything else in the same URL directory or subdirectories of that URL). I ended up giving up on it largely because time is finite and I have plenty of other projects competing for my time. I imagine something that built on the basic idea though could work, by omitting the Yahoo-style directory and instead working from a collection of vetted URL starting points.
amelius 5y ago
Yes, instead of Google collecting information about me to improve my search experience, I want: - A box where I can select the context of my search. - The box then appends a specific string to the query. For example, if I set the box to "clothes", the box will append "waist 34 inch, 5 feet tall" to the query. If I set the box to "programming", the box will append "favorite_languages:Python,C++" to the query. And of course a search engine should interpret it accordingly. No need to collect and store my personal information.
- godshatter 5y ago
  I just want a search engine that gives me AND, OR, and NOT qualifiers or something similar. Parens, too, if possible. Ideally, an sql interface, but that's probably pushing it :)
  - zeepzeep 5y ago
    > Ideally, an sql interface You could use Google BigQuery to write such queries for the whole internet (or parts you chose)
  - amelius 5y ago
    You can have that with my idea. Just leave the Combobox empty.

dhosek 5y ago

I had an idea for this where I was building a manually-constructed index of sites kind of like old-school Yahoo (related to typography), and then there would be a full-text search of those URLs and their close relatives (pretty much, the idea being that for a given URL, I'd index anything else in the same URL directory or subdirectories of that URL). I ended up giving up on it largely because time is finite and I have plenty of other projects competing for my time. I imagine something that built on the basic idea though could work, by omitting the Yahoo-style directory and instead working from a collection of vetted URL starting points.

amelius 5y ago

Yes, instead of Google collecting information about me to improve my search experience, I want: - A box where I can select the context of my search. - The box then appends a specific string to the query. For example, if I set the box to "clothes", the box will append "waist 34 inch, 5 feet tall" to the query. If I set the box to "programming", the box will append "favorite_languages:Python,C++" to the query. And of course a search engine should interpret it accordingly. No need to collect and store my personal information.

godshatter 5y ago
I just want a search engine that gives me AND, OR, and NOT qualifiers or something similar. Parens, too, if possible. Ideally, an sql interface, but that's probably pushing it :)
- zeepzeep 5y ago
  > Ideally, an sql interface You could use Google BigQuery to write such queries for the whole internet (or parts you chose)
- amelius 5y ago
  You can have that with my idea. Just leave the Combobox empty.