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Everyone runs in the other direction anytime a search engine is mentioned. The thought of competing with Google turns people off. Even in 2021, despite how bad
by llaolleh 5y ago
Everyone runs in the other direction anytime a search engine is mentioned. The thought of competing with Google turns people off.
Even in 2021, despite how bad it's become, it's still miles ahead of other competitors.
- prox 5y agoI disagree. A lot of people I know already switched to Duckduckgo. Google’s ability to get relevant results is dropping like a brick, while the quality of DDG has been improving slowly but steadily.
- datenarsch 5y agoI wish I could agree but from my experience, DDG's search results aren't really that great. Often even worse than Google's. And another private company is not the answer I believe. We need something more drastic, an open-source search engine organized as a genuine non-profit organization. Something like that. Otherwise, whatever replaces Google will just turn into another Google as soon as it gets any momentum.
- llaolleh 5y agoI think open source will be tough because you're going to need a lot of saints to work on a search engine of Google's caliber. Maybe an alternative revenue model instead of ads.
- onecommentman 5y agoConsortium of universities, perhaps? Every top school (globally) kicks in some design and development time. It seems odd that the most critical link to access information on the planet is not the product of academia. With a country’s skin in the global game, there may be better leverage to keep it free and open for their citizens.