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> I tried creating a search engine for recipes. It works well and people like it, but the struggle is no one remembers that it exists and Google is just their
by Volker_W 5y ago
> I tried creating a search engine for recipes. It works well and people like it, but the struggle is no one remembers that it exists and Google is just their default for search.
Link please
- GarlicToum 5y agohttps://garlictoum.com/ https://garlictoum.com/
- kevingrahl 5y agoJust an idea but what about making it easier for folks to remember to use you search somehow‽ I like and use Duck Duck Go‘s !bangs [1] all the time, maybe try to add your site with a rememberable name.. may I suggest !garlic ? [1] - https://duckduckgo.com/bang https://duckduckgo.com/bang [2] - https://duckduckgo.com/newbang https://duckduckgo.com/newbang
- GarlicToum 5y agoJust submitted it, let's see what happens!
- imilk 5y agoAlways nice to see other sites using Svelte!
- urbandw311er 5y agoHave bookmarked. I shall try to remember to use it.
- ajmurmann 5y agoThis is really cool! Bookmarked! One piece of feedback: It seems to somewhat liberally fuzz the term, doesn't tell me about it and not toggle it in the UI. I searched for "Natto" and got some great results at the top (Spicy Kimchi Natto!). However, a few results down the recipes start including "Nattu" which seems to be a Indian chicken dish and then quickly have nothing to do with the term at all and give me stuff like Tafelspitz.
- GarlicToum 5y agoYeah, that's the typo detection in search. The key thing is that "Natto" is prioritized, so that part is working correctly! Tweaking search can be a whole full time thing. I'll write it down and maybe look into if I can tweak the search so if there are exact matches to not show alternatives.
- jimkri 5y agoThis is great. I've been juicing a lot lately and every site you go to is full of adds and useless content and you have to click `Jump To Recipe`. 1 thing that would be helpful is to add in the ingredient amounts.
- GarlicToum 5y agoYeah, that was part of the long term monetization plan. Paid for user accounts ($3ish/month) that allow people to clip recipes, view previews, discuss, modify, and share. Never quite got around to it unfortunately, as I wanted more users before new features.