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OK. Let's give it a go. At the weekend, I found a few old LibreOffice docs that I wanted to see what was in them. But no longer have LibreOffice installed. So:

OK. Let's give it a go. At the weekend, I found a few old LibreOffice docs that I wanted to see what was in them. But no longer have LibreOffice installed. So: SEARCH: odt viewer RESULTS: Visual QR Code Generator - Visualead Business Intelligence (BI) & Data Analytics Platform Cloud-based data analytics exploration for all | Chartio YesInsights | Simple Surveys for Consumer Feedback | One-Click Visualping: #1 Website change detection, monitoring and alerts TensorFlow Ubersuggest's Free Keyword Tool, Generate More Suggestions etc. etc. Let's try another one, that I needed a while back, when I found my ancient version of Photoshop couldn't open 'webp' files: SEARCH: webp image converter RESULTS: Manage Your Team’s Projects From Anywhere | Trello Buffer: All-you-need social media toolkit for small businesses Sublime Text - the sophisticated text editor for code, markup TinyPNG – Compress WebP, PNG and JPEG images intelligently [close but no cigar!] Convert svg to png Online By IconScout's File Converter Please Wait... | Cloudflare pinterest.com Typeform: People-Friendly Forms and Surveys Instagram for Business - Hootsuite Etsy - Shop updates Complete junk. And the funniest thing is that the site bills itself as an 'Anti-seo spam search engine'

warar 4y ago
I understand that these results aren't great. I just checked the index for your queries, it's a bit low on these niches, but I am working hard to expand the index.
vignesh_warar 4y ago
I understand that these results aren't great. I just checked the index for your queries, it's a bit low on these niches, but I am working hard to expand the index.
- Normille 4y ago
  It's not only that the results 'aren't great' [to put it mildly]. It's that they're full of exactly the kind of 'SEO spam' results that your USP claims your site avoids. In fact, running the same searches in a 'normal' search engine actually produces better results which are free from SEO spam. GOOGLE [via Startpage] SEARCH: odt viewer RESULTS: Open Document Format (odt, odp, ods) Viewer View ODT Online | Free GroupDocs Apps ODT Viewer ODT File Viewer - LibreOffice – Apps on Google Play LibreOffice & OpenOffice document reader | ODF – Apps on Google ... Online ODT Viewer - Conholdate Apps ODT Viewer – Free Tool to Open & Read ODT File Extension Free Online ODT Reader/Viewer - Aspose Products BING [via DDG] ODT Viewer View ODT Online | Free GroupDocs Apps ODT Viewer - Free Tool to Open & Read ODT File Extension ODT File Viewer - LibreOffice - Apps on Google Play ODT Viewer - Free download and software reviews - CNET ODT Viewer (free) download Windows version What Is an ODT File (And How to Open One) - Lifewire Overview of the Office Deployment Tool - Deploy Office Open Office Viewer - ODF, PDF - Apps on Google Play GOOGLE [via Startpage] SEARCH: webp image converter RESULTS: WEBP Converter - CloudConvert WebP to JPG image converter - Ezgif Convert images to WebP - Image Online Convert WEBP to JPG - online-convert.com An image format for the Web | WebP - Google Developers WebP Converter - FreeConvert.com WebP image converter - TinyIMG JPG to WEBP (Online & Free) - Convertio WebP Converter Best Image to WEBP Converter Online - Image to JPG - 11zon WebP / Avif image converter Convert WEBP to JPG online for free - iLoveIMG BING [via DDG] WEBP Converter | CloudConvert Jpg to Webp WEBP to JPG (Online & Free) — Convertio Webp Converter | Online Free Image Converting Tool WEBP to JPG Converter - 100% Free Image to WEBP - Online Converter webp to image converter online - Free webp converter WebP Converter WebP image converter | TinyIMG WebP Converter - FreeConvert.com 7 Best WebP Converters to Convert WebP to JPEG, or Vice Versa - WidsMob Now, Im not for a minute suggesting that all those results are kosher. We all know how many junk websites are out there. But at least Google and Bing returned results that were relevant to what I searched for each time. So I could at least 'sort the wheat from the chaff' [and block those domains for the future with GHHBD[0]]. But your search engine didn't return ANY relevant results at all. And, more to the point actually returned a majority of obviously spammy marketing sites --which is precisely the thing you say your site is designed to avoid. Sorry for pissing on your fireworks here. But either your algorithm is fucked and returning the opposite of what it's meant to find. Or, as is often the case, you've rushed into announcing your 'new thing' on HN, before it's anywhere near ready for primetime. Which is a counter-productive strategy as, even if your site improves in leaps and bounds from now on, I [and I presume others who've tested it at this stage] will already have filed it away under "Does not work" and are unlikely to consider it in future. [0] https://www.jeffersonscher.com/gm/google-hit-hider/ https://www.jeffersonscher.com/gm/google-hit-hider/

warar 4y ago

I understand that these results aren't great. I just checked the index for your queries, it's a bit low on these niches, but I am working hard to expand the index.

vignesh_warar 4y ago

I understand that these results aren't great. I just checked the index for your queries, it's a bit low on these niches, but I am working hard to expand the index.

Normille 4y ago
It's not only that the results 'aren't great' [to put it mildly]. It's that they're full of exactly the kind of 'SEO spam' results that your USP claims your site avoids. In fact, running the same searches in a 'normal' search engine actually produces better results which are free from SEO spam. GOOGLE [via Startpage] SEARCH: odt viewer RESULTS: Open Document Format (odt, odp, ods) Viewer View ODT Online | Free GroupDocs Apps ODT Viewer ODT File Viewer - LibreOffice – Apps on Google Play LibreOffice & OpenOffice document reader | ODF – Apps on Google ... Online ODT Viewer - Conholdate Apps ODT Viewer – Free Tool to Open & Read ODT File Extension Free Online ODT Reader/Viewer - Aspose Products BING [via DDG] ODT Viewer View ODT Online | Free GroupDocs Apps ODT Viewer - Free Tool to Open & Read ODT File Extension ODT File Viewer - LibreOffice - Apps on Google Play ODT Viewer - Free download and software reviews - CNET ODT Viewer (free) download Windows version What Is an ODT File (And How to Open One) - Lifewire Overview of the Office Deployment Tool - Deploy Office Open Office Viewer - ODF, PDF - Apps on Google Play GOOGLE [via Startpage] SEARCH: webp image converter RESULTS: WEBP Converter - CloudConvert WebP to JPG image converter - Ezgif Convert images to WebP - Image Online Convert WEBP to JPG - online-convert.com An image format for the Web | WebP - Google Developers WebP Converter - FreeConvert.com WebP image converter - TinyIMG JPG to WEBP (Online & Free) - Convertio WebP Converter Best Image to WEBP Converter Online - Image to JPG - 11zon WebP / Avif image converter Convert WEBP to JPG online for free - iLoveIMG BING [via DDG] WEBP Converter | CloudConvert Jpg to Webp WEBP to JPG (Online & Free) — Convertio Webp Converter | Online Free Image Converting Tool WEBP to JPG Converter - 100% Free Image to WEBP - Online Converter webp to image converter online - Free webp converter WebP Converter WebP image converter | TinyIMG WebP Converter - FreeConvert.com 7 Best WebP Converters to Convert WebP to JPEG, or Vice Versa - WidsMob Now, Im not for a minute suggesting that all those results are kosher. We all know how many junk websites are out there. But at least Google and Bing returned results that were relevant to what I searched for each time. So I could at least 'sort the wheat from the chaff' [and block those domains for the future with GHHBD[0]]. But your search engine didn't return ANY relevant results at all. And, more to the point actually returned a majority of obviously spammy marketing sites --which is precisely the thing you say your site is designed to avoid. Sorry for pissing on your fireworks here. But either your algorithm is fucked and returning the opposite of what it's meant to find. Or, as is often the case, you've rushed into announcing your 'new thing' on HN, before it's anywhere near ready for primetime. Which is a counter-productive strategy as, even if your site improves in leaps and bounds from now on, I [and I presume others who've tested it at this stage] will already have filed it away under "Does not work" and are unlikely to consider it in future. [0] https://www.jeffersonscher.com/gm/google-hit-hider/ https://www.jeffersonscher.com/gm/google-hit-hider/