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> the largest of sites, who will generally, but not always, have better ways to directly search their own content. I have the exact opposite experience. To w
by ur-whale 4y ago
> the largest of sites, who will generally, but not always, have better ways to directly search their own content.
I have the exact opposite experience.
To wit: searching HN via the algolia link at the bottom is way worse than searching on Google with a site:ycombinator.com restrict.
Same thing for YouTube, where the search engine is tuned for maximizing watch time and strictly not to return what you're looking for.
- not2b 4y agoI would agree; I've almost never seen a site that provides a better way to directly search its own content than the major search engines provide. Wikipedia might come closest because their search compares the user input to article titles, and that's often helpful (mainly because the article titles are chosen to describe the article content, and aren't clickbait). But pretty much anything else uses a search approach that is far inferior to what Google or Bing provide, and it won't find what you want.