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Well, It works and it's a cool idea but I just don't appreciate an Instagram feed in my search results. That thing tracks you like rescue dogs.

Kiro 4y ago
Please don't listen to this feedback. Just because it's upvoted here doesn't mean it's representative. Keep the Instagram results. It's very useful.
- deleted 4y ago
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- jand 4y ago
  As this line of comments indicates, there is no consensus upon whether instagram is worth having or not. Why not let the user decide, which columns to show? You could start with a default, non-intrusive set which the user can expand as liked.
- Deriveur 4y ago
  I think it would be good to be able to enable and disable this column (as well as the others since you prefer some column for some research and vice versa)
- reflexco 4y ago
  It just feels weird to have results from a walled off website on a search engine, unless we specifically indicate that we have an account on this website. Similar to how we don't like submissions to paywalled articles on HN.
  - Kiro 4y ago
    > unless we specifically indicate that we have an account on this website What do you mean? The whole point is that I can search Instagram here without an account.
    - magicalhippo 4y ago
      When you find something that looks interesting, what then?
      - Kiro 4y ago
        Is that a philosophical question? I look at the picture, think "interesting" and move on. I don't use Instagram so you should probably ask someone who does what the intrinsic motivation for looking at Instagram photos is.
        reflexco 4y ago
        Since the advent of web 2.0, people often interact with media in more ways than looking at its thumbnail.
- croes 4y ago
  How often are there meaningful results for your search terms on Insta?
  - Kiro 4y ago
    I don't know but I'm eager to find out when using this. So far it has been really interesting to get a glimpse into a walled garden I normally can't access.
  - earth_walker 4y ago
    For me, never. For most of the other people in my life, they are primarily searching for products, books, people, and ideas for recipes or various projects around the home. So I totally see the utility of having these social media sites in the feed. On the other hand, this reduces privacy even more than stock google, basically broadcasting your search terms to a whole bunch of bad actors, so I won't be recommending it to anyone.
    - earth_walker 4y ago
      Having said that... as I play with it more, I really like the UI. If there was a privacy-first option I would definitely use it.
    - ryes 4y ago
      We have <meta name="referrer" content="origin"> in the header. So the search terms are not broadcast. I mean it is a bunch of tradeoffs. We lean more towards speed and low costs. DDG for example may be even more private, but it is slower and needs a bunch of ads to pay for the higher server costs. Generally Swurl is super private compared to visiting 99% of all other websites out there. But please let me know if there is anything you think I should add/change to make it more private for you, without hurting speed and costs.
diordiderot 4y ago
Seconded
senectus1 4y ago
I'll 2nd that. its strange because sometimes it shows instagram and others it doesn't... is there some way to choose to not have it ever?
pgt 4y ago
Business model: for $5/month, let users remove social media results from the feed ;).
- orangepanda 4y ago
  Not seeing pinterest is worth more
  - 2Gkashmiri 4y ago
    google.##.g:has(a[href="pinterest.com"]) google.##.g:has(a[href="pinterest.com"]) add this to your ublock origin.
    - amelius 4y ago
      Or this new search engine UX could filter them out.
      - 2Gkashmiri 4y ago
        i don't use google search myself, i haven't used that in actual years, i am on DDG which has a similar pinterest filter that does the job well
    - NaturalPhallacy 4y ago
      Better yet, quit using google. I've been on https://search.brave.com https://search.brave.com for months and have no regrets.
      - ryes 4y ago
        Yes brave search results are pretty good. Love they have their own search with great coverage. I wish I could use them as an API source!
amelius 4y ago
The Instagram results don't even load in my Firefox and just shows a white error box. This is what I get: https://imgur.com/cu3u6EX https://imgur.com/cu3u6EX
ryes 4y ago
Love this, I think I will definitely add an option to disable! Thank you for your valuable feedback! I just woke up to go for a run, will code this in a couple hours when I get back...
ryes 4y ago
Just added option to disable Instagram and Twitter from ▼ menu on the right of the search input. Let me know if that works good for you!

Kiro 4y ago

Please don't listen to this feedback. Just because it's upvoted here doesn't mean it's representative. Keep the Instagram results. It's very useful.

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jand 4y ago
As this line of comments indicates, there is no consensus upon whether instagram is worth having or not. Why not let the user decide, which columns to show? You could start with a default, non-intrusive set which the user can expand as liked.
Deriveur 4y ago
I think it would be good to be able to enable and disable this column (as well as the others since you prefer some column for some research and vice versa)
reflexco 4y ago
It just feels weird to have results from a walled off website on a search engine, unless we specifically indicate that we have an account on this website. Similar to how we don't like submissions to paywalled articles on HN.
- Kiro 4y ago
  > unless we specifically indicate that we have an account on this website What do you mean? The whole point is that I can search Instagram here without an account.
  - magicalhippo 4y ago
    When you find something that looks interesting, what then?
    - Kiro 4y ago
      Is that a philosophical question? I look at the picture, think "interesting" and move on. I don't use Instagram so you should probably ask someone who does what the intrinsic motivation for looking at Instagram photos is.
      - reflexco 4y ago
        Since the advent of web 2.0, people often interact with media in more ways than looking at its thumbnail.
croes 4y ago
How often are there meaningful results for your search terms on Insta?
- Kiro 4y ago
  I don't know but I'm eager to find out when using this. So far it has been really interesting to get a glimpse into a walled garden I normally can't access.
- earth_walker 4y ago
  For me, never. For most of the other people in my life, they are primarily searching for products, books, people, and ideas for recipes or various projects around the home. So I totally see the utility of having these social media sites in the feed. On the other hand, this reduces privacy even more than stock google, basically broadcasting your search terms to a whole bunch of bad actors, so I won't be recommending it to anyone.
  - earth_walker 4y ago
    Having said that... as I play with it more, I really like the UI. If there was a privacy-first option I would definitely use it.
  - ryes 4y ago
    We have <meta name="referrer" content="origin"> in the header. So the search terms are not broadcast. I mean it is a bunch of tradeoffs. We lean more towards speed and low costs. DDG for example may be even more private, but it is slower and needs a bunch of ads to pay for the higher server costs. Generally Swurl is super private compared to visiting 99% of all other websites out there. But please let me know if there is anything you think I should add/change to make it more private for you, without hurting speed and costs.

diordiderot 4y ago

Seconded

senectus1 4y ago

I'll 2nd that. its strange because sometimes it shows instagram and others it doesn't... is there some way to choose to not have it ever?

pgt 4y ago

Business model: for $5/month, let users remove social media results from the feed ;).

orangepanda 4y ago
Not seeing pinterest is worth more
- 2Gkashmiri 4y ago
  google.##.g:has(a[href="pinterest.com"]) google.##.g:has(a[href="pinterest.com"]) add this to your ublock origin.
  - amelius 4y ago
    Or this new search engine UX could filter them out.
    - 2Gkashmiri 4y ago
      i don't use google search myself, i haven't used that in actual years, i am on DDG which has a similar pinterest filter that does the job well
  - NaturalPhallacy 4y ago
    Better yet, quit using google. I've been on https://search.brave.com https://search.brave.com for months and have no regrets.
    - ryes 4y ago
      Yes brave search results are pretty good. Love they have their own search with great coverage. I wish I could use them as an API source!

amelius 4y ago

The Instagram results don't even load in my Firefox and just shows a white error box. This is what I get: https://imgur.com/cu3u6EX https://imgur.com/cu3u6EX

ryes 4y ago

Love this, I think I will definitely add an option to disable! Thank you for your valuable feedback! I just woke up to go for a run, will code this in a couple hours when I get back...

ryes 4y ago

Just added option to disable Instagram and Twitter from ▼ menu on the right of the search input. Let me know if that works good for you!