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I consider writing Digest for a 3rd time. The first time was a proof of concept in Perl, the 2nd time was product in Java for [name of customer deleted]. The 3r
by kephra 14y ago
I consider writing Digest for a 3rd time. The first time was a proof of concept in Perl, the 2nd time was product in Java for [name of customer deleted]. The 3rd version could be in PHP for the masses.
Digest is not a normal search engine, but an XML description language to tell a spider where to find what on a web layout. Its aimed on the dark side of the internet, able to login on website, use cookies, and even delegate captcha solving.
The main problem of Digest is that its maintenance intensive because websites are changing layouts regularly. The idea of a Digest for the masses would be an open source distributed search engine, that runs on normal peoples web servers. So every (power) user has access to the search engine itself.
My problem, and question to this audience is: How to make money with such an project? The only idea I have currently is kickstarter.