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Building a Simple Search Engine That Works

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279 points freediver | 7 comments | 17 Nov 25 03:52 UTC | HN request time: 0.002s | source | bottom
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shevy-java ◴[17 Nov 25 08:36 UTC] No.45951831[source]▶
Good. Now please someone replace Google's search engine.

I am always annoyed using it, how bad it is these days. Then I try the alternatives such as Duck Duck Go and they manage to be even worse.

Qwant is semi-ok but it also omits tons of things that Google Search finds (and also is slower, for some weird reason).

Google's UI nerf is also annoying - so much useless stuff. In the past I could disable that via ublock origin but Google killed that for chrome.

We need to do something against this Evil that Google brought into this world.

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ku1ik ◴[17 Nov 25 08:38 UTC] No.45951852[source]▶
Try kagi.com. I tried and stayed. It’s paid though.
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1. dyml ◴[17 Nov 25 08:45 UTC] No.45951887[source]▶
I also used Kagi, but decided to cancel my subscription last year when it was revealed they pay Yandex for their search, which is a Russian company that ultimately fuels the Russian war on Ukraine.

Once Kagi stops transferring money to Russia, I’d be happy re-subscribe.

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2. ramon156 ◴[17 Nov 25 08:52 UTC] No.45951922[source]▶
Do you have a source how funding yandex funds the war? Yandex is a great search engine, so I would hate to find out that this is true
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3. b2ccb2 ◴[17 Nov 25 08:58 UTC] No.45951953[source]▶

  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yandex#Legal_issues_in_Ukraine
  https://www.zois-berlin.de/en/publications/zois-spotlight/the-sad-fate-of-yandex-from-independent-tech-startup-to-kremlin-propaganda-tool
4. ninalanyon ◴[17 Nov 25 09:01 UTC] No.45951970[source]▶
It's based in Russia so it presumably pays taxes and salaries in Russia.
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5. crashmat ◴[17 Nov 25 12:44 UTC] No.45953089{3}[source]▶
All American companies pay taxes to America which is basically always commiting atrocities so I don't think that's a strogn enough reason on its own.
6. vjvjvjvjghv ◴[17 Nov 25 17:37 UTC] No.45955890[source]▶
I have the feeling that, if you look a little closer, a lot of products you are using are supporting atrocities somewhere directly or indirectly.
7. ipaddr ◴[17 Nov 25 22:11 UTC] No.45958948{3}[source]▶
.ru is but .com is based on Europe with different results for each.