Gregory's Server@nixCraft Is there any way to find these sites? You are correct in that they disappeared but there must be a way to find them. Hopefully 🤞
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@fury999io @Pajo_16 Thanks! I wanted to recommend this, but realized I didn't bookmark it and forgot the url.  @marcusdeh @Pajo_16 @nixCraft Even that seems shaky these days - I'll try putting date restrictions on searches and regularly get stuff that the results page says is a week old, but actually dates from 2011. (Or vice versa.) I'm not sure if they're just not respecting search syntax, something's breaking on the search engines' side of things, or if people are figuring out ways to make pages appear to be a different age than they actually are.  @ChristianKrebel @Pajo_16 @nixCraft isn't Kagi in on the AI bullshit? I wouldn't trust them not to screw everyone over once they get popular enough. @p4 @Pajo_16 @nixCraft well they have integrated AI, but more on action. Most of the time you will have to trigger an AI feature yourself. Also, they have an assistant where you can choose the models you want to use (APIs are more anonymous) and the answers will have sources from their index which is the best of both worlds IMHO. If you're looking for blogs and other personal sites I recommend bookmarking these search engines: Would also recommend checking out this very excellent piece as well for alternative search options: https://seirdy.one/posts/2021/03/10/search-engines-with-own-indexes/   Happy to be mentioned! ;) Clew is very beta at the moment but I've just started my summer break so I should have some good time for dedicated work on it. :) @ErictheCerise @Pajo_16 @nixCraft I, uh, didn't actually graduate college. I just finished my sophomore year. XD @ErictheCerise @Pajo_16 @nixCraft Hahaha, no worries, this is a continuation of a long, long trend of people overestimating my age online; you're actually closer than most. The usual guess is that I'm in my 30s. XD Working on a Communications degree with a Professional Writing minor. :)  Maybe add https://search.marginalia.nu/ to the list? Their focus is on finding small, old and obscure websites. 😎 And I'll have to look at the ones in your list that are new to me! @5ciFiGirl @ErictheCerise @Pajo_16 @nixCraft Yeah, Marginalia 1000% deserves the spot more than me. I took a ton of inspiration from their work and they've actually been around for significantly longer than this recent wave of launches. :)  @amin @5ciFiGirl @ErictheCerise @Pajo_16 @nixCraft You down rank pages with ads and trackers? If only this was more common... @azonenberg @5ciFiGirl @ErictheCerise @Pajo_16 @nixCraft Right??? XD But all the mainstream search engines are mostly by companies that sell advertising and tracking services so it's not likely in them. I've found it really effective at fighting SEO, though; if people are trying to hack the system to get you on their site, they probably have ads or tracking. ;)  No 'maybe' about it, that's an awesome one, and new for me. Check out his 'About' page ( https://www.marginalia.nu/marginalia-search/about/ ) ... I want to have his babies. @5ciFiGirl @ErictheCerise @Pajo_16 @nixCraft A ton of people link to his "The Small Website Discoverability Crisis" when justifying their own search engines (which is great) but I also find it kinda hilarious that they often don't seem to realize he has his own search engine too. XD Blogrolls are a great option. :) Mine's here if you want a good starting place: https://benjaminhollon.com/blogroll/ Then many of those sites have their own blogrolls; and so on and so on and so on. > Is there any way to find these sites? One alternative, independent search engine is #Mojeek that has its own index, using that you may be able to find things that Google/Microsoft decided to remove from their search results: https://www.mojeek.com/ |
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If people find them, perhaps post links here.