▲ | Nicholas_C 8 hours ago | |||||||
Are those passionate/nerdy people still running niche websites? A search engine that prioritizes that kind of content would be great. | ||||||||
▲ | c54 8 hours ago | parent | next [-] | |||||||
I haven’t validated it myself but Kagi is trying to offer this kind of small web search https://blog.kagi.com/small-web | ||||||||
▲ | user432678 8 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |||||||
There’s a search engine for exact such websites — https://wiby.me | ||||||||
▲ | ripe 8 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |||||||
I've been using Marginalia to avoid commercial sites. Open-source and unencumbered by ads: | ||||||||
▲ | samrus 8 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |||||||
its not sustainable. any search engine that gets popular enough will get SEOd by bad actors eventually. we can enjoy it while its good though | ||||||||
▲ | viraptor 8 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |||||||
Kagi is fine doing that. See also https://kagi.com/smallweb | ||||||||
▲ | owebmaster 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |||||||
No, they got rich adding ads, sold their websites and are now influencers | ||||||||
▲ | Pxtl 7 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |||||||
No they're running YouTube channels and Substacks because of built-in monetization. | ||||||||
▲ | dboreham 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |||||||
And it would make no money therefore it wouldn't exist. | ||||||||
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