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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