From 106b81c428e10fce1d6e152686b0ee062d2d41a9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rohan Kumar Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2022 18:08:45 -0800 Subject: [PATCH] New search engine: search.marginalia.nu Thanks Cadence. --- content/posts/search-engines-with-own-indexes.gmi | 2 ++ content/posts/search-engines-with-own-indexes.md | 1 + 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/content/posts/search-engines-with-own-indexes.gmi b/content/posts/search-engines-with-own-indexes.gmi index 342eb3a..0e1af98 100644 --- a/content/posts/search-engines-with-own-indexes.gmi +++ b/content/posts/search-engines-with-own-indexes.gmi @@ -165,11 +165,13 @@ Engines in this category fall back to GBY when their own indexes don't have enou These indexing search engines don’t have a Google-like “ask me anything” endgame; they’re trying to do something different. You aren't supposed to use these engines the same way you use GBY. * Wiby: I love this one. It focuses on smaller independent sites that capture the spirit of the “early” web. It’s more focused on “discovering” new interesting pages that match a set of keywords than finding a specific resources. I like to think of Wiby as an engine for surfing, not searching. Runnaroo occasionally features a hit from Wiby. If you have a small site or blog that isn’t very “commercial”, consider submitting it to the index. +* search.marginalia.nu: A recent addition similar to Wiby. It has its own crawler but is strongly biased towards non-commercial, personal, and/or minimal sites. It's a great response to the increasingly SEO-spam-filled SERPs of GBY. * Search My Site: Similar to Wiby, but only indexes user-submitted personal and independent sites. It optionally supports IndieAuth. * Quor: seems to mainly index large news sites. Site is down as of June 2021. Originally available at www dot quor dot com. * Ninfex: a "people-powered" search engine that combines aspects of link aggregators and search. It lets users vote on submissions and it also displays links to forums about submissions. => https://wiby.me wiby.me +=> https://search.marginalia.nu/ search.marginalia.nu => https://wiby.org wiby.org => https://searchmysite.net Search My site => https://ninfex.com Ninfex diff --git a/content/posts/search-engines-with-own-indexes.md b/content/posts/search-engines-with-own-indexes.md index 8d23086..15abdf2 100644 --- a/content/posts/search-engines-with-own-indexes.md +++ b/content/posts/search-engines-with-own-indexes.md @@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ Non-generalist search These indexing search engines don't have a Google-like "ask me anything" endgame; they're trying to do something different. - Wiby: [wiby.me](https://wiby.me) and [wiby.org](https://wiby.org): I love this one. It focuses on smaller independent sites that capture the spirit of the "early" web. It's more focused on "discovering" new interesting pages that match a set of keywords than finding a specific resources. I like to think of Wiby as an engine for surfing, not searching. Runnaroo occasionally features a hit from Wiby. If you have a small site or blog that isn't very "commercial", consider submitting it to the index. +- [search.marginalia.nu](https://search.marginalia.nu/): A recent addition similar to Wiby. It has its own crawler but is strongly biased towards non-commercial, personal, and/or minimal sites. It's a great response to the increasingly SEO-spam-filled SERPs of GBY. - [Search My Site](https://searchmysite.net): Similar to Wiby, but only indexes user-submitted personal and independent sites. It optionally supports IndieAuth. - Quor: Seems to mainly index large news sites. Site is down as of June 2021; originally available at www dot quor dot com. - [Ninfex](https://ninfex.com/): a "people-powered" search engine that combines aspects of link aggregators and search. It lets users vote on submissions and it also displays links to forums about submissions.