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New search engine: Spyda

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=> https://www.yioop.com Yioop!
=> https://marlo.sandymaguire.me/ Marlo
* Spyda: A small open-source engine made by James Mills, written in Go.
=> https://spyda.dev/ Spyda search engine
=> https://www.prologic.blog/2021/02/14/so-im-a.html Blog post introducing Spyda
=> https://git.mills.io/prologic/spyda Spyda source code
### Semi-independent indexes
Engines in this category fall back to GBY when their own indexes don't have enough results. As their own indexes grow, some claim that this should happen less often.

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These engines fail badly at a few important tests. Otherwise, they seem to work well enough for users who'd like some more serendipity in less-specific searches.
[Infotiger](https://alpha.infotiger.com/)
: My favorite engine in this section. It offers advanced result filtering and sports a somewhat large index. It allows site submission for English and German pages. The fastest-improving engine in this section: I use it often to discover new sites, and look forward to the day it "graduates" to the previous section. [Infotier has a Tor hidden service](http://infotiger4xywbfq45mvd5drh43jpqeurakg2ya7gqwvjf2bbwnixzqd.onion/).
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[Secret Search Engine Labs](http://www.secretsearchenginelabs.com/)
: Very small index with very little SEO spam; it toes the line between a "search engine" and a "surf engine". It's best for reading about broad topics that would otherwise be dominated by SEO spam, thanks to its [CashRank algorithm](http://www.secretsearchenginelabs.com/tech/cashrank.php). Allows site submission.
### Unusable engines, irrelevant results
### Fledgling engines
Results from these search engines don't seem at all useful.
Results from these search engines don't seem particularly relevant; indexes in this category tend to be small.
[Yessle](https://www.yessle.com/)
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[Marlo](https://marlo.sandymaguire.me/)
: Another FLOSS engine: [Marlo is written in Haskell](https://github.com/isovector/marlo). Has a small index that's good enough for surfing broad topics, but not good enough for specific research.
[Spyda](https://spyda.dev/)
: {{<mention-work itemtype="BlogPosting">}}A small engine made by {{<indieweb-person itemprop="author" first-name="James" last-name="Mills" url="https://www.prologic.blog/">}}, described in {{<cited-work url="https://www.prologic.blog/2021/02/14/so-im-a.html" name="So I'm a Knucklehead eh?" extraName="headline">}}{{</mention-work>}}. It's written in Go; check out its [MIT-licensed Spyda source code](https://git.mills.io/prologic/spyda).
### Semi-independent indexes
Engines in this category fall back to GBY when their own indexes don't have enough results. As their own indexes grow, some claim that this should happen less often.