Retire Meorca, fix dead links, add Bing syndicate

content/posts/search-engines-with-own-indexes.gmi

@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ These are large engines that pass all my standard tests and more.
 * Givero
 * Swisscows
 * Fireball
+* Netzzappen
 * You.com¹¹
 * Partially powers MetaGer by default; this can be turned off
 * At this point, I mostly stopped adding Bing-based search engines. There are just too many.
@@ -78,7 +79,7 @@ Google, Bing, and Yandex support structured data such as microformats1, microdat
 
 These engines pass most of the tests listed in the "methodology" section. All of them seem relatively privacy-friendly.
 
-* Right Dao: very fast, good results. Passes the tests fairly well. It plans on including query-based ads if/when its userbase grows.⁸
+* Right Dao: very fast, good results. Passes the tests fairly well. It plans on including query-based ads if/when its userbase grows.⁸ For the past few months, its index seems to have focused more on large, established sites rather than smaller, independent ones.
 
 => https://rightdao.com  Right Dao
 
@@ -124,11 +125,9 @@ These engines fail badly at a few important tests. Otherwise, they seem to work
 => https://siik.co/ Siik
 => https://inetdex.com inetdex.com
 
-* Meorca: A UK-based search engine that claims not to "index pornography or illegal content websites". It also features an optional social network ("blog"). Discovered in the seirdy.one access logs.
 * ChatNoir: An experimental engine by researchers that uses the Common Crawl index. The engine is open source. There's more information in its announcement on the Common Crawl mailing list (Google Groups).
 * Secret Search Engine Labs: 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. Allows site submission.
 
-=> https://meorca.com/  Meorca Search Engine
 => https://www.chatnoir.eu/ ChatNoir
 => https://commoncrawl.org/ Common Crawl
 => https://github.com/chatnoir-eu ChatNoir source code (GitHub)
@@ -329,10 +328,12 @@ These engines were originally included in the article, but have since been disco
 * gus.guru: the original Gemini search engine. The index doesn't seem to be updated anymore.
 * wbsrch: In addition to its generalist search, it also had many other utilities related to domain name statistics. Failed multiple tests. Its index was a bit dated; it had an old backlog of sites it hadn’t finished indexing. It also had several dedicated per-language indexes.
 * Gowiki: Very young, small index, but showed promise. I discovered this in the seirdy.one access logs. It was only available in the US. Seems down as of early 2022.
+* Meorca: A UK-based search engine that claims not to "index pornography or illegal content websites". It also features an optional social network ("blog"). Discovered in the seirdy.one access logs.
 
 => gemini://gus.guru/ gus.guru
 => https://xangis.com/the-wbsrch-experiment/ The Wbsrch Experiment
 => https://gowiki.com  Gowiki
+=> https://web.archive.org/web/20220429143153/https://www.meorca.com/search/ Meorca Search Engine (Wayback Machine snapshot)
 
 ## Exclusions
 

content/posts/search-engines-with-own-indexes.md

@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ These are large engines that pass all my standard tests and more.
   - Givero
   - Swisscows
   - Fireball
+  - Netzzappen
   - You.com[^6]
   - Partially powers MetaGer by default; this can be turned off
   - At this point, I mostly stopped adding Bing-<wbr />based search engines. There are just too many.
@@ -136,8 +137,6 @@ These engines fail badly at a few important tests. Otherwise, they seem to work
 
 - [websearchengine.org](https://websearchengine.org) and [tuxdex.com](https://tuxdex.com): Both are run by the same people, powered by their [inetdex.com](https://inetdex.com) index. Searches are fast, but crawls are a bit shallow. Claims to have an index of 10 million domains, and not to use cookies.
 
-- [Meorca](https://meorca.com/): A UK-based search engine that claims not to "index pornography or illegal content websites". It also features an optional social network ("blog"). Discovered in the seirdy.one access logs.
-
 - [ChatNoir](https://www.chatnoir.eu/): An experimental engine by researchers that uses the [Common Crawl](https://commoncrawl.org/) index. The engine is [open source](https://github.com/chatnoir-eu). See the [announcement](https://groups.google.com/g/common-crawl/c/3o2dOHpeRxo/m/H2Osqz9dAAAJ) on the Common Crawl mailing list (Google Groups).
 
 - [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.
@@ -298,7 +297,9 @@ These engines were originally included in the article, but have since been disco
 
 - [wbsrch](https://wbsrch.com/): In addition to its generalist search, it also had many other utilities related to domain name statistics. Failed multiple tests. Its index was a bit dated; it had an old backlog of sites it hadn't finished indexing. It also had several dedicated per-language indexes.
 
-- [Gowiki](https://gowiki.com): Very young, small index, but showed promise. I discovered this in the seirdy.one access logs. It was only available in the US. Seems down as of early 2022.
+- [Gowiki](https://web.archive.org/web/20211226043304/https://www.gowiki.com/): Very young, small index, but showed promise. I discovered this in the seirdy.one access logs. It was only available in the US. Seems down as of early 2022.
+
+- [Meorca](https://web.archive.org/web/20220429143153/https://www.meorca.com/search/): A UK-based search engine that claims not to "index pornography or illegal content websites". It also features an optional social network ("blog"). Discovered in the seirdy.one access logs.
 
 Exclusions
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