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A Better Federated Search (blog.doomsdayrs.page)

submitted 15 hours ago by doomsdayrs@lemmy.ml to c/programming@programming.dev

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I've been trying to figure this out for over a year now.

This is my latest concept that I'll try to make.

What do you all think?

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[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 5 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

no one can index exponential amounts of data, nevermind the predatory SEO and AI.

Google is. The NSA almost undoubtedly is. A bunch of other governments are. AI companies probably are. Meta probably is.

When a user wants to search something up, they first search for a topic in web-rings, and then they select that web-ring.

From a usability perspective, that doesn't feel great. How does a user find the first web ring search engine? What if they don't want that multi step process? How do users avoid predatory web rings that are trying to sell them stuff? How does this compete with existing search?

[–] doomsdayrs@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 hours ago

How does a user find the first web ring search engine?

The implication is that such functionality is bundled into this search engine.

What if they don't want that multi step process?

Hard thing, but what are a few steps toavoiding AI spam results?

How do users avoid predatory web rings that are trying to sell them stuff?

That's a moderation issue, alluded to being a problem that should be figured out separate to figuring out this web-ring federation.

How does this compete with existing search?

Existing on the sidelines and possibly leaching off DDG users who want a less bing dependent search.