squirrel@piefed.kobel.fyi to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 3 months agoWhy there’s no European Google? And why it is a good thing!ploum.netexternal-linkmessage-square11linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10 cross-posted to: europe@feddit.org
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkWhy there’s no European Google? And why it is a good thing!ploum.netsquirrel@piefed.kobel.fyi to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square11linkfedilink cross-posted to: europe@feddit.org
minus-squaretoothbrush@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoSee also the Openwebsearch initiative, who are trying to make a provider agnostic index made in the EU: https://openwebsearch.eu/
minus-squareBigShammy80@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoIs there a way to use this? I mean for end users?
minus-squaremorgenpost@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoThe bot behind this initiative has been appearing in server logs for years, but there are still no meaningful results. After all, how useful is an index (“9.15 Billion URLs crawled”) if there is no search engine? I finally just blocked the bot.
See also the Openwebsearch initiative, who are trying to make a provider agnostic index made in the EU: https://openwebsearch.eu/
Is there a way to use this? I mean for end users?
The bot behind this initiative has been appearing in server logs for years, but there are still no meaningful results. After all, how useful is an index (“9.15 Billion URLs crawled”) if there is no search engine? I finally just blocked the bot.