I just discovered this while stumbling around:

https://yacy.net/

YaCy is free software, under the terms of the GPL 2.0, that provides a decentralized search engine. It runs on a peer-to-peer network.

Generally I've used DuckDuckGo, but this sounds even more interesting.

It may turn out to be a dud (occasionally these things are), but, I'll try it out to see.

#Privacy #OpenSource #Linux #SearchEngines #YaCy #P2P

Microsoft, Google and Antitrust: Similar Legal Theories in a Different Era - The government’s antitrust case against Google borrows heavily from the landmark lawsuit ... - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/11/technology/microsoft-google-antitrust.html #antitrustlawsandcompetitionissues #netscapecommunicationscorp #computersandtheinternet #justicedepartment #kovacicwilliame #searchengines #microsoftcorp #pichaisundar #mehtaamitp #walkerkent #googleinc #gatesbill #software

Who’s Who in the Google Monopoly Trial - The federal government’s first monopoly trial this century will feature top tech executiv... - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/11/technology/google-trial-judge-plaintiffs.html #antitrustlawsandcompetitionissues #suitsandlitigation(civil) #computersandtheinternet #decisionsandverdicts #justicedepartment #attorneysgeneral #kanterjonathans #searchengines #corporations #pichaisundar #mehtaamitp #walkerkent #googleinc #software

Why Is the Justice Dept. Suing Google? - The government claims that Google illegally used its monopoly power to stifle rivals, whi... - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/11/technology/google-monopoly-justice-dept-trial.html #regulationandderegulationofindustry #antitrustlawsandcompetitionissues #suitsandlitigation(civil) #computersandtheinternet #courtsandthejudiciary #lawandlegislation #searchengines #googleinc

#Google #SearchEngines

Australia takes action against artificially created child-abusing pornographic material produced and distributed using AI functions built into search engines.

#SearchEngines must ensure
👉 that AI-produced child pornography is not displayed in search results
👉 that AI features built into search engines cannot be used to produce child pornography

https://www.reuters.com/technology/australia-require-ai-made-child-abuse-material-be-removed-search-results-2023-09-08/

The little search engine that couldn’t

"A couple of ex-Googlers set out to create the search engine of the future. They built something faster, simpler, and ad-free. So how come you’ve never heard of Neeva?"

https://www.theverge.com/23802382/search-engine-google-neeva-android

A very interesting article!

#searchengine #neeva #data #bigdata #google #searchengines #privacy

Google Turns to a Steady Old Hand to Fight Antitrust Charges - The tech giant is facing the greatest legal threat in its history, and hopes the stolid a... - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/06/technology/google-antitrust-lawyer-kent-walker.html #antitrustlawsandcompetitionissues #netscapecommunicationscorp #computersandtheinternet #federaltradecommission #justicedepartment #legalprofession #searchengines #alphabetinc #walkerkent #boiesdavid #googleinc

In Its First Monopoly Trial of Modern Internet Era, U.S. Sets Sights on Google - The 10-week trial, set to begin Tuesday, amps up efforts to rein in Big Tech by targeting... - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/06/technology/modern-internet-first-monopoly-trial-us-google-dominance.html #antitrustlawsandcompetitionissues #computersandtheinternet #lawandlegislation #justicedepartment #kanterjonathans #searchengines #corporations #pichaisundar #mehtaamitp #walkerkent #googleinc

The world’s most popular search engine started as a research project by #LarryPage and #SergeyBrin when they were both doctoral students at #StanfordUniversity in the late 1990s.

Working from their dorm rooms, the two developed a new algorithm for #SearchEngines that ranked #websites based on the number of other websites that linked to them, which they called #PageRank.

#Google turns 25: A look at the world’s top performing searches | Technology News | Al Jazeera
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/9/4/google-turns-25-a-look-at-the-worlds-top-performing-searches?traffic_source=rss&utm_source=press.coop

If someone had said to me

"PJ, in 2023, AskJeeves style search engines will make a roaring comeback because human-curated searches will just be so much better amd accurate than Google."

I'd have questioned your intellect and possibly your hygiene.

And yet here we are.

#AI #SEO #SearchEngines

Brought a box of things down from the loft by accident thinking it was something else ... it’s full of things I remember and things I don’t.

In particular a box of 72-pin #SIMMs ... I sort of remember the box, but not the modules’ origin, or what they are.  So – online research?

I tried, but it seems information on these things isn’t as easy to come by as it was twenty years ago.  Is this part of the deterioration of #searchEngines I hear about?

#EU #censorshiplaw is now legally enforceable on all #SocialMedia platforms and #SearchEngines

https://www.naturalnews.com/2023-08-29-eus-censorship-law-legally-enforceable-social-media.html

I am currently looking at and processing the results of a poll I ran a few weeks ago on search engines. This also involves using all of the mentioned #searchEngines. And that may take a while. I am currently using DuckDuckGo, but I’ve got several ones to go. Please, bare with me. #polls #searchEngines

Is there a way to search on Duck Duck Go that eliminates something? For instance, if I want to search on Google for the title of a book but I include "-Amazon" then it won't include results from Amazon. But Duck Duck Go doesn't seem to do this. I did some searches on searching syntax but couldn't find the answer.

#questions #SearchEngines

Bing is testing SERPs without URLs today. The dropdown for the recent cache is moved up to the site name.

Of course, this makes the page look less cluttered. But I do miss the hints, to which webpage a click really takes me ...

#bing #SERP #search #SEO #SearchEngines

Search engines as modern oracles, by Andrei Z. Broder & Preston McAfee #EconTwitter #congestion #searchengines
http://marketdesigner.blogspot.com/2023/08/search-engines-as-modern-oracles-by.html

The founder is Mark Joyner, who I've followed since the 1990's. I became interested in his work because of my long-time interest in #SearchEngines and he ran one called Aesop (I think) way back in the day.

From there I ended up on his Guerilla #Marketing newsletter but never really applied it

Things dwindled off until he launched Simpleology - which he has been running for the last 18 years!

Today Bing was testing a more subtle version of mentioned verification icon for top results: "Official".

#bing #SERPs #search #SEO #SearchEngines

End of June @rustybrick reported about larger product images for search snippets (https://www.seroundtable.com/google-larger-product-images-for-search-snippets-35612.html).

Now Google is at it again. This time they are not only showing new image variations, but surprisingly also mixing square and bigger 16:9 images on SERPs.

Seems to me that results with these square images will have a distinctively smaller chance to get clicks ... 🤔

#google #SERP #search #SearchEngines #ImageSearch #SEO