Why doesn't anyone create a search engine comparable to 2005-Google?

• Yacy

  115 3,253 8.7 Java

  Distributed Peer-to-Peer Web Search Engine and Intranet Search Appliance

  

> 2) Hardware costs are too high.

Which is why the next big search engine should be distributed: https://yacy.net.

• duckduckgo-locales

  2,077 94 0.0 Perl

  Translation files for <a href="https://duckduckgo.com"> </a>

  

I think DuckDuckGo is closer to what you want. Same results for everyone, better privacy, and they're proactive about improving their results.

https://duckduckgo.com/

Part of the problem is that there's a lot more low-quality content to wade through now than there was in 2005. I think the Google of 2005 would have trouble delivering quality results today also.

• WorkOS

  workos.com sponsored

  The modern identity platform for B2B SaaS. The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

  

• awesome

  145 299,232 7.3 Shell

  😎 Awesome lists about all kinds of interesting topics

• Lobsters

  264 3,932 9.5 Ruby

  Computing-focused community centered around link aggregation and discussion

  

How about just a meritocratic rating? Even here on HN I would appreciate some sort of weight on expert/experienced opinion. Although in theory I like the idea that every thought is judged on its own, the context of the author is more relevant the deeper the subject. That's one of the reasons I still read https://lobste.rs. It has a niche audience with industry experience.

• whoogle-search

  146 8,789 8.2 Python

  A self-hosted, ad-free, privacy-respecting metasearch engine

Not sure if this is any close to what you’re trying to find, but there’s https://github.com/benbusby/whoogle-search

• InfluxDB

  www.influxdata.com sponsored

  Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.

  

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