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Would be interesting to know if those same long tail results come up in Alt-Power [0], which also uses Google's index. So far I get what I ask for, but would be reassuring to know the whole long tail index is indeed shared and I'm not missing relevant results.

[0]: https://altpower.app


hum interesting never heard of this!


Why not simply use a more focused and user-respecting search engine?

https://altpower.app/?q=%22Attachment+Economy%22#gsc.q=%22At...


I don't know... laptop-mode and all, my battery runs out pretty quickly.


This. Linux is my primary OS for both work and home, but I have a Mac laptop for travel as the battery life of any Linux laptop I tried is very bad. And this includes a modern System 76, supposedly Linux-friendly with drivers, which drains the battery on fairly light workloads in about 2 hours. My 2c.


FYI, on reasonable search engines like altpower.app, you can exclude sites with `-site:domain.tld` keyword.

See also: https://altpower.app/#Advanced%20Search%20Operator%20Syntax https://www.exploit-db.com/google-hacking-database


> I remember when you could half-remember a comment from a website, type that into Google, and get taken to the article you were looking for.

You should try that on more niche user-centric search engines, like https://altpower.app

So glad I discovered it!


I tried AltPower Search and it exhibits the same issue as Google. I think you might just need to give it more time to index. Nanoclaw.dev has only been available for a week. Then, it's the lower relative reputation of the 'dev' vs. the 'net' domain ...

[1]: https://altpower.app [2]: https://web.archive.org/web/20260000000000*/https://nanoclaw... [3]: https://radar.cloudflare.com/tlds


this thing is just google with a theme


Confirmed. The professional term is "enshittification". Nowadays, I just use https://altpower.app


> what search engine is far better?

Since you ask, this surely has to be altpower.app!


Two "major" ones you forgot are https://marginalia-search.com and https://altpower.app


I replaced doomscrolling, a passive and empire-led activity, with active playing chess. I play correspondence games so a minute or two of engagement, per active match, fits me just right any fit time of the day.

I don't at the slightest feel bad about it.

Tell them I sent you: https://www.chess.com/?ref_id=7467288


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