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by reaperducer 2349 days ago
Create a core protocol at the same level as DNS etc., that web servers can use to offer an index of everything they serve/relay

Isn't that pretty much a site map?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sitemaps
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dredmorbius 2349 days ago
A sitemap simply tells you what pages exist, not what's on those pages.

Systems such as lunr.js are closer in spirit to a site-oriented search index, though that's not how they're presently positioned, but instead offer JS-based, client-implemented site search for otherwise static websites.

https://lunrjs.com

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TylerE 2349 days ago
How would this help anything? It would make the blackhat SEO even easier, if anything.
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dredmorbius 2349 days ago
The results could be audited.

Fail an audit, lose your reputation (ranking).

The basic principle of auditing is to randomly sample results. BlackHat SEO tends to rely on volume in ways that would be very difficult to hide from even modest sampling sizes.

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