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by abhinavsharma
1532 days ago
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The problem with trying to replace Google is that you have to..
1. Do (nearly) everything Google does as well as them AND
2. fix Google's weak spots (usually in subjective queries) AND
3. offer something new and exciting. It's hard to do (1) well given Google's data moat and how good that makes them at head queries. It's rare that people stick with one of these alternatives because they struggle to be as good in the majority of simple queries. We built a few such search engines before choosing a different route — we made something that augments Google (or Amazon, or whatever other search engine you use) and improves it in areas that it's weak in. I posted our thoughts on this a few weeks ago on HN that generated some discussion as well — http://abhinavsharma.com/blog/google-alternatives https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30725933 The apps we built are a mobile browser extension for iOS and a desktop browser extension https://apps.apple.com/us/app/hyperweb/id1581824571
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hypersearch/feojag... It's one approach, but we're trying to be more non zero-sum about it, and consider that the search engine doesn't have to be replaced 1:1 with a better search engine. |
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