PlanterTree@discuss.tchncs.de to DeGoogle Yourself@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 days agoGoogle Search Is Dyingdkb.ioexternal-linkmessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up183arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up181arrow-down1external-linkGoogle Search Is Dyingdkb.ioPlanterTree@discuss.tchncs.de to DeGoogle Yourself@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square14fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSomeonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoCan’t there be an alternative like a user-curated search engine? Users could label their favorite sites with the proper keywords and then the community could up/downvote the results for quality control.
minus-squareheftig@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 day agoWould be just as vulnerable to automated SEO unless there’s a significant barrier to being able to label and vote, such as invitation-only groups. And don’t we have this already, almost? Filter Mastodon hashtags for links or add UI for hashtags to Lemmy. Or use full text search.
Can’t there be an alternative like a user-curated search engine? Users could label their favorite sites with the proper keywords and then the community could up/downvote the results for quality control.
Would be just as vulnerable to automated SEO unless there’s a significant barrier to being able to label and vote, such as invitation-only groups.
And don’t we have this already, almost? Filter Mastodon hashtags for links or add UI for hashtags to Lemmy. Or use full text search.