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Show HN: Wiby – Search engine for lightweight, unbloated, old school websites

1 pointsby ehondaalmost 7 years ago

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ehondaalmost 7 years ago
Couple extra bits of info:<p>I made this for two reasons:<p>1, I am kind of bored of the current web, I think its too commercialized, full of click bait, and bloated cookie-cutter pages.<p>2, I&#x27;m nostalgic for the magic of the early web and I wanted to see if I could recapture some of that.<p>The index is still pretty small, it&#x27;s not meant to answer specific technical questions like Google can, it&#x27;s more of an escape. Hopefully you will get relevant search results, and this will improve as the index grows.<p>Lastly if you happen to know any lightweight websites, feel free to submit them. Thanks for checking it out :)
chatmastaalmost 7 years ago
It’s cool, I really like the “Surprise Me” feature. I feel like that’s better than the search, which as you said is sort of half-baked (understandable!)<p>I didn’t know what to search for so I used that feature. It would be cool if you implemented a stumbleupon interface and framed the content with another “surprise me again” link at the top.