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submitted 1 year ago by lautan@lemmy.ca to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

Hey everyone,

This isn't an announcement, just wanted peoples thoughts on this.

I think everyone knows searching the fediverse can be better. Googling doesn't work too well, etc. So I wanted to do my part and help out.

Indexing all posts, etc is quite a lot to handle, so I wanted to start small and just focus on video search. I've started indexing videos from Peertube and other video websites. (Even YouTube but this could be removed to just focus on independent sites)

I know Peertube has their own search engine for videos. I will be reaching out to them. Compared to my site I'm planning it'll have other video sources and be easier to use.

So that leads to feedback from you guys.

  • What do you think about indexing videos posted on the fediverse and other independent platforms?
  • Are there similar services?
  • Am I just wasting my time?
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[-] Treczoks@kbin.social 20 points 1 year ago

A good search engine would be quite important. One thing that annoyed me back on the site that should not be named was that their search engine was completely useless - It was not even capable to find posts where I entered verbatim text of.

Having a good search engine that can actually find a post I was looking for would be a major plus for the fediverse.

[-] lautan@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

Yep, the idea is to simulate the type of results you get from Google. People trust Lemmy answers more than spam sites now a days.

this post was submitted on 21 Dec 2023
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