It seems like the idea is recommending the Open Web Index (has its own website).
I like a modified version of this. I think that it should be a p2p technology and not try to create one meta-index but rather be many domain-specific ones, with one or more tools or DBs to select which indices to search given a query/context.
Are there any decentralized alternatives to Google out there already?
I think that also this overlaps with the idea of moving from a server-centric internet to a content-centric internet.
we could call searx[1] a decentralized alternative to google or ddg etcetera.
in fact it is an aggregate or meta-search that sends proxy requests to user-selected search engines (with defaults varying from instance to instance).
a list of instances[2] is available via the source git repository. i would recommend a few[3] myself.
as of yet searx does not do some things we might want done:
a) original indexing
b) federation between cooperative instances
c) offer a spec for archiving data[4]
i think we'll get to something like this soon. there are a lot of pieces in play and it falls to all of us - users, hackers, developers - to participate in development, curate adjoining projects, donate time to test & halcyon & on & on.
as always, it will be interesting to see what we all come up with.
[04.0] this is where the submitted comes into play. e.g.
[04.0] should we develop some sort of open API for domains
[04.0] to request archiving? this could take multiple forms
[04.0] as a project but as long as it's floss and has RFC...
I like a modified version of this. I think that it should be a p2p technology and not try to create one meta-index but rather be many domain-specific ones, with one or more tools or DBs to select which indices to search given a query/context.
Are there any decentralized alternatives to Google out there already?
I think that also this overlaps with the idea of moving from a server-centric internet to a content-centric internet.