Could the Internet Archive, specifically https://web.archive.org/ be the basis of an Open Web Index as proposed by the author?
I'm sure there are tons of obstacles to that path, but it also would be far ahead of any new initiative in at least two ways: it already has a huge index and ingestion pipeline, and it is a trusted organization.
I'm sure there are tons of obstacles to that path, but it also would be far ahead of any new initiative in at least two ways: it already has a huge index and ingestion pipeline, and it is a trusted organization.