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Life & fun · December 21, 2022

High Browse independent “surf engine”

Hi HN, I’m pleased to release my “surf engine” to the public for you to try. This is might be for you if you’ve grown frustrated with commercialised SERPs, and want to find the other websites are (still) out there. Kudos to Marginalia Search for showing that it’s possible to build a search engine as a hobbyist: https://search.marginalia.nu/ Feedback of all kinds very welcome! Ali

High Browse independent “surf engine” launched on December 21, 2022 with 7 votes, #1,441 of 3,688 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 3 years on.

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