Runnaroo – A new web search engine
In the sprit of releasing to the public early, I would like to share a search engine/portal I have been building in my spare time: https://www.runnaroo.com Why: I started to not be able to easily tell the different between ads and organic search results in other search engines (even on DuckDuckGo), and I have been disappointed with recent UI changes in a lot of the major search engines. My main guiding rule when adding features has been to ask, "is it better for the user?" Important to know: I still believe Google currently returns the most relevant web results, so like…
Runnaroo – A new web search engine launched on February 26, 2020 with 20 votes, #668 of 3,162 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches.
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Runnaroo is a web search engine that uses Google's search index while adding features designed for user benefit. It addresses concerns about distinguishing ads from organic results and simplifies the interface compared to major search engines. The platform includes deep searching capabilities that integrate results from specialized search engines based on the query type, such as job sites for employment searches.
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In the sprit of releasing to the public early, I would like to share a search engine/portal I have been building in my spare time: https://www.runnaroo.com Why: I started to not be able to easily tell the different between ads and organic search results in other search engines (even on DuckDuckGo), and…
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