<![CDATA[someone should invent a search engine where if you put in two keywords it finds pages that have both the keywords]]>someone should invent a search engine where if you put in two keywords it finds pages that have both the keywords

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/a57c7e67-ce01-466a-9172-f0f3229e5e31/someone-should-invent-a-search-engine-where-if-you-put-in-two-keywords-it-finds-pages-that-have-both-the-keywordsRSS for NodeWed, 04 Nov 2026 20:26:07 GMTWed, 21 Oct 2026 06:28:00 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to someone should invent a search engine where if you put in two keywords it finds pages that have both the keywords on Fri, 23 Oct 2026 03:55:34 GMT]]>@xssfox I miss altavista and its boolean terms

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.dropbear.xyz/users/smallsees/statuses/117488204816299073https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.dropbear.xyz/users/smallsees/statuses/117488204816299073Fri, 23 Oct 2026 03:55:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to someone should invent a search engine where if you put in two keywords it finds pages that have both the keywords on Fri, 23 Oct 2026 03:30:50 GMT]]>@xssfox we could call it AltaVista

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/keelan/statuses/117488107543524206https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/keelan/statuses/117488107543524206Fri, 23 Oct 2026 03:30:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to someone should invent a search engine where if you put in two keywords it finds pages that have both the keywords on Fri, 23 Oct 2026 02:45:45 GMT]]>@xssfox I yesterday typed something like "What is the snapd version packaged with Debian Trixie", and it found me the website containing "Trixie" and "snapd" which was the package information site πŸ˜‚

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/nicemicro/statuses/117487930261220738https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/nicemicro/statuses/117487930261220738Fri, 23 Oct 2026 02:45:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to someone should invent a search engine where if you put in two keywords it finds pages that have both the keywords on Fri, 23 Oct 2026 01:28:28 GMT]]>@xssfox *weeping in librarian*

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://weirder.earth/users/twistylittlepassages/statuses/117487626369339679https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://weirder.earth/users/twistylittlepassages/statuses/117487626369339679Fri, 23 Oct 2026 01:28:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to someone should invent a search engine where if you put in two keywords it finds pages that have both the keywords on Fri, 23 Oct 2026 01:11:04 GMT]]>@xssfox The ability to return a page that matches even one word seems to have been lost to the ages, so asking for it to match 2 seems a big ask right now.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaos.social/users/FunkyBob/statuses/117487557972028329https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaos.social/users/FunkyBob/statuses/117487557972028329Fri, 23 Oct 2026 01:11:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to someone should invent a search engine where if you put in two keywords it finds pages that have both the keywords on Thu, 22 Oct 2026 22:34:28 GMT]]>@xssfox Have you tried metager? it's searches over different engines.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaos.social/users/kristallpirat/statuses/117486942212907192https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://chaos.social/users/kristallpirat/statuses/117486942212907192Thu, 22 Oct 2026 22:34:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to someone should invent a search engine where if you put in two keywords it finds pages that have both the keywords on Thu, 22 Oct 2026 22:14:00 GMT]]>@xssfox too complicated. wouldn't work.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://tiggi.es/users/athousandcateaus/statuses/117486861685112003https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://tiggi.es/users/athousandcateaus/statuses/117486861685112003Thu, 22 Oct 2026 22:14:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to someone should invent a search engine where if you put in two keywords it finds pages that have both the keywords on Thu, 22 Oct 2026 21:52:05 GMT]]>@NNN @xssfox but there are many more pages with both these words, starting from https://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Hair

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sportloto.company/users/PogoHandshake/statuses/117486775527673481https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sportloto.company/users/PogoHandshake/statuses/117486775527673481Thu, 22 Oct 2026 21:52:05 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to someone should invent a search engine where if you put in two keywords it finds pages that have both the keywords on Thu, 22 Oct 2026 21:42:27 GMT]]>@pq1r @xssfox I miss the small furry creatures.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/roadskater/statuses/117486737649854352https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/roadskater/statuses/117486737649854352Thu, 22 Oct 2026 21:42:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to someone should invent a search engine where if you put in two keywords it finds pages that have both the keywords on Thu, 22 Oct 2026 21:26:54 GMT]]>@xssfox I'd invest

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ohai.social/users/dramypsyd/statuses/117486676486389329https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ohai.social/users/dramypsyd/statuses/117486676486389329Thu, 22 Oct 2026 21:26:54 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to someone should invent a search engine where if you put in two keywords it finds pages that have both the keywords on Thu, 22 Oct 2026 21:25:20 GMT]]>@xssfox

A duck-duck-go demonstration search for "+napoleon +manscaping" (both keywords are required) gets only one hit:

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://urbanists.social/users/NNN/statuses/117486670324522787https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://urbanists.social/users/NNN/statuses/117486670324522787Thu, 22 Oct 2026 21:25:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to someone should invent a search engine where if you put in two keywords it finds pages that have both the keywords on Thu, 22 Oct 2026 21:16:04 GMT]]>@xssfox

utopian pipedreams such fantasies

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://piipitin.fi/users/ojrask/statuses/117486633919911701https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://piipitin.fi/users/ojrask/statuses/117486633919911701Thu, 22 Oct 2026 21:16:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to someone should invent a search engine where if you put in two keywords it finds pages that have both the keywords on Thu, 22 Oct 2026 21:02:40 GMT]]>@xssfox πŸ™

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toot.berlin/users/krono/statuses/117486581192455804https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://toot.berlin/users/krono/statuses/117486581192455804Thu, 22 Oct 2026 21:02:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to someone should invent a search engine where if you put in two keywords it finds pages that have both the keywords on Thu, 22 Oct 2026 17:45:29 GMT]]>@xssfox Ah, the halcyon days of search and also Gmail.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.me.uk/users/dans/statuses/117485805891581901https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.me.uk/users/dans/statuses/117485805891581901Thu, 22 Oct 2026 17:45:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to someone should invent a search engine where if you put in two keywords it finds pages that have both the keywords on Thu, 22 Oct 2026 15:28:15 GMT]]>@bruce

was it YOU who made sure we’re really much much closer to the former than the latter?!

@ralf @xssfox

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/lazyb0y/statuses/117485266225903620https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/lazyb0y/statuses/117485266225903620Thu, 22 Oct 2026 15:28:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to someone should invent a search engine where if you put in two keywords it finds pages that have both the keywords on Thu, 22 Oct 2026 15:21:24 GMT]]>@DJGummikuh

no investor pays for a product that makes its users happy…

source: observation of reality

@xssfox

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/lazyb0y/statuses/117485239273479615https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/lazyb0y/statuses/117485239273479615Thu, 22 Oct 2026 15:21:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to someone should invent a search engine where if you put in two keywords it finds pages that have both the keywords on Thu, 22 Oct 2026 15:18:34 GMT]]>@xssfox

That used to be Google. But not now.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodonapp.uk/users/tiggy/statuses/117485228147578537https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodonapp.uk/users/tiggy/statuses/117485228147578537Thu, 22 Oct 2026 15:18:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to someone should invent a search engine where if you put in two keywords it finds pages that have both the keywords on Wed, 21 Oct 2026 23:32:33 GMT]]>@xssfox and could even say search for "this work" and "that word" but not "this other thing"

Or could tell is to find pages with those works on a particular domain

or could put a phrase in some formatting - like say "something like this" and get results for exactly that phrase but not say "some like this thing"

all really radical stuff. not sure it is possible (other than the decades we did have all this and more... sigh I'm old)

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Rycaut/statuses/117481508273988346https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Rycaut/statuses/117481508273988346Wed, 21 Oct 2026 23:32:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to someone should invent a search engine where if you put in two keywords it finds pages that have both the keywords on Wed, 21 Oct 2026 23:30:46 GMT]]>@ralf @xssfox

"Did you mean global thermonuclear war? I'll show you results for global thermonuclear war."

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://darkmoon.social/users/bruce/statuses/117481501287879636https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://darkmoon.social/users/bruce/statuses/117481501287879636Wed, 21 Oct 2026 23:30:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to someone should invent a search engine where if you put in two keywords it finds pages that have both the keywords on Wed, 21 Oct 2026 17:42:42 GMT]]>@xssfox I miss the days when you could search for "pyro necro homo nymphomaniacs" on Lycos, and get 65,000 results.

We used to hold competitions. How fucked up a term you could invent, and still get a shitload of results.

Modern search is indeed terrible, the golden age of search is long over.

But holy shit, it used to be sooooo much worse.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/users/nuintari/statuses/117480132617637233https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/users/nuintari/statuses/117480132617637233Wed, 21 Oct 2026 17:42:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to someone should invent a search engine where if you put in two keywords it finds pages that have both the keywords on Wed, 21 Oct 2026 16:05:13 GMT]]>@shadowlab @xssfox

"You were searching for red. My advertisers want to show you ads for green. I'll show you the results for green."

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://cloudisland.nz/users/stuartyeates/statuses/117479749293970891https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://cloudisland.nz/users/stuartyeates/statuses/117479749293970891Wed, 21 Oct 2026 16:05:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to someone should invent a search engine where if you put in two keywords it finds pages that have both the keywords on Wed, 21 Oct 2026 15:06:02 GMT]]>@xssfox Best I can do is a large language model that will hallucinate pages with the two keywords.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/jmcrookston/statuses/117479516571880073https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/jmcrookston/statuses/117479516571880073Wed, 21 Oct 2026 15:06:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to someone should invent a search engine where if you put in two keywords it finds pages that have both the keywords on Wed, 21 Oct 2026 14:38:57 GMT]]>@xssfox

"You were searching for red. Did you actually mean green? I'll show you the results for green."

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://furry.engineer/users/shadowlab/statuses/117479410047465637https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://furry.engineer/users/shadowlab/statuses/117479410047465637Wed, 21 Oct 2026 14:38:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to someone should invent a search engine where if you put in two keywords it finds pages that have both the keywords on Wed, 21 Oct 2026 14:27:49 GMT]]>@Dodo_sipping@cupoftea.social @xssfox@cloudisland.nz marginalia is useful every now and then, but indexes too few sites ​​

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://alico.nexus/notes/aslrtnq2xv470jpehttps://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://alico.nexus/notes/aslrtnq2xv470jpeWed, 21 Oct 2026 14:27:49 GMT