Kagi has an option to search the Fediverse. This makes it a lot easier than specifying a site in the search query, which would also limit the results to a specific instance.

http://kagi.com/

Why YSK: This lets you easily replace searches like “some topic reddit” with Lemmy!

  • NotNotMike@programming.dev
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    2 months ago

    The idea of searching had me thinking that it would be nice to have a search-focused instance that didn’t defederate from any sites (besides the illegal stuff) and auto-subscribes to every new community so it has all the information possible. Then you could do “foo bar site:searchlemmy.com” and get an effect similar to reddit

    Although that’s probably unnecessary. But would be kind of cool

    • Revanee@lemmy.dbzer0.comOPEnglish
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      2 months ago

      That sounds like a pretty good idea, since most search engines don’t play very well with the fediverse. Could be a good workaround. I’m wondering how expensive it would be to host something like that. Maybe someone with experience hosting instances could give an estimate?

    • fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.comEnglish
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      1 month ago

      You could likely do that with lemmy.world today. There’s bound to be at least one user there subscribed to every niche.

  • cosmicrookie@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Just yesterday I cancel d my Kagi subscription because it is based in the US. I liked it though, for the few years I’ve used it. Also a lot of good progress going on.

    I switched to Qwant as it is European.