[PLUG] web search post filtering

[Ben Koenig]

Neither API shows ads.

Searching via my code for the term "oscon" doesn't result in ads.
Doing the same google search via their homepage gets me an ad for the
upcoming event, and is marked clearly as an ad. Because it's FREE.

This whole thread is about random ass changes to how search tools work.
Functionality comes and goes, and the people are dependent on the service
get shafted. These "network protocols" are defined and discontinued
according to some stupid data-driven metrics. It pisses a lot of people
off, myself included. Search engines weren't something I wanted to spend my
time on, but hey, if Google/MS/DDG are going to be asshats then that's just
giving me an opportunity.

 I'll need to find a better name though. "freehuggers" isn't as funny as
when I first thought of it. Or maybe that makes it the PERFECT MEME.


On Thu, Jul 11, 2019 at 2:24 PM <brooks at netgate.net> wrote:

>
> The big difference between the 2 is that Google will displays ads (they
> tell you to monetize it with AdSense) and M$, thus far anyway, is ad free.
>
> On Thu, 11 Jul 2019, Ben Koenig wrote:
>
> > I like when Microsoft copy/pastes ideas from other companies. It reeks of
> > desperation and incompetence.
> >
> > The API you linked to is so similar to the Google Custom search I just
> > implemented that I could probably use the same exact python code to
> > interact with it.
> >
> > That is some fantastic Microsoft branded Copy Pasta.
> >
> > On Thu, Jul 11, 2019 at 1:37 PM <brooks at netgate.net> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> I usually don't like recommending Microsoft technology but Bing custom
> >> search allows you (if you have the time) to build ad free custom search
> >> instances:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/cognitive-services/bing-custom-search/
> >>
> >> It allows for a LOT of customization including voting up and down
> >> the results it returns.
> >>
> >> You get 1000 per month for free.
> >>
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