OK. Let's give it a go. At the weekend, I found a few old LibreOffice docs that I wanted to see what was in them. But no longer have LibreOffice installed. So:
SEARCH: odt viewer
RESULTS:
Visual QR Code Generator - Visualead
Business Intelligence (BI) & Data Analytics Platform
Cloud-based data analytics exploration for all | Chartio
YesInsights | Simple Surveys for Consumer Feedback | One-Click
Visualping: #1 Website change detection, monitoring and alerts
TensorFlow
Ubersuggest's Free Keyword Tool, Generate More Suggestions
etc. etc.
Let's try another one, that I needed a while back, when I found my ancient version of Photoshop couldn't open 'webp' files:
SEARCH: webp image converter
RESULTS:
Manage Your Team’s Projects From Anywhere | Trello
Buffer: All-you-need social media toolkit for small businesses
Sublime Text - the sophisticated text editor for code, markup
TinyPNG – Compress WebP, PNG and JPEG images intelligently [close but no cigar!]
Convert svg to png Online By IconScout's File Converter
Please Wait... | Cloudflare
pinterest.com
Typeform: People-Friendly Forms and Surveys
Instagram for Business - Hootsuite
Etsy - Shop updates
Complete junk. And the funniest thing is that the site bills itself as an 'Anti-seo spam search engine'
I understand that these results aren't great. I just checked the index for your queries, it's a bit low on these niches, but I am working hard to expand the index.
It's not only that the results 'aren't great' [to put it mildly]. It's that they're full of exactly the kind of 'SEO spam' results that your USP claims your site avoids.
In fact, running the same searches in a 'normal' search engine actually produces better results which are free from SEO spam.
GOOGLE [via Startpage]
SEARCH: odt viewer
RESULTS:
Open Document Format (odt, odp, ods) Viewer
View ODT Online | Free GroupDocs Apps
ODT Viewer
ODT File Viewer - LibreOffice – Apps on Google Play
LibreOffice & OpenOffice document reader | ODF – Apps on Google ...
Online ODT Viewer - Conholdate Apps
ODT Viewer – Free Tool to Open & Read ODT File Extension
Free Online ODT Reader/Viewer - Aspose Products
BING [via DDG]
ODT Viewer
View ODT Online | Free GroupDocs Apps
ODT Viewer - Free Tool to Open & Read ODT File Extension
ODT File Viewer - LibreOffice - Apps on Google Play
ODT Viewer - Free download and software reviews - CNET
ODT Viewer (free) download Windows version
What Is an ODT File (And How to Open One) - Lifewire
Overview of the Office Deployment Tool - Deploy Office
Open Office Viewer - ODF, PDF - Apps on Google Play
GOOGLE [via Startpage]
SEARCH: webp image converter
RESULTS:
WEBP Converter - CloudConvert
WebP to JPG image converter - Ezgif
Convert images to WebP - Image Online Convert
WEBP to JPG - online-convert.com
An image format for the Web | WebP - Google Developers
WebP Converter - FreeConvert.com
WebP image converter - TinyIMG
JPG to WEBP (Online & Free) - Convertio
WebP Converter
Best Image to WEBP Converter Online - Image to JPG - 11zon
WebP / Avif image converter
Convert WEBP to JPG online for free - iLoveIMG
BING [via DDG]
WEBP Converter | CloudConvert
Jpg to Webp
WEBP to JPG (Online & Free) — Convertio
Webp Converter | Online Free Image Converting Tool
WEBP to JPG Converter - 100% Free
Image to WEBP - Online Converter
webp to image converter online - Free webp converter
WebP Converter
WebP image converter | TinyIMG
WebP Converter - FreeConvert.com
7 Best WebP Converters to Convert WebP to JPEG, or Vice Versa - WidsMob
Now, Im not for a minute suggesting that all those results are kosher. We all know how many junk websites are out there. But at least Google and Bing returned results that were relevant to what I searched for each time. So I could at least 'sort the wheat from the chaff' [and block those domains for the future with GHHBD[0]]. But your search engine didn't return ANY relevant results at all. And, more to the point actually returned a majority of obviously spammy marketing sites --which is precisely the thing you say your site is designed to avoid.
Sorry for pissing on your fireworks here. But either your algorithm is fucked and returning the opposite of what it's meant to find. Or, as is often the case, you've rushed into announcing your 'new thing' on HN, before it's anywhere near ready for primetime. Which is a counter-productive strategy as, even if your site improves in leaps and bounds from now on, I [and I presume others who've tested it at this stage] will already have filed it away under "Does not work" and are unlikely to consider it in future.
I understand that these results aren't great. I just checked the index for your queries, it's a bit low on these niches, but I am working hard to expand the index.
So yeah, I created this software only search engine. Currently, the index size is pretty low. The results might be irrelevant but I will be expanding the index size.
So yeah, I created this software only search engine. Currently, the index size is pretty low. The results might be irrelevant but I will be expanding the index size.
SEARCH: odt viewer
RESULTS:
etc. etc.Let's try another one, that I needed a while back, when I found my ancient version of Photoshop couldn't open 'webp' files:
SEARCH: webp image converter
RESULTS:
Complete junk. And the funniest thing is that the site bills itself as an 'Anti-seo spam search engine'