The Marginalia Search Engine
(link via kontakt)
is a fresh approach to search engines.
Instead of Page Rank it uses a different method that probably does a better job than Google:
As a consequence, the closer to plain text a website is, the higher it'll score. The more markup it has in
relation to its text, the lower it will score. Each script tag is punished. One script tag will still give the
page a relatively high score, given all else is premium quality; but once you start having multiple script tags,
you'll very quickly find yourself at the bottom of the search results.
Modern web sites have a lot of script tags. The web page of Rolling Stone Magazine has over a
hundred script tags in its HTML code. Its quality rating is of the order 10-51%.
Marginalia Search - Notes on Designing a Search Engine
The more markup,
the lower the score.
Javascript and the score falls through the floor.
Neat.
And from the few tests I ran,
it seems to be a pretty decent search engine for what I'd use it for.
You have my permission to link freely to any entry here. Go
ahead, I won't bite. I promise.
The dates are the permanent links to that day's entries (or
entry, if there is only one entry). The titles are the permanent
links to that entry only. The format for the links are
simple: Start with the base link for this site: https://boston.conman.org/, then add the date you are
interested in, say 2000/08/01,
so that would make the final URL:
https://boston.conman.org/2000/08/01
You can also specify the entire month by leaving off the day
portion. You can even select an arbitrary portion of time.
You may also note subtle shading of the links and that's
intentional: the “closer” the link is (relative to the
page) the “brighter” it appears. It's an experiment in
using color shading to denote the distance a link is from here. If
you don't notice it, don't worry; it's not all that
important.
It is assumed that every brand name, slogan, corporate name,
symbol, design element, et cetera mentioned in these pages is a
protected and/or trademarked entity, the sole property of its
owner(s), and acknowledgement of this status is implied.
![[It's the most wonderful time of the year!]](https://www.conman.org/people/spc/about/2018/1212.t.jpg "It's the most wonderful time of the year!")