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  • The Next Generation Search Engine Proposal
  • Introduction
    • Web Search is Primitive
    • Request for Comments
    • Defining Terms
  • What's Wrong with Web Search?
    • Poor Quality of Search Results
    • Commercial Dominance of the Web
    • Suppression of Better Content
    • Poor Searcher Productivity
    • Lack of Competition
    • Lack of Privacy
  • How We Are Open
    • Radically Open
    • Open Data
    • Open Algorithms
    • Open Finances
  • Your Ownership and Privacy
    • Radical Ownership
    • Private by Default
    • Your Data
  • How We Make Search Better
    • Fixing Stale Results
    • Local First
    • Advanced Features
    • The Trust Network
    • How We Monetize
  • Appendixes
    • Overview
    • Making a Better World
    • Outside Initial Scope
    • History of Web Search
    • The History of Web Search
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  1. What's Wrong with Web Search?

Poor Searcher Productivity

Search engines lack a number of simple and intuitive tools that could significantly improve a searcher's productivity. Some examples include:

  • Relatively limited qualifier options for refining queries (and the limited options are usually not in a form most users will utilize, e.g. hidden on an invisible advanced search form or using operators).

  • Inability to filter out or prioritize certain results for specific queries without knowing in advance what should/should not exist.

  • Inability to share easily one's own research on a topic with others.

The depths of this problem become more evident whenever someone is performing research or seeking information regarding a topic that is not part of popular culture or some significant niche.

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