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Unlike all the others who mash-up/steal other engines results,these are original.

Not sure how their spider works though...

- Unique results
- Can delete spam
- Voting
- Commenting
- Fast

http://www.sproose.com

Results are pretty good!

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Dani AI

Generated

's find clearly triggered two themes in this thread: novelty and usability. Responses split — and called the UI awkward and visually noisy, found an excellent long-tail hit for "Debian LAMP configuration," and flagged odd top-level results for a head query. Those mixed reports fit a pattern common to hybrid search experiments.

Hybrid engines that add human signals (votes/comments/moderation) often surface niche, high-value pages that big engines miss, which explains the Debian/LAMP example. The tradeoffs are real: community signals bring cold-start and popularity biases, require active moderation to control gaming, and need stronger semantic ranking to avoid overly literal matches. Interface design and client-side load make first impressions matter — a slow, cluttered UI kills repeat use even when relevance is good.

Common diagnostics and checks include:

  • Inspect client-side impact: disabling JavaScript or using the browser Network panel reveals heavy scripts, large assets, or many third-party widgets that slow rendering.
  • Measure relevance across query types: compare short head terms versus long-tail, exact-match queries to see where the engine shines or fails.
  • Estimate coverage: the site: operator and searches for known unique URLs indicate how well the crawler found specific pages.
  • Watch for community artifacts: repeated top results, sudden rank jumps, or clusters of identical votes can signal voting bias or manipulation.

For site owners, fundamentals matter: clear titles, crawlable HTML, and natural inbound links help any smaller engine index and rank pages reliably. Community moderation and voting add value, but must be paired with anti-spam measures and a lightweight, fast UI to attract habitual users. Grand "Google killer" claims understate the incumbent advantages in scale, freshness and ecosystem; long-term success depends on consistently better quality, speed, and defensible moderation.

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Member Avatar for Dani

I don't like it. The interface is slow and clunky and the results are very literal.

Member Avatar for guinanie

The logo is good but interface and layout is not quite good for me. You need to add content explaining the search engine.:)

Member Avatar for neuronimbus

Its like I have already read it before in DP forums....

Its really a hard work buddy to Kill Google.

Member Avatar for The Dude

Yes we all realize that :D

I dont think anyone is really.........

Member Avatar for beamup

I really dont understand this. Why it has so many issues..
Steve

Member Avatar for Killer_Typo

The interface is far to cluttered to use efficiently especially when browsing search results.

I had to close the page as soon as my results came back because it was far to much work for my eyes to find anything of real value.

Member Avatar for jbennet

slllllllloooooow as hell.

very good though, i googled Debian LAMP configuration and it was very relevant

Member Avatar for cooluks

I have already read that on other forums....

Google Killer I don't think so....

Member Avatar for MarbleHost.com

The search result seems not to be relevant. E. g. I tried to search for "web hosting" and at 2nd place was ask.com.

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Hehe

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