Solved Friday poll: custom search engines

[Catweazle]

@DoctorG, apart of some specific searches, I use mainly Andi, Startpage and Mojeek, but I test also others because, if they are valid, i mencioned it in the search engin collection from @stardepp, what he can surely confirm.
This colection is a good thing to share in the web and this way users to Vivaldi. AFAIK it's the biggest search engin list in the web.

[paul1149]

Not sure if this is what you have in mind, but I create custom searches by adding frequently-used terms to a plain vanilla search. For instance, I often look up things pertaining to LibreOffice, so the shortcut LO invokes this search:

https://paulgo.io/search?language=en-US&time_range=&safesearch=1&categories=general&q=(libreoffice%20OR%20openoffice)+Writer+%s

That pre-loads (libreoffice OR openoffice) Writer into the search string, saving me a lot of typing each time.

[Catweazle]

@paul1149, nice one, but for frecuent used sites I prefer Bookmarks.

[barbudo2005]

Sorry for being off-topic, but can I show my pencil collection so as not to appear in an unfavorable light?

[paul1149]

@Catweazle said in Friday poll: custom search engines:

@paul1149, nice one, but for frecuent used sites I prefer Bookmarks.

How does that enable you to do a direct search with pre-loaded search string elements?

[Catweazle]

@paul1149, I don't need a search for sites like this forum and other I use frequently, I think that it's enough to have the site in my bookmarks to access with a click. In the page itself I can search with Shift+F2

I use search engines only for Web Searches if I need some informacion o sources.

[barbudo2005]

@Catweazle

Said:

I don't need a search for sites like this forum and other I use frequently……..

Why do you think Vivaldi has this feature of adding a site search as a search engine?

Because it saves you one step, i.e. instead of having to open the site and then having to type the search in the search field, you enter it directly in the Vivaldi UI and the search you require opens directly.

In addition, you can customize the search with the parameters you are interested in only once when you create the search engine, and not hundreds of times each time you want to search for something.

For example, I have a general search engine for the forum and another one when I want to search for something I posted.

And finally, the more frequently you use a site to search it, the more efficient and convenient it is to have a predefined search engine.

[Catweazle]

@barbudo2005, It was an example, Shift+F2 works on any page, but it's mostly not needed, because the page has normally an own search. If I need this function often, I add it also direct as search engine in my list with an right click, like the Vivaldi Forum search. No need of setting it by hand with an script.

[mikeyb2001]

@stardepp you called cat a search engine hoarder lol

[josephj11]

@marialeal I use several
Presearch is my default
Andisearch
Acronym finder
Raindrop.io search

[Catweazle]

@josephj11, I see that you use also Andisearch, do you know the new project which Angi and Jed are preparing?

https://www.clipmarks.ai

[Dancer18]

I have around 40 search engines. However, I rarely use most of them. I use about 10 more frequently. Some are very specific, such as the ISBN number at eurobuch.com.

[josephj11]

@Catweazle Nope. Thanks. Just joined the wait list. So far I'm using Raindrop.io which is very nice because it's cross platform and cross browser. Andisearch.com could be called "I'm not feeling lucky" - so find it for me. Mostly have very good luck with it.

[marialeal]

You all have managed to once again surprise me with higher numbers than expected, haha.

@stardepp do you really remember all of those +100 nicknames for search engines?

[stardepp]

@marialeal said in Friday poll: custom search engines:

You all have managed to once again surprise me with higher numbers than expected, haha.

@stardepp do you really remember all of those +100 nicknames for search engines?

No, I don't remember all the nicknames, actually only for Ecoaia and DuckDuckGo.

[Catweazle]

@josephj11 said in Friday poll: custom search engines:

@Catweazle Nope. Thanks. Just joined the wait list. So far I'm using Raindrop.io which is very nice because it's cross platform and cross browser. Andisearch.io could be called "I'm not feeling lucky" - so find it for me. Mostly have very good luck with it.

Yes, it's a very usefull approach and use of AI, I use it almost since 2 years. It's still in beta, but in active developement, but yet listed as one of the 3 best AI searches, among with You and Perplexity. Well, only 2 devs.
PS. It's Andisearch.com not .io, former lazyweb.ai

[marialeal]

It looks like 43% of you do have custom search engines, but a small amount (1-3), while 23% have not saved any custom search engine yet.

In the third position, with 19% of the votes, we have the search engine hoarders who have more than 10 (which as we've seen, could mean 60 or 100 ), followed by 4-6 (11%) and 7-9 (4%). Thanks for your participation!