Marginalia Search
A search engine for the small, personal and odd corners of the web.
Instead of Google Search
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Marginalia is built by one developer to surface blogs, personal sites and texts that big engines bury under shopping pages and ads. It is open source and ad-free.
It is not made for finding a pizza place or a train time, so Delivery is a 2, and one person's project carries some risk for Longevity.
- Finds personal sites and blogs that big engines bury
- Open source, with no ads
- Built by one developer, and not for everyday errands
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For comparison, we also reviewed Google Search (16/30) as a benchmark.
