jcrabappleI found it. It's called Uruky.
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C.So, with Google announcing "Search is going full-AI, we won't be sending traffic to the original sites any more", someone else pointed out that this eradication of the traditional search-engine compact - we let you crawl our sites to create your index, and you send visitors to our sites when relevant - means that we can, and should, block all of Google's crawlers now. If they're going to just take, take, take and give nothing back, why let them access your content at all?
But this is cute. Besides the fact that Google documents that some of their crawlers ignore robots.txt, there's this bit of fun. On this page (https://developers.google.com/crawling/docs/robots-txt/create-robots-txt), they link to "the Google list of user agents" (https://developers.google.com/crawling/docs/crawlers-fetchers/overview-google-crawlers).
However, that links to 3 separate pages of them, and *each of those pages explicitly states that is not comprehensive, but only the ones they commonly get questions about*. And of course, none of the "User-triggered fetchers" obey robots.txt, along with some others.
So Google isn't even reporting the full list of user-agents that can be used to stop their crawling.
That is some bullshit.
#Google #crawler #RobotsTxt #UserAgent #bullshit #antisocial #web #search #WebSearch #LLM #AI
ResearchBuzz: FirehoseSearch Engine Journal: Google Confirms May 2026 Core Update Is Now Rolling Out . “Google has begun rolling out the May 2026 core update, according to the Google Search Status Dashboard. Google also announced the rollout on X through its Search Central account. The rollout may take up to two weeks to complete.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/22/search-engine-journal-google-confirms-may-2026-core-update-is-now-rolling-out/
Popping up in my Calishat Snaps: a new search engine called Slick. From the About page: “Slick is a fast, independent search engine. No tracking, no distractions, just the results you actually came for. Search without being followed. See what matters.” I did a couple of searches and results were mixed; a search for cows found me an odd variety of cow stuff but spotlighted a Canadian radio […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/22/spotted-in-calishat-snaps-slick-search/
Veronica With Four Eyes: My Experience Using Kagi Search With Low Vision. “I hadn’t realized how much the visual clutter from search engine pages was weighing on me until it was eliminated, and I have been mentioning Kagi to almost everyone I know since then. Here is an overview of my experience using Kagi Search with low vision, including tips for using Kagi search tools and information […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/22/veronica-with-four-eyes-my-experience-using-kagi-search-with-low-vision/
Search Engine Journal: Google Reveals First AI Mode Usage Numbers After One Year. “Google released a report detailing how people use AI Mode in the U.S., drawing on internal Search data and Google Trends to map search behavior one year after launch. The report, published alongside Google I/O 2026 announcements, said that AI Mode has surpassed 1 billion monthly active users globally. Queries […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/22/search-engine-journal-google-reveals-first-ai-mode-usage-numbers-after-one-year/
AnthonyEvery time there's something in the news about Google search, Kagi zealots come out of the woodwork to troll you into submission if you dare say anything about Kagi that doesn't resonate with their view. It's weird and people should stop being weird about technology like this.
Kagi started as an AI company that wanted to slurp up the internet to provide a question "answering" service not unlike what Google is proposing to replace web search with. Perhaps they've toned this rhetoric down a bit on their blog recently but there's no evidence I'm aware of that the business has changed mission. All of this is still available on Kagi's own blog---including the fact that they used to be kagi.ai---yet somehow it's controversial to point it out. If you're looking for a web search engine that isn't likely to turn into a slop extruder, Kagi is probably not going to be the one. Try @[email protected] or Marginalia. This list might be helpful too.
#web #search #dev #tech #software #AI #Kagi #WebSearch #InternetSearch #InformationRetrieval
Kagi started as an AI company that wanted to slurp up the internet to provide a question "answering" service not unlike what Google is proposing to replace web search with. Perhaps they've toned this rhetoric down a bit on their blog recently but there's no evidence I'm aware of that the business has changed mission. All of this is still available on Kagi's own blog---including the fact that they used to be kagi.ai---yet somehow it's controversial to point it out. If you're looking for a web search engine that isn't likely to turn into a slop extruder, Kagi is probably not going to be the one. Try @[email protected] or Marginalia. This list might be helpful too.
#web #search #dev #tech #software #AI #Kagi #WebSearch #InternetSearch #InformationRetrieval
Joan's Addiction 😷@cianmm I found out about https://openwebsearch.eu/ (@openwebsearcheu) when I was doing my studies a while ago, but I don't know how advanced it is (beta, alpha, etc.) and if/when it will be ready to actually use? 😬
Calishat: Three Search Alternatives to Google’s Brave New AI World. “Google has made what I consider to be the terrible decision to go all-in on AI in search and there’s little I can do personally against that decision. Still, I can make alternatives. I can express my ideas in tools that I share with you. I can at least try to hold space for the idea that there are ways to perform queries and […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/21/calishat-three-search-alternatives-to-googles-brave-new-ai-world/
knoppixGoogle Search is shifting from ranked links to AI-generated answers, reducing reliance on traditional web links and publisher referrals. 🔎
The change centralizes discovery inside Google’s AI layer, raising concerns about reduced visibility for independent sites and open web access. 🌐
🔗 https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/19/google-search-as-you-know-it-is-over/
#TechNews #Google #Search #AI #WebSearch #SEO #Publishers #OpenWeb #Internet #DigitalEcosystem #InformationAccess #BigTech #Gemini #GenerativeAI #WebTraffic
