From bffdff0b433570634f79a7d46284dd0c2dc96cda Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: osmarks Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2025 13:46:41 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?Create=20=E2=80=98osmarks.net=5Fweb=5Fsearch=5F?= =?UTF-8?q?plan=5F(secret)=E2=80=99?= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit --- osmarks.net_web_search_plan_(secret).myco | 9 +++++++++ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) create mode 100644 osmarks.net_web_search_plan_(secret).myco diff --git a/osmarks.net_web_search_plan_(secret).myco b/osmarks.net_web_search_plan_(secret).myco new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f00f7cd --- /dev/null +++ b/osmarks.net_web_search_plan_(secret).myco @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +Existing popular search engines (Google, Bing) are sort of bad. Almost nobody is trying to fix this. [[https://exa.ai/|Exa]] is, but appears to have pivoted toward [[LLM agent]] systems, where they do not have an obvious comparative advantage, and make odd technical decisions such as using IVF/PQ (see [[Vector Indexing]]), apparently hosting things on AWS, and running off disk rather than out of RAM (limiting query throughput: see https://x.com/exaailabs/status/1859690195463045630). + += What should a search engine do? + +The job of a search engine is to retrieve useful information for users. This is usually mostly inferred from/determined by the query, but most modern engines make some use of user history and data. How can a search engine work better? + +*. Better user intent modelling. +*. Better information sources to retrieve from. +*. Better search, search indexing and understanding of information sources. \ No newline at end of file