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Search engine where users can adjust ranking boost factors

Search engine where users can adjust ranking boost factors

by tim77·Jun 8, 2026·6 points·2 comments
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AI Analysis

●MidNiche Gem

User-adjustable ranking factors in a space DuckDuckGo and Searx already dominate.

Strengths
  • •Granular control over title, domain, URL, language, and content weighting
  • •Anonymous search with no ads, multi-language interface
Weaknesses
  • •No clear technical differentiation from existing privacy search engines
  • •Unclear what index or backend powers the actual search results
Category
Other
Target Audience

Privacy-conscious researchers and Israeli content seekers

Similar To

DuckDuckGo · Searx · Startpage

Post Description

Hi HN,

I’m working on an Israeli search engine with a focus on deeper search across Israeli, academic, and scientific content.

One feature I recently added is that users can adjust their own search boost factors. For example, they can give more or less weight to title, domain, URL, language, document type, or page content.

Search remains anonymous and ad-free.

I’m interested in feedback from people who care about search, indexing, crawling, privacy, and ranking transparency:

Would you find this kind of user-adjustable search ranking useful?

https://websearch.co.il

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