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 Message 2031 
 August Abolins to All 
 Re: Community 
 04 Oct 22 09:05:00 
 
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FYI..

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 ** Original area               : "/FSXnet/FSX_GEN"
 ** Original message from       : boraxman@21:1/101
 ** Original message to         : Arelor
 ** Original date/time          : 05 Oct 22, 00:20
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[...]

You used to be able to find more obscure webpages on google.  Now its the same
old top 5 sites.  Google seems to strongly prefer the big players, and doesn't
really service up the smaller web creators.  There is also a trend for many of
these sites to NOT link to other sites, so finding more information on a topic
is hard, as you have to search, and search again.

We used to have web-rings which allowed us to find different sites on the same
topic.

Here are two good web search engines to try.

https://wiby.me

This focuses on sites with simpler design.  You won't get the Javascript
laden, slow heavy sites here.  It's fun to click "surprise me" and see what
you get.

Another is
https://search.marginalia.nu/

Which again focuses on non-commercial content and shows you stuff you may not
have been aware of.  A lot isn't on these sites, but when I used them I did
something I haven't done in a while, and that is actually SURFED the 'net.

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