The 'official' HNSearch is completely useless for anyone who would ever want to search HN. It's a Firefox Extension (!) that adds a 400px sidebar to your google search results pages showing site: searches along with an extra adsense ad. It's less useless than the 5 IE toolbars your annoying relatives live with, but just as obnoxious.
I just installed it again for a laugh, and it actually redirects to searchyc.com results when you click on its "Hacker News" header — even though pg staunchly refuses to ever link to searchyc. I made fun of him for it at his party before Startup School and he tried to laugh it off with "they're a YC company!" as if that weren't obvious on the face of it.
I don't use either. I'm interested for two reasons:
1. I use Google site: searches a LOT. I can remember reading about something I need now a long time ago on HN and I go find it.
2. One item on my "if I have time" projects list is to do "something" "fun" with HN submissions. Now I'm officially barred, regardless of what I would have thought up.
It is a clear conflict of interest, HN should simply get the best search available, so the 'funded' webmynd guys should get off their butts and fix it or HN should support searchyc.
He invited alaskamiller to that private party too — I was kicking myself later for not putting a little more fuel on that fire by pulling him into that conversation (not that I didn't piss off pg enough).
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Does that also kill Search YC?
What about the "official" HNSearch (http://www.webmynd.com/html/hackernews.html )?
The 'official' HNSearch is completely useless for anyone who would ever want to search HN. It's a Firefox Extension (!) that adds a 400px sidebar to your google search results pages showing site: searches along with an extra adsense ad. It's less useless than the 5 IE toolbars your annoying relatives live with, but just as obnoxious.
I just installed it again for a laugh, and it actually redirects to searchyc.com results when you click on its "Hacker News" header — even though pg staunchly refuses to ever link to searchyc. I made fun of him for it at his party before Startup School and he tried to laugh it off with "they're a YC company!" as if that weren't obvious on the face of it.
I don't use either. I'm interested for two reasons:
1. I use Google site: searches a LOT. I can remember reading about something I need now a long time ago on HN and I go find it.
2. One item on my "if I have time" projects list is to do "something" "fun" with HN submissions. Now I'm officially barred, regardless of what I would have thought up.
What's pg's problem with SearchYC? It's incredibly useful.
That it competes with webmynd ?
It is a clear conflict of interest, HN should simply get the best search available, so the 'funded' webmynd guys should get off their butts and fix it or HN should support searchyc.
I thought Webmynd was a browser plugin. I've never even considered using it for HN search.
It is. Check the link at the bottom of every HN page:
http://www.webmynd.com/html/hackernews.html
He invited alaskamiller to that private party too — I was kicking myself later for not putting a little more fuel on that fire by pulling him into that conversation (not that I didn't piss off pg enough).