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I'm building Uruky [1] and while we allow you to query our service programmatically (€5 / month), if you know which provider you'd like to use directly, there are a few options:

- Serper [2], if you like Google-style results

- Mojeek [3], if your searches are more EU-centric

- Linkup [4], if you like Google-style results, but more about intent and less about keyword matching

- Marginalia [5], if your searches are less about "big tech SEO servants"

- EUSP [6], if your searches are more UK/FR/DE-centric

Note that these are all paid, but most offer free trials (or are limited when free). With Uruky you can also easily search with any or all of them. If you'd like an account number with a couple of days to try for free, let me know.

[1]: https://uruky.com

[2]: https://serper.dev

[3]: https://www.mojeek.com/services/search/web-search-api/

[4]: https://linkup.so

[5]: https://about.marginalia-search.com/article/api/

[6]: https://www.eu-searchperspective.com

Hi, do you folks maintain your own search index?

At Uruky we're currently building one, and expect it'll be available as a provider in a couple of months, but that ETA isn't certain just yet.

What you can use, right now, is every provider's index (Mojeek, Marginalia, and EUSP are completely independent, AFAIK).

Thanks. That's a massive undertaking. Wishing you all the best..

Thanks, indeed it is! We've already started making it available and are running it with a couple of website owners at https://uruky.com/site-search, and there's so much to do! It should be included (includable) in Uruky once the main kinks have been resolved.

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