Marginalia Search on marginalia.nu

FAQ

Tue, 28 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000

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What is this search engine’s name?

Let’s call it Marginalia Search as that’s what most people seem to do.

There is some confusion, perhaps self-inflicted problem as I’m not really into branding and logos, and to make matters worse I’ve used a lot of different internal names, including Astrolabe and Edge Crawler. But most people seem to favor “marginalia search”. Let’s just not worry too much about what the “real” name is and use what gets the idea across.

API

Thu, 23 Mar 2023 00:00:00 +0000

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An API for the search engine is available through api.marginalia.nu.

The API is simple enough to be self-explanatory. Examples:

https://api.marginalia.nu/public/
https://api.marginalia.nu/public/search/json+api
https://api.marginalia.nu/public/search/json+api?index=0
https://api.marginalia.nu/public/search/json+api?index=0&count=10

The ‘index’ parameter selects the search index, corresponding to the drop down next to the search field in the main GUI.

For experimentation, the key “public” is available, as used in the examples on this page. This key has a shared rate limit across all consumers. When this rate limit is hit a HTTP status 503 is returned.

About Marginalia Search

Fri, 23 Dec 2022 00:00:00 +0000

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Ever feel like the Internet has gotten a bit… I don’t know, samey? There’s funny images scrolling by and you blow some air through your nose and keep scrolling and then someone has done something upsetting and you write an angry comment and then you scroll some more.

Remember when you used to explore the Internet, when you used to discover cool little websites made by people and it wasn’t just a bunch of low effort content mill listicles and blog spam?

For Webmasters

Fri, 28 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0000

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This search engine is a small non-profit operation, and I don’t want it to be cause any inconvenience.

If it is indeed being a nuisance, please let me know! Send an email to kontakt@marginalia.nu and I’ll do my best to fix it as soon as possible.

Telling me lets me fix whatever problem there is much faster, and if you are experiencing problems, then so are probably others as well.

Privacy Considerations

Thu, 22 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0000

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Last Updated: 2024-05-21

This privacy policy is in effect on search.marginalia.nu.

Technology	Use
Javascript	Minimal
Cookies	No
Local Storage	No
Tracking Pixels	No
Social Media Buttons	No
Third Party Requests	No
CDN	No
Access Log Retention	Up to 24h

Search queries are very sensitive and private and as a result logging is at a minimum.

Donate To This Project

Mon, 05 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0000

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I’m just one guy building all of this on my own. I’d like to expand the search engine and make it more useful. My hope is that it will bring value to its users and enable a thriving independent Internet.

The search engine doesn’t have any secret sauce, all the source code is publicly available and as far as is legally and logistically possible, the data is also available.