searchmysite.net is bootstrapped with no external funding. This post contains a review of current and expected running costs, and a summary of the plan to pay these. more...
searchmysite's approach to advertising has attracted a lot of positivity, but some negativity, so this post is to clarify the position on advertising and search engines. more...
Topics in this post include: Why aren't other search engines open source? What open source licence is it? What are the future plans? and How can I contribute? more...
This post summarises the relevancy tuning following user feedback and growth. Ranking can be openly discussed because of the unique model designed to disincentivise spam. more...
Keen-eyed observers may have noticed that the Analytics section on the Privacy Policy has recently been updated. This is a short post with further information. more...
In the 4 days from 16 to 19 Oct, 215 sites were submitted. While this was great and led to some really useful feedback, it did expose some issues summarised here. more...
Welcome to blog.searchmysite.net. I've split it from my personal website because searchmysite.net does seem to be starting to get a life of its own now. more...
This post shows how I added a simple search page to my personal website with searchmysite.net. more...
It has been over 2 months since https://searchmysite.net was launched, and I've had some good feedback. This post summarises the main changes - seeding and scaling. more...
Introducing https://searchmysite.net : a new model for a search engine, indexing only user-submitted sites, and promoting advert-free results. more...