Peekier
Web and SaaS
search engine
SHOW HN2016
120points
62comments
#300of 2,264 in 2016
Top 14%of 2016 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
8 positive, 15 neutral or asking, 6 mixed, 13 critical, out of 42 comments about the project. Thread score -0.08.
Design: 4 for, 5 againstExecution: 1 for, 5 againstPerformance: 2 for, 1 againstDocs: 0 for, 1 againstIdea: 1 for, 0 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Clean design and fast results
From 3 comments
Thank you for sharing this, it's a great first impression. - Clean design - Fast search results with previews - Layout options - User privacy On the second visit, I noticed the…
lioeters on HNI love it! Keep going. Feels very nice on mobile too. Very good selection of settings, and right where I want them
firewalkwithme on HNThis is so refreshing, loving the layout and simple customizations. Would love to see a new search engine in the space :) Good Luck!
johnmurch on HN
Results are surprisingly good
From 3 comments
That's surprisingly good at finding what I'm searching for. Great work. Now just get the images loading a lot faster and I might even try to switch from Google.
jazoom on HNYou should get some feedback on the actual quality of the search results too :) DDG is plagued with terrible results, at least when localized to "Sweden". At a first glance, it…
unicornporn on HNVery impressive project! It's results seem pretty good - what's the size of the index?
struct on HN
Previews are useful and lightweight
From 2 comments
I absolutely love the previews. I think those png images take up less bandwidth than the js heavy page load. Plus it's a static image not tracking my every movement.
anilgulecha on HNBased on only spending a couple of minutes with it, I have to say your search engine is the first one that has made me "take notice" in a long time - well, since Google came on…
cr0sh on HN
Objections
Results come from other engines like Bing, not clearly disclosed
From 3 comments
Do you really do your own crawling for purposes other than image retrieval? Is it really any good? I highly doubt that your queries are primarily coming from your own engine. The…
trishume on HNOh sorry for not being clearer, I didn't mean to imply you misinformed people. I just thought you should be more transparent about where results are coming from. For example it…
trishume on HNI did a couple of searches for various terms and you had a huge index for the various terms. Surely such an index is only possible by hooking into search results from another…
Ed10101 on HN
Screenshot previews are distracting and slow scanning
From 4 comments
Are you testing the value or user demand for that feature? I agree with the GP. Screenshots reduce information density, increase bandwidth (load time), and for me take even…
hellcow on HNThe previews are nice, but they do tend to catch the eye and make it difficult to quickly filter out unwanted results. It's hard to skim the result titles. I do like the tiles,…
crasm on HNThis is really cool! I'm honestly sad DDG doesn't use this, because i really like them, but i had no inherent "feature" (personally) that i felt was better than Google Search.…
notheguyouthink on HNThank you for sharing this, it's a great first impression. - Clean design - Fast search results with previews - Layout options - User privacy On the second visit, I noticed the…
lioeters on HN
Card layout is worse than a standard list
From 2 comments
Suggestions: 1. Do a list results view like Google - you're competing on so many levels that you don't want to challenge standards unless you have massive justifications that…
AdamN on HNHm, you may want to revisit how you preview the results. The 'cards layout' isn't well suited for scanning/comparing multiple options from an ordered list[1]. It removes a clear…
ozaark on HN
Unsafe adult results appeared for a simple query
From 1 comment
Jesus Christ, though... I searched for "dog" and I'm getting "dog fucks teen porn video" with porn videos among the most relevant results... (nope, I don't have weird cookies in…
nkkollaw on HN
Requests
Option for a traditional list layout
From 3 comments
You should get some feedback on the actual quality of the search results too :) DDG is plagued with terrible results, at least when localized to "Sweden". At a first glance, it…
unicornporn on HNLooks really nice. Id wish that you could change the layout of the search results though.
EJTH on HNIs there a way of turning off the screenshot previews? I don't particularly need it all the time and I'd imagine it stresses the engine a bit more than spitting things out in…
vtange on HN
Open source the project
From 1 comment
That is definitely a very interesting search engine, but I'm personally only interested if this will be open sourced. Currently I host my own instance of https://searx.me which…
zeratax on HN
Filter results by language or result type
From 1 comment
The list results was the first I noticed. I for some reason thought I was only getting video/image results. not a huge fan of the results style, though I could see it working for…
bisby on HN
Add timestamps to results
From 1 comment
Cool, what if adding a timestamp to each result? In Google search I always use timestamp for filtering results visually.
otacorn on HN
Document how to set it as default search engine
From 1 comment
Thank you for sharing this, it's a great first impression. - Clean design - Fast search results with previews - Layout options - User privacy On the second visit, I noticed the…
lioeters on HN
Questions
Where do the results come from and what is the index size
From 4 comments
It looks great! Where do the results come from? Another search engine (a-las duckduckgo) or is it crawled internally?
searchengineguy on HNVery impressive project! It's results seem pretty good - what's the size of the index?
struct on HNInteresting concept. I am keeping a stack of a few million screenshots from the newscombinator, but I am not using it. Actually I thought about deleting them recently because I…
tomw1808 on HNI did a couple of searches for various terms and you had a huge index for the various terms. Surely such an index is only possible by hooking into search results from another…
Ed10101 on HN
Is it built with its own crawler
From 2 comments
Have you built your own crawler or do you rely on something like YaCy or Searx, or in other existing search engines?
drKarl on HNA homegrown crawler is used but most search results are interspersed with existing search engine results.
fivesigma on HN
How is it funded and how does it make money
From 1 comment
Another question I have is... who's behind peekier? And how is it funded (servers are expensive, development costs, etc), how does it make money (Google makes money precisely…
drKarl on HN
Alternatives named
DuckDuckGo
From 2 comments
How does it compare to DuckDuckGo?
drKarl on HNThank you for sharing this, it's a great first impression. - Clean design - Fast search results with previews - Layout options - User privacy On the second visit, I noticed the…
lioeters on HN
Google
From 2 comments
This is really cool! I'm honestly sad DDG doesn't use this, because i really like them, but i had no inherent "feature" (personally) that i felt was better than Google Search.…
notheguyouthink on HNSuggestions: 1. Do a list results view like Google - you're competing on so many levels that you don't want to challenge standards unless you have massive justifications that…
AdamN on HN
Searx
From 1 comment
That is definitely a very interesting search engine, but I'm personally only interested if this will be open sourced. Currently I host my own instance of https://searx.me which…
zeratax on HN
Startpage
From 1 comment
You should get some feedback on the actual quality of the search results too :) DDG is plagued with terrible results, at least when localized to "Sweden". At a first glance, it…
unicornporn on HN