I agree that almost any system is open to abuse (with Wikipedia being a prime example), I'd counter that open source tends to be better than closed source due to accountability and transparency. This is a very valid concern.
However, the current system (mostly owned by the duopoly of Bing and Google) has already been found to have been abused. Google are currently fighting numerous lawsuits for abusing it's power over search and has little to no oversight from the external and wider community. Google also "rules with an iron fist" when it comes to indexing requirements and changes. Also, their current push towards AMP should make all web developers wary.
Could there be space for an open source, transparent search engine?
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I agree that almost any system is open to abuse (with Wikipedia being a prime example), I'd counter that open source tends to be better than closed source due to accountability and transparency. This is a very valid concern.
However, the current system (mostly owned by the duopoly of Bing and Google) has already been found to have been abused. Google are currently fighting numerous lawsuits for abusing it's power over search and has little to no oversight from the external and wider community. Google also "rules with an iron fist" when it comes to indexing requirements and changes. Also, their current push towards AMP should make all web developers wary.
Could there be space for an open source, transparent search engine?