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Feature Request: Personal Goggle

Open MrEbbinghaus opened this issue 2 years ago • 2 comments

Hey, I like the ideas of goggles, but I currently find the hurdle for creating a custom search experience too high.

Proposal

A personal Goggle that resides inside the Browser state (or synced with other devices.), that can be updated without ever touching it directly and writing goggle syntax.

Example

  1. You search for something
  2. You see results from a news outlet you don't trust.
  3. You can downrank it right there next to the search result, adding a downrank entry to your personal goggle.

That's it! No need to even know about goggles.

UX

For improved UX there could be several Buttons like: Hide example.org from my results. → add $discard,site=example.org to personal goggle. Show more results from example.org → add $boost,site=example.org to personal goggle. Show less results from example.org → add $downrank,site=example.org to personal goggle. (And a lot more, but I think I made my point.)

Even further, it could suggest other discoverable goggles.

This site appears in the Copycats removal Goggle. Do you want to add that Goggle?

Benefits

  1. Easy to discover, understand and use by new or less tech-savvy users.
  2. Less friction to maintain your personal goggle, even if you are proficient.
  3. Improved privacy, as the goggle is not visible for everyone who knows the URL.

Other sites like YouTube already offer options to click on the three dots next to a video and mark it as Not interested or Don't recommend videos from this channel. But they don't allow you to see, modify, or share your profile, or enrich it with profiles/goggles from others.

MrEbbinghaus avatar Jul 13 '23 12:07 MrEbbinghaus

I think some of the UX can be similar to Kagi, allowing quick change in ranking of domains.

walking-octopus avatar Jul 25 '23 16:07 walking-octopus

I like the ideas of goggles, but I currently find the hurdle for creating a custom search experience too high.

100% agree. Especially after trying out Mojeek's Focus feature which is very easy to set up a focused search, and then the code for creating that search is copy-and-pastable.

https://www.mojeek.com/support/search/focus.html

A screenshot of the Mojeek Focus dashboard that is used to manage your Goggles-equivalent setups

mattcoxonline avatar Sep 04 '23 10:09 mattcoxonline