Crowdsourced Search

Any [[entity]] can have a [[node]] in the [[Agora]].
- Search queries are entities.
  - Search queries can also be decomposed in constituent entities for better modeling using a grammar, but that is not strictly necessary.
The Agora is a [[distributed knowledge graph]] by the people, for the people.
- Agora [[nodes]] are [[crowdsourced]].
From the above it seems to follow that the [[Agora]] is a sufficient platform to implement crowdsourced search.
- You can think of a [[node]] as equivalent to a user-editable search result page for the search query matching the node title.
- [[go links]] are explicit offerings for relevant links around the internet.
- [[jump]] does the minimum necessary to map arbitrary search queries to an Agora node.
[[pull]] [[jump]] [[agora search]]
[[go]]
- [[mastodon]] https://social.coop/web/statuses/105487286612738096
You can add the [[Agora]] as a [[search engine]] in your [[browser]]: https://anagora.org/jump?q=%s

Pulled node [[agora-search]] ↓

Subnode [[@flancian/agora-search]]
from garden/flancian/agora-search.md by @flancian

Agora Search

The [[agora]] is in essence equivalent to a [[distributed]] [[wiki]].
- Note you could theoretically use a wiki to [[crowdsource]] search results; in the limit, think of having a wiki page for every likely user query.
- Perhaps [[agora search]] tries to find a good match for your query locally and redirects to other agoras in the network or to [[google]] or [[duckduckgo]] if a good local result isn't available.
  - When it volunteers something, it also offers to continue your query in the search authority of your choice.
- [[push and pull]] could be used to offer hints for how to route queries to relevant results.
The [[agora]] can already be used as a [[search engine]].
- To do so, you can use the following URL template in your browser of choice: https://anagora.org/search?q=%s
  - Searching this way behaves the same way as searching using the text box always at the top of this [[agora]].
- As of [[2021-02-27]], you can also just use [[open search]] to add the [[agora]] as a search engine; this works at least on [[firefox]]. You should be able to see the agora as an available search engine to add in the search box.
- The [[agora]] will try to serve any relevant nodes for your queries -- useful for when you have notes on the topic you're searching for.
  - In every case, the [[agora]] will try to make it easy for you to 'click through' and continue your search elsewhere -- in established search engines or the websites of your choice.
Agora Search is [[crowdsourced search]] for the [[open]] [[internet]].
[[user story]]

[[keywords]]

[[pull]] [[crowdsourced search]]
[[2021-02-27]]
- Hooking up with [[yubnub]] seems like a good idea.
- Working on general [[usability]] in parallel.

Pulled node [[jump]] ↓

Subnode [[@flancian/jump]]
from garden/flancian/jump.md by @flancian

Jump

An [[Agora action]].
Jump is very simple: it encodes a query as a node id (using [[unicode-slugify]], if you're interested) and sends you to the matching node.
- It's like search, but the results page is a [[node]] -- so it can be [[crowdsourced]].
- You can add the [[Agora]] as a [[search engine]] in your [[browser]]: https://anagora.org/jump?q=%s
If you are viewing this in an Agora, you can use jump by typing in the jump box at the top of the page.
[[pull]]

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