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Show HN: Bubblehunt – curated web search

by vkorsunov on 2/6/16, 1:18 PM with 25 comments

  • by pkd on 2/7/16, 11:50 AM

    Wasn't Yahoo! something along similar lines when they started? With hand curated links and resources available for search? It is interesting to see that a 20 year old idea is still found viable by many today while it was largely considered obsolete when Google came into picture.

  • by vkorsunov on 2/6/16, 1:21 PM

    Hello friends!

    Bubblehunt lets people find & share quality resources. We are creating curated web search, where people can choose best results and help others to find it.

    Considering extremely high growth of the web, it is becoming harder to find new & quality resources. This is where Bubblehunt comes in. Finding interesting results becomes much easier as they are recommended by people, not dumb machines.

    Every user can create a bubble with his favorite resources and provide best results for search queries based on their opinion. We've combined search and human opinions to let people cut through the noise of the web and share the best resources.

    Get feedback please)

  • by jarcane on 2/7/16, 11:47 AM

    Choose best results by clicking upvote button

    The upvote button does not seem to appear on Firefox.

  • by andreygrehov on 2/7/16, 1:14 PM

    I did a couple searches, but shouldn't the result be sorted by upvotes?

  • by techaddict009 on 2/7/16, 11:36 AM

    What is difference between this and google search?

  • by feed16 on 2/7/16, 3:07 PM

    It's worth giving this idea a try.

    1. I wish there was a different way to sign up, without needing Facebook or Twitter.

    2. Can I add resources, to see how it works, without signing up? Like try it out for a week (with cookies), and if I like it then I can sign up?

    3. Will this approach let you do something Google can't? Why/how?