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Beyond the search engine

Strategies better than plain Google.

Stephen Knezovich
Google results are not nearly as good as they once were (and the reason, as always, is enshittification). But if you're looking to surface more interesting information on the web, Elan Ullendorff offers some ideas on how to culitvate “folk search algorithms.”

Speaking of searching, don't go looking for additional issues of Read This this week, as I'll be on a river in Colorado rafting and camping under the stars. See you next Monday - S

Read This is curated by Stephen Knezovich. Each issue shares resources and insights to help writers launch, improve & grow their email newsletter. This particular issue links to a post on Kyle Chayka’s One Thing.
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