➴➴➴Æ🜔Ɲ.Ƈꭚ⍴𝔥єɼ👩🏻‍💻<p>Okay, but we can also <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/federate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>federate</span></a> this now with the <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fediverse</span></a>. Like, <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/ActivityPub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActivityPub</span></a> can handle search queries just fine.</p><p>So, just running on microcomputers, everyone can put on their own index whatever they want.</p><p>A person can _easily_ index 50,000 pages on a rapsberry pi. </p><p>A <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/FediSearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FediSearch</span></a> can broadcast any query to known peers. Each peer returns top-k results. The originating node can then aggregate and rank.</p><p>So <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://lgbtqia.space/@alice" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>alice</span></a></span> queries her FediSearch, it searches its own index and queries subscribed peers, those peers do the same thing. Nodes can choose who they trust, cache, etc. </p><p>The number of indexes pages will be something along the lines of `pages_per_nod * log(number_nodes)`. So a thousand nodes may only cover a million pages, but if the trust network is good, those are probably the most important million pages. </p><p>Also, I would venture that you'd have some nodes specializing in having a lot of pages: tens of millions, others just for stuff they like, others specifically for non-commercial interests. Selecting who you federate your search with really affects the ranking.</p><p><a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/FediSearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FediSearch</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/ActivityPub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ActivityPub</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/FederatedSearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederatedSearch</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/RaspberryPi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RaspberryPi</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/SearchEngine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SearchEngine</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/DecentralizedWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DecentralizedWeb</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/SelfHosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SelfHosting</span></a></p>