Link to searx instances #89

jonah · 2016-11-12T22:17:11Z

ghost commented

2016-11-12 22:17:11 +00:00

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I think a link to other instances is advisable. That's one of the ideas behind searx and most users looking for searx will probably not see that there's more than one instance. Searx.me isn't neccessarily the best instance for everyone either (it doesn't proxy images by default for example). On the other hand linking to only github.io or github.com will keep the user from immediatly being able to try searx out and might scare them off. I therefore added a second button linking to the list of instances.

I think a link to other instances is advisable. That's one of the ideas behind searx and most users looking for searx will probably not see that there's more than one instance. Searx.me isn't neccessarily the best instance for everyone either (it doesn't proxy images by default for example). On the other hand linking to only [github.io](https://asciimoo.github.io/searx/) or [github.com](https://github.com/asciimoo/searx/wiki/Searx-instances) will keep the user from immediatly being able to try searx out and might scare them off. I therefore added a second button linking to the list of instances.

jonah requested changes 2016-11-19 21:18:44 +00:00

jonah left a comment

I'd change "Instances: github.com" to "List of instances"

ghost commented

2016-11-19 22:25:18 +00:00

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Sure, I just wanted to keep the formatting the same.

ghost commented

2016-11-19 23:23:30 +00:00

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It's nice to keep consistent formatting, but I think it's more clear like this.

ghost commented

2016-12-02 03:49:26 +00:00

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Thanks for merging. I would vote for the GitHub link over stats.searx.oe5tpo.com though. I'm just saying that since the site is down occasionally and the list of instances on there is not updated very frequently or at least not completely. For example opengo.nl and searx.ch were added to the GitHub list over a month ago and search.koehn.com over a year ago but all three are missing from the site.

Thanks for merging. I would vote for the GitHub link over `stats.searx.oe5tpo.com` though. I'm just saying that since the site is down occasionally and the list of instances on there is not updated very frequently or at least not completely. For example `opengo.nl` and `searx.ch` were added to the GitHub list over a month ago and `search.koehn.com` over a year ago but all three are missing from the site.

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privacytoolsIO commented

2016-12-02 08:42:48 +00:00

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Agreed and fixed.

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Reference: privacyguides/privacytools.io#89