Real YaCy FAQ (frequently asked queries)

okybaca · February 26, 2025, 11:42am

here are the results, sorted by count (may by cut to top 100 by adding |head -100):

212 yacy
11 yacy github
11 how to use yacy
10 what is yacy
9 yacy gibbens
7 youtube blocking yacy videos
7 yacy images_text_t:yacy^100.0 OR title:yacy^50.0 OR keywords:yacy^10.0 OR text_t:yacy
7 yacy davison
6 yacy translation
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6 yacy performance
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6 sites like yacy
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5 yacy search
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4 yacy ipv6
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4 yacy config
4 engine yacy searxng
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3 yacy.network.metager.unit
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1 yacy useability
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1 yacy searxng images_text_t:yacy searxng^100.0 OR title:yacy searxng^50.0 OR keywords:yacy searxng^10.0 OR text_t:yacy
1 yacy searx
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1 yacy search skin
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1 yacy kubernetes
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1 yacy duckduckgo startpage searx
1 yacy download
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1 yacy docker-compose
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1 yacy description pdf
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1 yacy default pass
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1 yacy costomuser agent
1 yacy configbasic ops
1 yacy compare
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1 yacy choose network
1 yacy change theme search
1 yacy change skin
1 yacy change root password
1 yacy bsd
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1 yacy boosters
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1 yacy block ip ranges or countries
1 yacy bittorrent
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1 yacy and searxng
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1 yacy admin password
1 yacy add search index
1 yacy access settrings
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1 yacy .webmanifest
1 www yacy
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1 where is yacy headuarteres
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1 what is yacy search enginer
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1 how to make yacy the default search engine in
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1 how to leave yacy running when closing session in
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1 how to dark theme the search page yacy
1 how to clean cache in yacy
1 how to add yacy as default search
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I think, it reflects a lot.

okybaca · February 26, 2025, 11:54am

I don’t let my instance to be queried from outside a lot. I wonder what results would come from some heavily used instance, like @sixcooler’s.

I think YaCy is heavily underdocumented, almost a blackbox for me.

If anyone would like to document his/her favourite feature (like blacklists, searxng integration, skins & customisation …) in a few sentences/paragraphs, either here in the forum or in the docs, or faq, it would be greatly appreciated.

I think what the beginners miss the most, is some sort of Quick Start Guide, explaining the basic concepts/operations.

ExploreTruth · February 27, 2025, 4:51pm

That is a polite query. But the machine does not have feelings so the sentiment is lost.

For me, usually during waking hours. But “why is yacy used” would be a totally different question.

Yacy is not AI Chat. Good results require carefully constructed search keywords.

I tried to enter one of the queries into a web browser address bar (it looked like a URL), and Google intercepted it.

Your post is the only result that Google had for that exact keyword. I am surprised that Google is visiting this forum and already indexed your post!

I had previously set up my Firefox browser to block Google from intercepting address bar entries, so now I have to look for the setting that must have been reset and change it again. I almost never use Google.

Interesting list. It shows me that most people are lazy or ignorant about constructing their search queries. But I encourage everyone to search and keep searching, until they find what they are looking for.

slyle · May 13, 2025, 2:50am

this is extremely useful for many reasons. I’m going to further this work and use it to try and create an “AI LLM bridge” for yacy searches. this will be difficult as I’m still new, but I’m well into AI in industry and hobby, and think I can use these queries in a prompt engine! Thank you!!! Once I get a grasp on the type of search it is and use it and recognize how the two translate, I might be able to create that high level conversational pseudo-code bridge. Will share my work here, or DM upon request.

I think ignorance is the main factor. We live in a world where people want to ask questions certain ways, and we now have the tools to bridge or translate. I don’t see the need to call people “lazy or ignorant” when in reality it shows a glaring implementation need, and I’d argue calling users lazy or ignorant for their natural searches is a blatant disregard for UX UI. Just my 2 cents though, I can respect the sentiment that most people don’t have the time to tell between the two. Don’t be mistaken - it is not an intelligence gap or probably laziness as that implies people have the time/skills to analyze their search engine like that - it’s the reason Yacy is powerful and in demand.

Throw in a literally day by day changing query paradigm with AI, searching in an arbitrary P2P engine, and acting like it’s google, regardless of some of the user queries (I can cherry pick ones that won’t work well in google either, zzz), and I actually don’t understand the confusion of others in this regard. Lastly, the data is biased towards searches about yacy, which could contain high level human tendencies or selection bias in the people making the queries. It’s a much larger issue than people, it’s almost 100% implementation responsibility on the people who do have the time to learn to scrape using yacy. If I could get some help understanding the sentiment regarding users, it will help me make the FOSS I’m working on better for others. I just see it as a simple alley-oop from us techies.