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Comment by pierrefar | Hacker News Reader

Does that also kill Search YC?

What about the "official" HNSearch (http://www.webmynd.com/html/hackernews.html )?

The 'official' HNSearch is completely useless for anyone who would ever want to search HN. It's a Firefox Extension (!) that adds a 400px sidebar to your google search results pages showing site: searches along with an extra adsense ad. It's less useless than the 5 IE toolbars your annoying relatives live with, but just as obnoxious.

I just installed it again for a laugh, and it actually redirects to searchyc.com results when you click on its "Hacker News" header — even though pg staunchly refuses to ever link to searchyc. I made fun of him for it at his party before Startup School and he tried to laugh it off with "they're a YC company!" as if that weren't obvious on the face of it.

I don't use either. I'm interested for two reasons:

1. I use Google site: searches a LOT. I can remember reading about something I need now a long time ago on HN and I go find it.

2. One item on my "if I have time" projects list is to do "something" "fun" with HN submissions. Now I'm officially barred, regardless of what I would have thought up.

What's pg's problem with SearchYC? It's incredibly useful.

That it competes with webmynd ?

It is a clear conflict of interest, HN should simply get the best search available, so the 'funded' webmynd guys should get off their butts and fix it or HN should support searchyc.

I thought Webmynd was a browser plugin. I've never even considered using it for HN search.

It is. Check the link at the bottom of every HN page:

http://www.webmynd.com/html/hackernews.html

He invited alaskamiller to that private party too — I was kicking myself later for not putting a little more fuel on that fire by pulling him into that conversation (not that I didn't piss off pg enough).

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