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		Dissley on Oct 31, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I Miss the Old Internet millionshort.com looks promising! I will give it a try. Do you know what engine they use? Google or Bing, or something completly different?

PhasmaFelis on Oct 31, 2019 [–]

I had to dig for it, but apparently they use "a Microsoft Bing API and some in-house information." https://www.networkworld.com/article/2188911/million-short-s...

I should edit the Wikipedia page; it makes it sound like they rolled their own engine and crawler, which seemed pretty unlikely.

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