Maybe the solution is not in the free market, but by taking the background of pubmed and create a search.gov.
No ads, no algorithms, no bullshit ranking and metrics, no tracking, just pure boolean search with a heavy handed spam filter and jam packed with features for the sake of utility and not engagement.
Disclaimer: I work at Google, all opinions are my own.
>just pure boolean search
So if I just repeat the word Facebook a hundred times in my personal website, I'd rank higher than facebook.com when people search for "facebook"?
I think simple boolean search works for things like searching books in a library, where you can assume good faith from all the authors.
But in the web you can't do that. It's just too easy to game.
I'm sorry, but a heavy handed spam filter is the absolute last thing I want the government to have. This basically gives the government the best censorship tool they ever had.
No ads, no algorithms, no bullshit ranking and metrics, no tracking, just pure boolean search with a heavy handed spam filter and jam packed with features for the sake of utility and not engagement.