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I’ve tried to find a solution to bookmark searching for a while. I’ve never found a product I liked or trust. Lately I’ve been manually adding bookmarks to a custom google search engine. I’m considering building an extension that will add them directly or sync chrome bookmarks. I figure google already knows what I’ve searched, so I feel much less sketchy about it.

Would this extension be interesting to anyone? It would be very simple, open source, and have no middle man. It would send links directly to a google CSE via their API.

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I would have privacy concerns, because I'm not using Google all the time for my searches and there is no need to give them even more data.

The only solution I'd accept is one where all data is stored and indexed locally and there are good guarantees that deleted entries are actually deleted and/or wiped from the indices.

I’m not suggesting that you have to use google for the originating search. But you would need to use CSE to index any content you wanted to search for later. Arguably you could do this with a new google account if you’re concerned.

A few years ago I would have been excited about this, but I personally won't be giving Google any more data unless I'm forced to. I'd love a self-hosted and local-first option, but either way I wish you good luck on your potential project.

This product appears to index your bookmarks, did you see that?

Yup. I’ve read about the product but haven’t tried it. I’ll likely check it out.

My issue with these services is (and maybe this one is different) is that I have to run 3rd party software and extensions and I never know how long these companies/products will stay around.

Oli here from the team building Memex.

Yeah as mentioned the tool allows you to do bookmark full-text search. It's open-source, so it will stay no matter what. We build for resilience and for us as the WorldBrain.io company not needing to stick around in order for the service to survive. We see ourselves as the stewards of this tool, not the sole benefactor or proprietor.

Hope it will be helpful to you :)

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