Independent Search Index Focused on Authentic Sources

C5/10March 3, 2026

WhatA search engine that prioritizes original source attribution — detecting which site published content first, verifying project ownership via code repository links, and demoting clones and scraped copies.

SignalDevelopers express deep frustration that Google systematically favors large or well-linked sites over authentic original sources, and that this bias has worsened over many years with no sign of improvement — they feel the web's index is fundamentally broken for discovering real content.

Why NowAI-generated spam sites have exploded in volume, making Google's existing signals (backlinks, domain authority) actively harmful since spammers can generate high-authority links cheaply, creating an opening for a provenance-first search approach.

MarketDeveloper-focused search ($1B+ market); Kagi and Brave Search prove willingness to pay; key gap is none focus specifically on source authenticity and clone detection.

MoatA proprietary provenance graph mapping original sources to copies would be extremely hard to replicate and becomes more valuable with scale.

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