Visibility still feels like the weak spot on PeerTube, so I built PeerSeek, my own search index, live at https://peerseek.video

[tobozo@mastodon.social]

@polykit thanks for that initiative

colours are horrible on Firefox/Linux though, blue text on blueish background is a pain for the eyes ‍

where/how can additional Peertube servers be submitted to that index?

[polykit@chaos.social]

@tobozo I wonder why that is, I also use Firefox on Linux, see screenshot, I'll look into it. I use the instances index from Peertube at https://instances.joinpeertube.org/instances

[tobozo@mastodon.social]

@polykit haha did you just fix the issue?

[polykit@chaos.social]

@tobozo yeah, I changed something. Did it work?

[tobozo@mastodon.social]

@polykit yup looks fixed, much better, thanks

I've added a peertube server to joinpeertube, let's see how much time it needs to propagate

BTW the server video.ploud.fr was already in the peertube index, but for some reason the videos from this channel don't come up when searched by keyword or username:

https://video.ploud.fr/c/virtutv/videos

[lvk@mastodon.online]

@polykit nice! perhaps share the index so other instances can disttibute the load?

[tobozo@mastodon.social]

@polykit raw ideas:

- Use <datalist> instead of <select> for search filters (anything with more than 10 items), eventually allow multiple selection
- "Add instance" header button with link to the corresponding joinpeertube page

[jaypeach53@mastodon.social]

@polykit Just done a little digging so far, this is a great tool! Hope this gives peertube some needed boost to counter YouTube’s dominance.

[jaypeach53@mastodon.social]

@polykit @thibaultmol I don’t know about that the peertube browse content needs a lot of work. This tool already does a better job of search than the browse tool. As examples, “music” works better in browse and “musician” works better in peerseek, in my opinion.

[vaporeon_@glaceon.social]

@polykit LibreWolf 146.0.1-1, on Gentoo Linux.

[polykit@chaos.social]

@vaporeon_ that's a Firefox variant, no? Is it still like this with the fix I pushed this morning?

[vaporeon_@glaceon.social]

@polykit Just tried again, it's fixed now, thanks. Much better. And yes, it's a Firefox fork.

[subetha@nerdculture.de]

@polykit Thanks for building and sharing, I like it!
Because the results appear fast, the grid (on a big screen) shows more at once and I received different results than searching on makertube or sepia.

Would be great if a minus-prefix on search terms would translate into a NOT.
Currently searching for "1980s -AI" results in only the AI related videos.
But I know you're just starting, so this is just an idea for the future development.

[polykit@chaos.social]

The PeerTube search index is getting more and more features You can try it out yourself at

https://peerseek.video

I added

* personalized home feed
* search query modifiers like - and " "
* FAQ section

#peertube #search #index #visibility #video #peerseek #fediverse #ranking

[hiphopheaven@mastodon.social]

@polykit it is not possible to watch videos directly from the service instead of opening everyvideo in new tabs?

[chrx@mastodon.nu]

@polykit Great - found some nice vids and chans! A nice feature would be option to sort by publish date

[baggypants@mstdn.social]

@hiphopheaven @polykit I'm sure someone will implement this because people are lazy and entitled. But what's the big problem with driving traffic to content creators websites _really_?

[baggypants@mstdn.social]

@polykit How do I remove my video from your search engine?

[polykit@chaos.social]

@Baggypants tell me your instance, account and legitimate interest and I’ll remove it from the index.

[baggypants@mstdn.social]

@polykit Can you also prevent future videos from being indexed?