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

[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?

[polykit@chaos.social]

@Baggypants if you give me your details, yes

[polykit@chaos.social]

On the PeerTube search engine, I added

- sorting of search results by relevance, date and views
- filter for sensitive content

Try it out yourself at

PeerSeek — Search PeerTube Videos Across the Fediverse

Search and discover videos from hundreds of federated PeerTube instances. Filter by category, language, or instance. No account required.

PeerSeek (peerseek.video)

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