Any how, I created a dedicated search engine (using a freely available script) and populated it with numerous hand-picked sites. The search results, for that niche (obviously), were far superior to Google’s! I could find quality articles directly related to my search terms very easily, something which Google fails to do sometimes.

After much thought, I developed the idea of creating a network of dedicated search engines for reasonably popular niches. But, I won’t be perusing this because of other projects, but good luck to any of your visitors that may. As you’ve mentioned, it certainly has potential.