A new field note from our first experiment
Field note 044 on mario-obst.fyi brings together our preserved search observations of DuckDuckGo, Startpage.com and Swisscows since the website began on 8 October 2026. The bilingual review was drafted on 29 October and published on 1 November. It connects earlier notes, six original screenshots and a structured chronology rather than presenting a new live search.
What the records show
On 10 October, the preserved morning captures show six Startpage results and one Swisscows result. That afternoon, note 019 itself appears in both languages on Startpage and in English on Swisscows. On 11 October, the captures show one DuckDuckGo result, nine Startpage results and three Swisscows results. A later Swisscows check on 27 October records at least 36 distinct URLs, including pages from the Blue Screen series.
Different evidence, different limits
Early screenshot excerpts and a later check across several result lists cover different scopes. They are not a comparable growth series or a ranking of search services. The 27 October count was compiled from preserved chat outputs; original search screenshots and an exact query time were not retained. The note makes this difference in evidence quality explicit. Gaps in the record are not zero results, and a missing result does not prove that a page is absent from an index.
Why we keep these observations
A search result is an observation made at a particular time. It does not establish the first indexing time, the independent origin of an index entry or the effect of a submission. Preserving the original captures lets us compare later observations without rewriting the earlier record. This is part of our broader experiment: publish the work, examine what becomes visible and keep the limits alongside the findings.
Follow the evidence
Read field note 044 in English or German for the chronology, original screenshots and links to notes 018, 019, 020, 021 and 041. Mario supplied the early screenshots, directed the work and approved publication. Aik, his AI assistant, helped organise the evidence and draft the texts; editorial responsibility remains with Mario. This Lab note records the publication and performs no new search or URL submission.
