At first glance, it may seem that to be better than google can only "Yandex", and even then not a fact. These companies are investing huge amounts of money in innovation and development. Does anyone really have a chance not only to compete with the leaders, but also to win? Lifehacker's answer: "Yes!" There are several search engines that have succeeded. Let's take a look at our heroes.
What is it
This is a fairly well-known open source search engine. source code... The servers are located in the USA. In addition to its own robot, the search engine uses results from other sources: Yahoo! Search BOSS, Wikipedia, Wolfram | Alpha.
The better
DuckDuckGo positions itself as a search engine that provides maximum privacy and confidentiality. The system does not collect any user data, does not store logs (no search history), use cookies as limited as possible.
DuckDuckGo does not collect personal information users and does not share it. This is our privacy policy.
Gabriel Weinberg, founder of DuckDuckGo
Why do you need it
All major search engines trying to personalize search results based on data about the person in front of the monitor. This phenomenon is called the "filter bubble": the user sees only those results that are consistent with his preferences or that the system considers as such.
DuckDuckGo creates an objective picture that does not depend on your past behavior on the web, and gets rid of Google and Yandex thematic ads based on your queries. DuckDuckGo makes it easy to find information on foreign languages: Google and Yandex by default give preference to Russian-language sites, even if the request is entered in another language.
What is it
"" Is a Russian metasearch system developed by MSU alumni Viktor Lavrenko and Vladimir Chernyshov. Searches the indexes of Google, Bing, Yandex and others, and also has its own search algorithm.
The better
Searching the indexes of all major search engines allows you to generate relevant results. In addition, "Nigma" breaks the results into several thematic groups (clusters) and prompts the user to narrow the search field by discarding unnecessary ones or highlighting priority ones. Thanks to the modules "Mathematics" and "Chemistry", you can solve mathematical problems right in the search bar and query the results of chemical reactions.
Why do you need it
Eliminates the need to search for the same query in different search engines. The cluster system makes it easy to manipulate search results. For example, Nigma collects results from online stores in a separate cluster. If you do not intend to buy something, then simply exclude this group. By choosing the "English-language sites" cluster, you will receive results in English only. The modules "Mathematics" and "Chemistry" will help schoolchildren.
Unfortunately, the project is currently not developing, as the developers have moved their activity to the Vietnamese market. Nevertheless, "Nigma" is not only not outdated, but in some things it still gives Google a head start. Hopefully, development will resume.
What is it
not Evil is a search engine for the Tor anonymous network. To use it, you need to go to this network, for example, by launching a specialized browser of the same name. not Evil is not the only search engine of its kind. There is LOOK (the default search in the Tor browser, accessible from the regular Internet) or TORCH (one of the oldest search engines in the Tor network) and others. We settled on not Evil because of the clear allusion to Google itself (just look at the start page).
The better
Looking there, where google, "Yandex" and other search engines are closed in principle.
Why do you need it
There are many resources on the Tor network that cannot be found on the law-abiding Internet. And as the authorities tighten their control over the content of the Web, their number will grow. Tor is a kind of Network within the Network: with its own social networks, torrent trackers, media, marketplaces, blogs, libraries, and so on.
YaCy
What is it
YaCy is a decentralized search engine based on P2P networks. Each computer on which the main program module, scans the Internet on its own, that is, it is analogous to a search robot. The results are collected in common base which is used by all members of YaCy.
The better
It is difficult to say whether it is better or worse here, since YaCy is a completely different approach to organizing search. The absence of a single server and company-owner makes the results completely independent of someone's preferences. The autonomy of each node excludes censorship. YaCy is capable of searching the deep web and non-indexed public networks.
Why do you need it
If you are a supporter of open source software and the free Internet, which is not influenced by government agencies and large corporations, then YaCy is your choice. It can also be used to organize searches within a corporate or other autonomous network. And while YaCy is not very useful in everyday life, it is a worthy alternative to Google in terms of the search process.
Pipl
What is it
Pipl is a system designed to search for information about a specific person.
The better
The authors of Pipl claim that their specialized algorithms search more efficiently than "regular" search engines. In particular, the priority sources of information are social media profiles, comments, lists of participants and various databases where information about people is published, such as databases of court decisions. Pipl's leadership in this area is confirmed by ratings from Lifehacker.com, TechCrunch and other publications.
Why do you need it
If you need to find information about a person living in the United States, then Pipl will be much more effective than Google. The databases of Russian courts are apparently inaccessible to the search engine. Therefore, he does not cope with the citizens of Russia so well.
What is it
Another specialized search engine. Searches for various sounds (house, nature, cars, people, etc.) in open sources. The service does not support queries in Russian, but there is an impressive list of Russian-language tags that you can search for.
The better
The results are only sounds and nothing more. In the search settings, you can set the desired format and sound quality. All found sounds are available for download. There is a search for sounds by pattern.
Why do you need it
If you need to quickly find the sound of a musket shot, the blows of a woodpecker, or the scream of Homer Simpson, then this service is for you. And I chose this only from the available Russian-language requests. In English, the spectrum is even wider. But seriously, a specialized service assumes a specialized audience. But what if it comes in handy?
The life of alternative search engines is often fleeting. Lifehacker asked Sergei Petrenko, the former general director of the Ukrainian branch of Yandex, about the long-term prospects of such projects.
As for the fate of alternative search engines, it is simple: to be very niche projects with a small audience, therefore, without clear commercial prospects, or, conversely, with complete clarity of their absence.
If you look at the examples in the article, you can see that such search engines either specialize in a narrow but demanded niche, which, perhaps only so far, has not grown enough to be noticeable on Google or Yandex radars, or they are testing an original hypothesis in ranking. which is not yet applicable in regular search.
For example, if a search on Tor suddenly turns out to be in demand, that is, results from there will be needed at least by a percentage of Google's audience, then, of course, ordinary search engines will begin to solve the problem of how to find and show them to the user. If the audience behavior shows that the results seem more relevant to a noticeable share of users in a noticeable number of queries, data without taking into account user-dependent factors, then Yandex or Google will begin to give such results.
“To be better” in the context of this article does not mean “to be better at everything”. Yes, in many aspects our heroes are far from Google and Yandex (even Bing is far away). But on the other hand, each of these services gives the user something that the giants of the search industry cannot offer.
Search engines are considered the most popular sites on the Internet. This is not surprising, because in order to find something on the network, you first have to use search services.
There are quite a few of them and even not experienced Internet users know at least 2-3 search engines.
What are the search engines? Someone knows about one search engine, some know about 10 search services, but in fact there are many more.
Of course, their popularity is different, as well as the interface and the quality of the results. We will present you with a list of different search engines for you to compare.
Popular search engines
Search services have been developed for various categories of people. The most famous ones cover countries or even the whole world, while the lesser known ones are designed for regions or user interests.
Here are 10 search engines you should know about:
- - everyone knows about this search engine, it is the most popular in Russia and provides a wide range of functionality to its users (from electronic payments to a panel for webmasters).
- - the leader among all sites in the world. It is used by people from all countries and is considered the highest quality search engine. Like Yandex, customers are offered many additional tools.
- - search and information system, taking into account the Russian-language morphology. The site has several separate versions, for example, XRambler, through which you can search several services at once.
- - this system is extremely popular abroad. It has long been translated into Russian, but has not received much fame in the Runet. Users can search differently (by pictures, videos, etc.).
- - a well-known company in Runet, engaged in development in several directions at once. In addition to their own search engine and the most popular mail service, they are the owners of projects such as Odnoklassniki and Vkontakte.
- - was created as a state resource in Russia, but did not receive mass distribution. Through it, you can conduct various search formats, as well as receive useful information.
- - designed to search for information in the Chinese segment of the Internet. Who knows, maybe this will be useful to you. You can receive news, search for pictures, music, receive maps and much more.
- - the project is well-known Microsoft... In terms of traffic volume, this site ranks second in the world search engine ranking. It has been operating since 1998 and has been modernized many times during this time.
- - only foreigners use this service. The project is American and in addition to the search engine, the company has a host of other sites and services. It is worth noting that they have the largest directory of links to sites on the world wide web.
If you cannot find information in one of the search engines, then why not search for it through another site? You now have several quality resources and are sure to find what you need.
Good day to all, my dear friends and readers of my blog. Today I want to tell you about the most famous search engines on the Internet in Russian. Internet resources are used for the daily work and leisure of a huge number of people.
And in order to get what is needed or interesting, search engines are used, which are a hardware and software complex for quick search information necessary for the user, stored on servers (special computers) of the Internet.
The frequency of use of a search engine is determined, firstly, by how relevant data it provides, and secondly, how quickly it does it. The main selection criteria are:
- completeness and accuracy of the results found;
- relevance of data;
- finding speed;
- visibility of the interface.
In Russia, search engines such as Yandex, Mail, Rambler and some others are most in demand. But I would like to provide you with a more detailed list of these systems, so that you have a better understanding of all this.
Yandex.ru is the most popular within the Russian-speaking Internet. Search queries can be written in both English and Russian. The motto of the Yandex site is "There is everything!" indeed, they are assured of high-quality and fast delivery of information.
Personally, I have been using this search engine by default for more than 10 years and I really like it. And for any webmaster, it is simply of great importance, since any of them breaks into a cake in order to have his site found in this system.
It has a huge index base, which means it can find almost anything. The conclusion of the information found is distinguished by rationality. Yandex is constantly evolving. It offers more and more popular services, for example, news, maps, weather forecast, Email, Yandex. money. By the way, I wrote here, so if you are interested in this, be sure to read it.
At the moment, the share of using Yandex in Russia is about 56 percent... That is, most of the country's population prefers to use this particular browser.
And here is the main competitor of the aforementioned Yasha. Yes, this system is certainly not Russian, but one of its founders is our compatriot Sergei Brin. True, he was taken to the states as a child, so he can hardly be called Russian. If you are interested, then you can read what I have collected for you.
Be that as it may, Google is the most popular system in the world and still the second most popular in Russia.
Today 38 percent all search queries in Russia go through Google
Search Mail.ru
Mail.ru is very popular among Russian-speaking network users. But not very many people use the search engine of the same name. By itself, it is ordinary and unremarkable, therefore, it will not survive against such competitors as the aforementioned Yandex and Google. Although I doubt that he will try to conquer the top of the search engines. It is enough for him that he has the most popular mail in Russia. But still their 5 percent of the total number of requests he has.
In addition, the site contains a huge number of applications, interesting games, and also has its own social network. Applications have been developed that allow you to search by voice.
Rambler.ru
Rambler is one of the earliest options and earlier it was one of the most popular search engines in Russian, along with Yandex. And for the first couple of years I actively used it as a default search engine until I switched to Yandex. Now it is not used very actively (I would even say not at all), although it has good quality and excellent speed.
It is also a popular Runet media portal where you can use mail, find out the latest news about various spheres of life. By the way, it has proven itself quite well as a media and news portal, and I know many people who specifically go to rambler to read the latest news.
Despite its former popularity, today the rambler owns less 0.5 percent of the total number of requests on the Internet.
WebAlta.ru
WebAlta is one of the new Russian search engines. It is developing well and already reflects over 1 billion documents, which is a good result. It is easily customizable according to user preferences. The customization is visualized, and changing the query is immediately reflected in the results.
But how did he annoy me a couple of years ago, when, after installing an application, the webalt got up as home page and the default search engine. I generally thought it was some kind of virus. Therefore, I will say once again: "".
Well, I won't even talk about the share of search traffic, since it is negligible.
Nigma.ru
Nigma is a modern Russian intelligent metasearch system. It uses a modern cluster approach, which improves the quality and completeness of the process. The site includes mathematical and chemical subsystems for solving a variety of problems and standard user services.
But so far, this is probably the least popular service of all the ones presented above. Although you can try it in practice. Maybe you will like everything). Well, as far as you understand, the traffic here is also so low that you don't even need to turn it on.
Please tell me what search engines do you use? I am asking for a reason. The fact is that recently I found out that one of my acquaintances uses rambler. And to be honest, I was surprised that some of my friends do not use Yandex or Google. I just got hooked on Yandex since the mid-2000s and it is he who is my favorite search engine.
Well, now, in principle, I think that you, in principle, know all the main search engines in Russian, and draw conclusions, which one is more interesting to you. But the truth with the other two giants will be difficult to compete
Well, on this I will probably finish my article today. Hope you like it. If so, be sure to visit me again. Good luck to you. Until!
Best regards, Dmitry Kostin.
What is it
DuckDuckGo is a fairly well-known open source search engine. The servers are located in the USA. In addition to its own robot, the search engine uses the results of other sources: Yahoo, Bing, Wikipedia.
The better
DuckDuckGo positions itself as a search engine that provides maximum privacy and confidentiality. The system does not collect any user data, does not store logs (no search history), the use of cookies is as limited as possible.
DuckDuckGo does not collect or share personal information from users. This is our privacy policy.
Gabriel Weinberg, founder of DuckDuckGo
Why do you need it
All major search engines try to personalize search results based on the data about the person in front of the monitor. This phenomenon is called the "filter bubble": the user sees only those results that are consistent with his preferences or that the system considers as such.
Forms an objective picture that does not depend on your past behavior on the web, and gets rid of thematic advertising Google and Yandex, based on your queries. DuckDuckGo makes it easy to search for information in foreign languages, while Google and Yandex by default give preference to Russian-language sites, even if the request is entered in another language.
What is it
not Evil is a search engine for the Tor anonymous network. To use it, you need to go to this network, for example by launching a specialized one.
not Evil is not the only search engine of its kind. There is LOOK (the default search in the Tor browser, accessible from the regular Internet) or TORCH (one of the oldest search engines in the Tor network) and others. We settled on not Evil because of the unambiguous hint of Google (just look at the start page).
The better
Searches where Google, Yandex and other search engines are closed in principle.
Why do you need it
There are many resources on the Tor network that cannot be found on the law-abiding Internet. And their number will grow as the government tightens control over the content of the Web. Tor is a kind of network within the Network with its own social networks, torrent trackers, media, marketplaces, blogs, libraries, and so on.
3. YaCy
What is it
YaCy is a decentralized search engine based on P2P networks. Each computer on which the main software module is installed scans the Internet independently, that is, it is an analogue of a search robot. The results obtained are collected in a common database, which is used by all participants in YaCy.
The better
It is difficult to say whether it is better or worse here, since YaCy is a completely different approach to organizing search. The absence of a single server and company-owner makes the results completely independent of someone's preferences. The autonomy of each node excludes censorship. YaCy is capable of searching the deep web and non-indexed public networks.
Why do you need it
If you are a supporter of open source software and the free Internet, which is not influenced by government agencies and large corporations, then YaCy is your choice. It can also be used to organize searches within a corporate or other autonomous network. And while YaCy is not very useful in everyday life, it is a worthy alternative to Google in terms of the search process.
4. Pipl
What is it
Pipl is a system designed to search for information about a specific person.
The better
The authors of Pipl claim that their specialized algorithms search more efficiently than "regular" search engines. In particular, priority is given to social media profiles, comments, lists of participants and various databases where information about people is published, such as databases of court decisions. Pipl's leadership in this area is confirmed by ratings from Lifehacker.com, TechCrunch and other publications.
Why do you need it
If you need to find information about a person living in the United States, then Pipl will be much more effective than Google. The databases of Russian courts are apparently inaccessible to the search engine. Therefore, he does not cope with the citizens of Russia so well.
What is it
FindSounds is another specialized search engine. Searches open sources for various sounds: house, nature, cars, people, and so on. The service does not support queries in Russian, but there is an impressive list of Russian-language tags that can be searched.
The better
The results are only sounds and nothing more. In the settings, you can set the desired format and sound quality. All found sounds are available for download. There is a pattern search.
Why do you need it
If you need to quickly find the sound of a musket shot, the blows of a woodpecker, or the scream of Homer Simpson, then this service is for you. And we chose this only from the available Russian-language requests. In English, the spectrum is even wider.
Seriously speaking, a specialized service assumes a specialized audience. But what if it comes in handy?
What is it
Wolfram | Alpha is a computational search engine. Instead of links to articles containing keywords, it gives a ready-made response to the user's request. For example, if you enter "compare the populations of New York and San Francisco" in English into the search form, Wolfram | Alpha will immediately display tables and graphs with a comparison.
The better
This service is better than others for finding facts and calculating data. Wolfram | Alpha collects and organizes knowledge available on the Web from a variety of fields, including science, culture and entertainment. If this database contains a ready-made answer to a search query, the system shows it; if not, it calculates and displays the result. In this case, the user sees only and nothing superfluous.
Why do you need it
If you are, for example, a student, analyst, journalist, or research scientist, you can use Wolfram | Alpha to find and calculate data related to your work. The service does not understand all requests, but it is constantly evolving and becoming smarter.
What is it
The Dogpile metasearch engine displays a combined list of results from search results from Google, Yahoo and other popular search engines.
The better
First, Dogpile displays fewer ads. Secondly, the service uses a special algorithm to find and show the best results from different search engines. According to the developers of Dogpile, their system generates the most complete search results on the entire Internet.
Why do you need it
If you cannot find information in Google or another standard search engine, search for it in several search engines at once using Dogpile.
What is it
BoardReader is a system for text search in forums, Q&A services and other communities.
The better
The service allows you to narrow the search field to social platforms. Thanks to special filters, you can quickly find posts and comments that match your criteria: language, publication date and site name.
Why do you need it
BoardReader can be useful for PR specialists and other media professionals who are interested in mass opinion on certain issues.
Finally
The life of alternative search engines is often fleeting. Lifehacker asked Sergei Petrenko, the former general director of the Ukrainian branch of Yandex, about the long-term prospects of such projects.
Sergey Petrenko
Former CEO of Yandex.Ukraine.
As for the fate of alternative search engines, it is simple: to be very niche projects with a small audience, therefore, without clear commercial prospects, or, conversely, with complete clarity of their absence.
If you look at the examples in the article, you can see that such search engines either specialize in a narrow but demanded niche, which, perhaps only so far, has not grown enough to be noticeable on Google or Yandex radars, or they are testing an original hypothesis in ranking. which is not yet applicable in regular search.
For example, if a search on Tor suddenly turns out to be in demand, that is, results from there will be needed at least by a percentage of Google's audience, then, of course, ordinary search engines will begin to solve the problem of how to find and show them to the user. If the audience behavior shows that the results seem more relevant to a noticeable share of users in a noticeable number of queries, data without taking into account user-dependent factors, then Yandex or Google will begin to give such results.
“To be better” in the context of this article does not mean “to be better at everything”. Yes, in many aspects our heroes are far from Yandex (even Bing is far away). But on the other hand, each of these services gives the user something that the giants of the search industry cannot offer. Surely you also know similar projects. Share with us - we will discuss.
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A search engine is a large and complex program designed to search for information on the Internet.
Have you ever wondered how the things that we use every day appeared, which ones exist on the Internet and why all studios work only with and? You should not postpone such questions on the back burner. Just 10 minutes and here's another topic of conversation that you can easily support.
How search engines appeared
Once upon a time, when the internet was young and green ...
Users, who, I must say, were very few, had their own bookmarks. But this did not last long: soon it became difficult for a person to navigate the diversity that appeared on the network in a short time.
And in order to somehow streamline the chaos, directories Yahoo, DMOZ and others (some exist to this day) were invented, in which the authors added and sorted the emerging sites into categories. For a while, life became easier.
But the Internet continued to expand and soon the size of the directories grew into something mind-bogglingly gigantic. Then the developers for the first time thought about searching inside directories, and only then about creating an automated indexing system for everything that is on the Internet in order to simplify the work of all users.
This is how the first search robots appeared.
Which search engine came first
The first search engine is considered Wandex (well, confused with Yandex!).This and other early services, of course, were far from perfect. On a search query, they gave out something completely different from what we are used to seeing now, i.e. not the most relevant pages, but all in a row, ignoring the ranking. On January 1, 2012, Wandex was resumed.
This is how the first PS began its work.What are the search engineson the modern internet? I am attaching a list.
Search engines are: kings of the dance floor
Surprisingly, there are those who arguehow is the search engine better... I would not do this, simply for the reason that they are different and in general it all depends on the goal and what kind of user you are.
Yandex.
This is the most popular search engine in our country. LiveInternet claims that Yandex are used by 50.9%, while Google accounts for 40.6% (data from June 2015).
There is such a myth, they say, there are many times more commercial requests in Yandex than those of the closest competitor. A couple of times I came across the idea that due to the regionality perfected over the years, the type of audience or its number may differ - this is the reason for Yandex's superiority in commercial queries. So don't believe it. They lie.
The Google search engine is the most popular everywhere except Russia :) It has a lot of possibilities in different directions. In general, the undisputed world leader among search robots.
Google itself appeared approximately along with Yandex, and came to us in Russia only in 2004, when Yandex strengthened its position.
The process of searching in Google has already become a household name for many earthlings. But when I tell my mother “Google”, she still goes to search for the information she needs in Yandex :) She does not know at allwhat search engines exist on the Internet.
What are the search engines: a list of little-known search engines
Most internet users don't even knowwhat are the search engines besides Yandexand Google. So here they are;) Meet!
The search share of this search engine can hardly be called large, but the indicators are slowly growing. Although one should not lose sight of the fact that these figures directly depend on Odnoklassniki, Mail.ru mail and other things from the Mail Corporation.
This is a real old school. Just imagine: when this search engine appeared, some SEOs were just learning to walk. In general, Rambler had a chance to rule the ball in, but this did not happen for a number of reasons. Currently, it is no longer quite a search engine, but a kind of set of services that use the Yandex engine as a search engine - for example, they have their own. Attendance, by the way, is pretty decent: a little more than a million users visit the Rambler home page per day.
Rambler also has a version Rambler Lite (all the same, only without weather, news, advertising, etc.) and XRambler , which combines 15 search engines at once.
How many names this search engine has changed! For 8 years he managed to vilify the name MSN Search, then Windows Live Search, then shortened the previous name to Live Search and now he came to the name Bing. Many people argue that search quality is close to Google's standard.
Now it is difficult to call Yahu a search engine, since according to the agreement, Bing's search engine is used at all sites owned by Yahu. The latest news about the contract can be found at Searchengines.
Webalta
Surely this so-called search engine is familiar to you. Did you have to pluck it like a tick from your browser?For a long time, everyone has known about the dark deeds of this search engine. Alas, nobody is interested in this PS. Users are only looking for articles on how to remove this rubbish from their computer.
Nygma
This search engine is significantly different from the rest. And if you will not surprise anyone with the index base of other search engines, then the ability to solve problems in chemistry and mathematics distinguishes Nigma from other PSs. Nigma also offers search for music, books, games and torrents.
The search engine, commissioned by the Russian government, is considered the world's first state-owned search engine. Offers a separate medical search (search for pharmacies, drugs, and disease articles). A very convenient topic with "Convenient Country", where all the recommendations that help a citizen are collected in one place. For example, the section “Documents”.
This PS is significantly different from thatwhat are the search engines on the Internet. DuckDuckGo - search engine open source and an interesting policy of not using the filter bubble. For those who do not know: a “filter bubble” is when a search engine shows in the search results only those search results that it (this PS) considers necessary for a specific user. At the same time, the opinion of the user himself does not interest anyone. DuckDuckGo makes sure that using their search engine will ensure that you get all the information the search engine has.
"Duck Duck Go" is gaining momentum. Already this summer (2015), the PS creator reported three billion requests in annual terms.
While writing this article, I had several questions. In such cases, I do not rely on the issuance, yes, and why, if there is a person next to me who knows everything about the Internet? Mini-interview with Igor Ivanov.
Igor Ivanov
Head of the SEMANTICA studio
If my site is in Google and Yandex, will my site be at the top of the search results in other, smaller search engines?
There is a very high probability that it will be so. Yandex and Google are developing their algorithms in the right direction and other search engines are following their example. There was a case when Google specialists noticed that the Bing search engine not only copies their algorithms, but the search results.
Why probability and not complete certainty? Because other search engines will not have time to adjust their ranking algorithms to the standard set by their more successful competitors.
Is it worth promoting at all in Sputnik, Mile and other “our” search engines? Which search engine is the best?
In Mail.ru, undoubtedly, it is. There is a little traffic there, or rather very little of it, but it is there - and these are customers. Sputnik and other search engines are a myth, just like social network“My world”, everyone knows that they exist, but no one has seen them :)
Creating new search engines is a pretty utopian idea. Why do you think something new appears from time to time?
Whoever owns the information owns the world. See how many companies depend on search engines and how many people don't know any alternatives? Who would refuse such a thing? Any investment will be justified if the result is achieved.
And as a consequence of this - loot, huge loot, endless supply of dough from the air, from nothing ... You do not need resources or people (I mean, you do not need a million trillion Indians who rummage in an encyclopedia for every user request).
Currently, the search quality does not affect the number of users. Take, for example, Google: in Russia it had about 30-35% of the audience, but created the revolutionary Chrome browser and with it increased its audience at times.
I am sure that a search engine, even with modest technologies, but with some revolutionary approach to marketing, can gain an audience and squeeze out a part of the market.