Next Big Open Source Thing - Nutch.org
Ono što je Linux Microsoft-u, uskoro će najverovatnije postati Nutch.org Google-u, Yahoo-u i MSN-u. A možda i neće... Postoji blizak primer baze Dmoz.org.
Ima vas ovde koji se sećate kako je bilo programirati, a ne znati kako izgleda core bilo kojeg OS-a. Dok se nije pojavio Linux! Isto važi za jezgro najjačih pretraživača.
... Google takes a "trust us" approach to search; they say they don't skew their PageRank formula to favor certain sites, but we have no way of knowing for sure. With Nutch, the indexing and page-ranking technologies are all open and visible; you can check them yourself if you have a problem with your page's ranking. Just as Linux has taken on Windows, revolutionizing the rules of search-engine development and distribution, Nutch could pose a threat to Google and other search giants. Interestingly, early Nutch development was supported in part by Overture's R&D division, and an Overture official sits on the Nutch board.
"Search is the first thing people use on the Web now, and there are fewer and fewer alternatives," Cutting says. With Nutch, "researchers, university folks, and anyone else can have a test bed to make search better. There are a lot of smart people out there that Google can't hire."
Mitch Kapor, who helped found Lotus Development and the Electronic Frontier Foundation and is founder and president of the Open Source Applications Foundation, certainly agrees. He's thrown his weight behind the project by joining Nutch's nonprofit board, as has Tim O'Reilly, the CEO of O'Reilly & Associates. Brewster Kahle, the visionary behind the Internet Archive, has also lended his support. Nutch is moving its servers to Kahle's high-bandwidth location this weekend, a crucial step toward readying the engine for its public debut.
"I love Google," Kapor says, "but this will push search to places that are not immediately obvious. In terms of research and innovation, there is a clear need for an open platform for search." Kapor and others imagine new kinds of applications springing from Nutch, ideas that commercially driven companies like Yahoo or Microsoft would never fund. "Search is close to a duopoly," Kapor points out. "Historically we know there are risks when that happens. It's too important an application to not be transparent." ...
Početak rada ovog pretraživača očekuje se negde krajem oktobra ili početkom novembra.
Inače, kada se već spominje Brewster Kahle, mislim da je sajt www.archive.org vredan spominjanja na ovom forumu.
http://www.nutch.org/docs/en/
http://www.searchenginewatch.com/searchday/article.php/3071971
http://www.webmasterworld.com/forum16/1037.htm
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