Nutch: An Open Source Search Engine

Anonymous Coward writes "Someone forwarded me this site working to create an open source search engine called Nutch. In the age of weighted rankings on search engines for profits, there's an obvious need for an unbiased search engine. After all, isn't a search engine supposed to be for finding relevant data, not as an indirect and sometimes slimy method of advertising? Nutch is clearly in their intial stages, but it would certainly get my vote." You can find the project on SF.net, and also read the Business 2.0 article on it.

Comments

Re:The purpose of a search engine

[yamcha666]

I'm pretty sure a search engine is supposed to be for whatever purpose the people making it want it to be.

And I'm sure many Slashdotters would love a search engine dedicated to find pr0n and anti-Microsoft propaganda. Right?

Re:Nutch?

[qwerty823]

who knows... but as soon as they get it working, they can use it to search for a better name!

Re:Not making nutch sense

[AtariAmarok]

Don't worry. It is just a stepping stone to full project maturity reached when it is fully coded in Borland Turbo Pascal.

Re:Slimey adverts?

[M.C. Hampster]

To offset these costs, it seems like advertising is the only way to go. Now I can see that some search engines handle this in a more "slimey" way than others (I am happy with Google) but this project seems to want to avoid advertising at all costs. Where does the money come from then?

You speak blasphemy! How dare you speak of such practical issues as money when talking about free software!

The answer is "Nutch"

[Gudlyf]

*Blows open envelope*

The answer: "What did Sean Connery say when he saw the reviews for 'League of Extraordinary Gentlemen?"

Re:The purpose of a search engine

[AVryhof]

Here you go.

Porn

Anti-Microsoft Propoganda.

Here is the Google cache for it ;)

[evil-osm]

Nutch