How to Build a Search Engine

CowboyRobot writes "Three years ago, former Infoseek developer Matt Wells decided to go solo and build his own search engine, Gigablast. In this article, Infoseek founder Steve Kirsch interviews his former employee about the process and challenges of creating a modern, scalable search engine. From the article: 'Search is a fiercely competitive arena, even though there are really only five Web search companies today: Google, Yahoo (Altavista/AlltheWeb/Inktomi), Looksmart (Wisenut), AskJeeves (Teoma), and Gigablast. It's a tight little community, and a lot of the people know and watch each other. Microsoft is also coming to the party, and everyone's a little bit nervous to see what it's bringing.'"

Comments

What's Next?

[Anonymous Coward]

What's next, a search engine for your PENIS?!

eh..

[michaelhood]

That party sounds like a sausagefest.

I nominate Slashdot staff

[Anonymous Coward]

for next leaders of Hamas

Ima troll

[Anonymous Coward]

waste your mod points on me you fuckass!

"what's a fuckass?"

-da tr0ll

How many?

[Anonymous Coward]

there are really only five Web search companies today: Google, Yahoo (Altavista/AlltheWeb/Inktomi), Looksmart (Wisenut), AskJeeves (Teoma), and Gigablast

Well, I have heard of the other 4, but I never heard of "Gigablast", so I think it is a little presumptuous of you to put yourself in that list. I put you somewhere between shitcorner.com and longlostpatheticsite.com.

Re:Lol

[Anonymous Coward]

What kind of deadshit is homophobic?

SCORE -1 ORACLE SYNTAX

[Anonymous Coward]

Next time try getting rid of the semicolon, jackass. SQL2000 RULES!

Re:penisbird

[Anonymous Coward]

your bird is your pecker, after all.

-da tr0ll

Re:A question for US slashdotters...

[Anonymous Coward]

It's a shame we can't have the civil war now - because then we could nuke you Southerners into the stone age where you belong.

Re:penisbird

[Anonymous Coward]

8====D

Penis fish kills you.

Re:A question for US slashdotters...

[Anonymous Coward]

long live penisbird and goatce

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Re:Lol

[ozmo]

teehee,netzero said to me,....loozer! Hahahahaha...........