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One Non-Profit Should Index the Internet

It would make things faster for everyone

By Nick McMaster,  Newser Staff

Posted Nov 25, 2009 3:25 PM CST

(Newser) – The Internet would be faster for everyone if a single, non-profit entity maintained a search index, writes Tom Foremski. Privately owned search engines use enormous resources to build their proprietary indexes, and sites use tons of bandwidth to answer their queries. On Foremski's Silicon Valley ...   Read full story »

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