Re: Free Software-like equivalents of Google?

On 11/7/05, Nadav Har'El 
<nyh-TS7m/3hpY0sOpacJJkBjfT4kX+cae0hd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> The fact that we're talking about open-source software, and about a
> distributed database, does NOT entail that the database does not have a
> single owner, or is not controlled by a single entity.
[snip]
> In other words, the software will be free, but real cash will still be
> needed in order to buy the hardware.

So you're talking about re-doing Google. Okay, only I don't think Omer
meant that.

> > They are trying to do it to Google today, and there's every reason to
> > believe that they will try to do it to your futuristic distributed
> > search engine. You could battle it with integrity algorithms and
>
> The fact that a free software search engine will have the same problems
> that Google now has (spammers, DoS attacks, etc.) is obvious. But there
> is no reason why a free-software implementation should be MORE suceptable
> to attacks than Google. I don't subscribe to the belief that just because
> Google's algorithms are secret, spammers find it harder to manipulate their
> ranking.

I do think that the algorithms' secrecy plays some part. There is a
way around it - consistantly change the algorithm, stay ahead of the
curve.

-- Arik


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