FAROO

FAROO
Developer(s) FAROO Limited
Initial release November 2005 (2005-11)
Stable release 3.5.1030 / July 2013 (2013-07)[1]
Written in C#
Operating system Microsoft Windows
Platform .NET Framework and Mono
Type Web search engine
License Freeware
Website www.faroo.com

FAROO is a universal web search engine based on peer-to-peer technology. It uses a distributed crawler that stores search data on users' computers instead of a central server. Whenever a user visits a website, it is automatically indexed and distributed to the network. Ranking is done by comparing usage statistics of users, such as web pages visited, amount of time spent on each page, and whether the pages were bookmarked or printed.[2][3]

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References

  1. http://www.faroo.com/hp/p2p/history.html
  2. 1 2 3 Knight, Charles (2007-10-02). "Great Debate: Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Search Part I". AltSearchEngines. Retrieved 2008-07-31.
  3. Morrison, Chris (2007-09-17). "New companies launch: Yap, Cognitive Code, Viewdle, Faroo & more". VentureBeat. Retrieved 2008-07-19.
  4. Linder, Brad (2007-09-17). "Faroo wants to build a better Google through peer to peer". DownloadSquad.com. Retrieved 2008-07-16.
  5. Needleman, Rafe (2007-09-17). "Faroo makes your PC a searchbot". CNET. Retrieved 2008-07-19.
  6. Riley, Duncan (2007-09-17). "TechCrunch 40 Session 1: Search & Discovery". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2008-07-19.

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