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'''ALIWEB''' ('''A'''rchie '''L'''ike '''I'''ndexing for the '''WEB''') |
'''ALIWEB''' ('''A'''rchie '''L'''ike '''I'''ndexing for the '''WEB''') is the first Web [[search engine]], as its predecessors were either built with different purposes ([[World Wide Web Wanderer|the Wanderer]], [[Gopher (protocol)|Gopher]]) or were literally just indexers ([[Archie search engine|Archie]], [[Veronica (computer)|Veronica]] and [[Jughead (computer)|Jughead]]). |
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First announced in October 1993<ref name="Announcement html">{{cite web |url= http://groups.google.com/group/comp.infosystems.www/browse_frm/thread/5903be849c05362f/4b58ee36a52f21ee?hl=en#4b58ee36a52f21ee |title= ANNOUNCEMENT: ALIWEB (Archie-Like Indexing for the WEB) |author= Martijn Koster |format= [[html]] |work= comp.infosystems ([http://groups.google.com/group/comp.infosystems.www/msg/4b58ee36a52f21ee?oe=UTF-8&output=gplain plaintext version]) |date= [[30 November]] [[1993]] |quote= }}</ref> by developer [[Martijn Koster]], and presented in May [[1994]]<ref name="CERN">{{cite web |url= http://www94.web.cern.ch/WWW94/PrelimProcs.html |title= List of PostScript files for the WWW94 advance proceedings |format= [[html]] |work= First International Conference on the World-Wide Web |date= June 1994 |quote= Title: "Aliweb - Archie-Like Indexing in the Web." Author: Martijn Koster. Institute: NEXOR Ltd., [[United Kingdom|UK]]. PostScript, Size: 213616, Printed: 10 pages }}</ref> at the [[History of the World Wide Web#Web organization|First International Conference]] on the [[World Wide Web]] at [[CERN]] in [[Geneva]], ALIWEB preceded [[WebCrawler]] by several months.<ref name="Birthday">{{cite web |url= http://searchenginewatch.com/showPage.html?page=2161311 |title= Happy Birthday, Aliweb! |author= Chris Sherman |format= [[html]] |work= [[Search Engine Watch]] |date= [[3 December]] [[2002]] |quote }}</ref> |
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ALIWEB allows users to submit the locations of index files on their sites<ref name="History">{{cite web |url= http://www.wiley.com/legacy/compbooks/sonnenreich/history.html |title= A History of Search Engines |author= Wes Sonnenreich |format= [[html]] |work= [[John Wiley & Sons]] website|date= 1997 |quote= }}</ref><ref name="Birthday"/> which enables the search engine to include webpages and add user-written page descriptions and keywords. This empowers webmasters to define the terms that will lead users to their pages, and also avoids setting bots (''e.g.'' [[World Wide Web Wanderer|the Wanderer]], [[JumpStation]]) which usesup bandwidth. |
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Martijn Koster, who was also instrumental in the creation of the [[Robots Exclusion Standard]],<ref name="Exclusion">{{cite web |url= http://www.robotstxt.org/wc/exclusion.html |title= Robots Exclusion |author= Martijn Koster |format= [[html]] |work= robotstxt.org |quote= }}</ref><ref name="Robots">{{cite web |url= http://www.robotstxt.org/wc/threat-or-treat.html |title= Robots in the Web: threat or treat? |author= Martijn Koster |format= [[html]] |work= Reprinted with permission from ConneXions, The Interoperability Report, Volume 9, No. 4, April 1995. |quote= }}</ref> detailed the background and objectives of ALIWEB with an overview of its functions and framework in the paper he presented at [[CERN]].<ref name="CERN"/> |
Martijn Koster, who was also instrumental in the creation of the [[Robots Exclusion Standard]],<ref name="Exclusion">{{cite web |url= http://www.robotstxt.org/wc/exclusion.html |title= Robots Exclusion |author= Martijn Koster |format= [[html]] |work= robotstxt.org |quote= }}</ref><ref name="Robots">{{cite web |url= http://www.robotstxt.org/wc/threat-or-treat.html |title= Robots in the Web: threat or treat? |author= Martijn Koster |format= [[html]] |work= Reprinted with permission from ConneXions, The Interoperability Report, Volume 9, No. 4, April 1995. |quote= }}</ref> detailed the background and objectives of ALIWEB with an overview of its functions and framework in the paper he presented at [[CERN]].<ref name="CERN"/> |
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Revision as of 12:26, 26 July 2009
ALIWEB (Archie Like Indexing for the WEB) is the first Web search engine, as its predecessors were either built with different purposes (the Wanderer, Gopher) or were literally just indexers (Archie, Veronica and Jughead).
First announced in October 1993[1] by developer Martijn Koster, and presented in May 1994[2] at the First International Conference on the World Wide Web at CERN in Geneva, ALIWEB preceded WebCrawler by several months.[3]
ALIWEB allows users to submit the locations of index files on their sites[4][3] which enables the search engine to include webpages and add user-written page descriptions and keywords. This empowers webmasters to define the terms that will lead users to their pages, and also avoids setting bots (e.g. the Wanderer, JumpStation) which usesup bandwidth.
Martijn Koster, who was also instrumental in the creation of the Robots Exclusion Standard,[5][6] detailed the background and objectives of ALIWEB with an overview of its functions and framework in the paper he presented at CERN.[2]
References
- ^ Martijn Koster (30 November 1993). "ANNOUNCEMENT: ALIWEB (Archie-Like Indexing for the WEB)" (html). comp.infosystems (plaintext version).
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help); External link in|work= - ^ a b "List of PostScript files for the WWW94 advance proceedings" (html). First International Conference on the World-Wide Web. June 1994.
Title: "Aliweb - Archie-Like Indexing in the Web." Author: Martijn Koster. Institute: NEXOR Ltd., UK. PostScript, Size: 213616, Printed: 10 pages
- ^ a b Chris Sherman (3 December 2002). "Happy Birthday, Aliweb!" (html). Search Engine Watch.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|date=(help); Text "quote" ignored (help) - ^ Wes Sonnenreich (1997). "A History of Search Engines" (html). John Wiley & Sons website.
- ^ Martijn Koster. "Robots Exclusion" (html). robotstxt.org.
- ^ Martijn Koster. "Robots in the Web: threat or treat?" (html). Reprinted with permission from ConneXions, The Interoperability Report, Volume 9, No. 4, April 1995.