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It's been 25 years since a group of students introduced Archie, the world's first Internet search engine. Since then, search engines have become smarter, faster, and more personalized. Their objectives, however, have remained mostly the same.
"What people use search engines for is what search engines are made for," said Douglas Downey, associate professor of electrical engineering and computer science. "Search engines are very good at finding specific Web pages. We wanted to design a search engine that does something very different — one that helps you explore concepts."
On June 16, Downey and his team launched a beta version of Atlasify, a new search engine that does more than respond to queries. It invites users to explore new concepts by automatically generating cartographic "atlases" about subjects of interest. The project is a collaboration with University of Minnesota assistant professor Brent Hecht, who earned his PhD from the McCormick School of Engineering.
http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/2015/06/atlasify-search-using-maps.html
[Related]: Blog about Atlasify
Original Submission
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 18 2015, @03:21PM
Their objectives, however, have remained mostly the same.
I seriously disagree with this statement. Search engine's objectives have drastically changed. They USED to be about retrieving web pages, but these days they are about learning about you, prying into your skull and most importantly, figuring out which adverts to send you when you're not even on their site. That is what Google does, what Bing does, what Yahoo does, what Yandex does. EVERY. SINGLE. FUCKING. ONE.!
It is no longer about finding web pages, it is about finding what will echo best in your own personal echo chamber!
(Score: 1) by jcm on Thursday June 18 2015, @05:56PM
In this case, their goal is not to index the web, but to be hired/bought by Google.
This also explains why the site works only with Chrome.