Your Own Private Google: The Quest for an Open Source Search Engine http://ifttt.com/images/no_image_card.png

Google has created many custom software platforms that take advantage of its massive server farms, and it made a habit of publishing academic papers that detail these innovations. That has led to a proliferation of open source clones that operate in much the same way. These include file systems for storing data, and processing platforms for crunching all that data. But what about the most famous Google innovation, the one that has used its sweeping server farms to the greatest effect? What about Google search?



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