DIY Search Engine Takes On Google, MJ Worldwide Investigates The Rival Competition.

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(Free-Press-Release.com) December 14, 2011 --

Google, Bing, Yahoo and other search sites have a new rival called YaCy. Backed by free software activists, YaCy aims to literally put search into the hands of users by distributing its indexing engine around the net. Anyone can download the YaCy software and help the search system improve and spread the load of queries. MJ Worldwide is excited about the fact that there is increased competition in the industry, the Managing Director of MJ Worldwide says ‘the more companies in an industry the more competition it creates, which will in turn create better customer services as each company is vying for more market share.’

Its creators also hope YaCy will be much harder to censor than existing systems that pipe queries through centralised servers. The YaCy search page was opened to the public on 28 November and currently has about 600 participants or peers that share the load of queries and the task of indexing information. "Most of what we do on the internet involves search," said Michael Christen, YaCy's project leader in a statement. "It's the vital link between us and the information we're looking for." MJ Worldwide prides themselives in providing valuable and measurable services to their clients and can relate to YaCy in that ‘we are also new to the market place’ continues to Managing Director.

YaCy (pronounced "Ya See") is supported by the Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) which campaigns on digital rights and tries to help people control their own digital destiny. FSFE said YaCy helps privacy by encrypting all queries and by letting peer owners build up and manage their own search profile. The more control companies have over they are perceived the better their business will be and have a chance to flourish. For any company to have success in the market place the company image must match the company identity.

"We are moving away from the idea that services need to be centrally controlled," said Karsten Gerloff, president of the FSFE. "Instead, we are realising how important it is to be independent, and to create infrastructure that doesn't have a single point of failure." YaCy software is available for Windows, Linux and MacOS and users are being encouraged to download and run it for themselves.

On its opening day, the YaCy demo page struggled to handle all the queries coming its way. This is in a way a good problem to have and they can see that there is success lying ahead provided they fix any teething problems they find. MJ Worldwide is in the process of refining certain systems to maximise this time going into the Christmas season. ‘2012 is going to be an exciting year for MJ Worldwide not only will it be a year for growth and hard work but also fun!’ continues the Managing Director.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-15935550

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