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ALIWEB, short for Archie Like Indexing for the Web, is a pioneering web search engine^[2], launched in November 1993. It was the second web search engine to be developed, following JumpStation. Martijn Koster, a software engineer at Nexor, is credited with its development. ALIWEB was unique in its approach, allowing users to submit index file locations for their websites, empowering webmasters to define their own search terms, and helping to circumvent bandwidth issues caused by bots. Despite its innovative features, ALIWEB did not gain widespread use due to low site submissions. Koster presented ALIWEB at the First International Conference on the World Wide Web^[1] in 1994 and has since contributed significantly to the Robots Exclusion Standard.

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1. ↑ World Wide Web ( World Wide Web ) The World Wide Web, often referred to as the Web, is a widespread information system platform that billions of people interact with daily. Invented by Tim Berners-Lee in 1989 at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), the Web was designed to support connections between multiple databases on different computers. Its function is to facilitate content sharing over the Internet in a user-friendly manner. This is achieved through web servers that make documents and media content available. Users can locate and access these resources through Uniform Resource Locators (URLs). The Web supports various content types and allows for easy navigation across websites via hyperlinks. Its use extends to various sectors including education, entertainment, commerce, and government, with information provided by companies, organizations, government agencies, and individual users.

2. ↑ search engine. A search engine is a vital tool that functions as part of a distributed computing system. It's a software system that responds to user queries by providing a list of hyperlinks, summaries, and images. It utilizes a complex indexing system, which is continuously updated by web crawlers that mine data from web servers. Some content, however, remains inaccessible to these crawlers. The speed and efficiency of a search engine are highly dependent on its indexing system. Users interact with search engines via a web browser or app, inputting queries and receiving suggestions as they type. The results may be filtered to specific types, and the system can be accessed on various devices. This tool is significant as it allows users to navigate the vast web, find relevant content, and efficiently retrieve information.

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ALIWEB (Wikipedia)

ALIWEB (Archie-Like Indexing for the Web) is considered the second Web search engine after JumpStation.

ALIWEB
Type of site	Search engine
URL	ALIWEB at the Wayback Machine (archived 18 June 1997)
Launched	May 1994; 29 years ago (1994-05)
Current status	Defunct

First announced in November 1993 by developer Martijn Koster while working at Nexor, and presented in May 1994 at the First International Conference on the World Wide Web at CERN in Geneva, ALIWEB preceded WebCrawler by several months.

ALIWEB allowed users to submit the locations of index files on their sites which enabled the search engine to include webpages and add user-written page descriptions and keywords. This empowered webmasters to define the terms that would lead users to their pages, and also avoided setting bots (e.g. the Wanderer, JumpStation) which used up bandwidth. As relatively few people submitted their sites, ALIWEB was not very widely used.

Martijn Koster, who was also instrumental in the creation of the Robots Exclusion Standard, detailed the background and objectives of ALIWEB with an overview of its functions and framework in the paper he presented at CERN.

Koster is not associated with a commercial website posing as ALIWEB.

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