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| 2012 || || Launch || Search as a service || Site search tool [[wikipedia:Swiftype|Swiftype]] is launched by former [[wikipedia:Scribd|Scribd]] employees Matt Riley and Quin Hoxie. The founders claim that the service is better than Google Site Search because, rather than simply restricting Google results to a specific site, it builds a "PageRank"-like model that is specific to the site, and also allows publishers control through mechanisms like pinning and unpinning.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://techcrunch.com/2012/05/08/swiftype-launch/|title = Y Combinator-Backed Swiftype Builds Site Search That Doesn’t Suck|last = Ha|first = Anthony|date = May 8, 2012|accessdate = May 28, 2017|publisher = ''[[wikipedia:TechCrunch|TechCrunch]]''}}</ref> | | 2012 || || Launch || Search as a service || Site search tool [[wikipedia:Swiftype|Swiftype]] is launched by former [[wikipedia:Scribd|Scribd]] employees Matt Riley and Quin Hoxie. The founders claim that the service is better than Google Site Search because, rather than simply restricting Google results to a specific site, it builds a "PageRank"-like model that is specific to the site, and also allows publishers control through mechanisms like pinning and unpinning.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://techcrunch.com/2012/05/08/swiftype-launch/|title = Y Combinator-Backed Swiftype Builds Site Search That Doesn’t Suck|last = Ha|first = Anthony|date = May 8, 2012|accessdate = May 28, 2017|publisher = ''[[wikipedia:TechCrunch|TechCrunch]]''}}</ref> | ||
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| − | | 2012 || || Launch || Search as a service || [[wikipedia:Algolia|Algolia]] is founded by Nicolas Dessaigne and Julien Lemoine of Paris, France.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.algolia.com/about|title = About Algolia|publisher = Algolia|accessdate = May 28, 2017}}</ref> Its initial focus is to support offline search on mobile phones, but it grows to offer real-time search-as-a-service,<ref>{{cite web|url = https://techcrunch.com/2014/01/21/algolia-provides-spotlight-for-the-web-with-its-turbocharged-realtime-search-api/|title = Algolia Provides ‘Spotlight’ For The Web With Its Turbocharged Real-Time Search API|last = Dillet|first = Romain|date = January 21, 2014|accessdate = May 28, 2017|publisher = ''[[wikipedia:TechCrunch|TechCrunch]]''}}</ref> reaching 21 billion monthly searches in April 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://stories.algolia.com/how-algolia-reduces-latency-for-21b-searches-per-month-3959dc926f0|title = How Algolia Reduces Latency For 21B Searches Per Month|last = Dzielak|first = Josh|date = April 11, 2017| | + | | 2012 || || Launch || Search as a service || [[wikipedia:Algolia|Algolia]] is founded by Nicolas Dessaigne and Julien Lemoine of Paris, France.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.algolia.com/about|title = About Algolia|publisher = Algolia|accessdate = May 28, 2017}}</ref> Its initial focus is to support offline search on mobile phones, but it grows to offer real-time search-as-a-service,<ref>{{cite web|url = https://techcrunch.com/2014/01/21/algolia-provides-spotlight-for-the-web-with-its-turbocharged-realtime-search-api/|title = Algolia Provides ‘Spotlight’ For The Web With Its Turbocharged Real-Time Search API|last = Dillet|first = Romain|date = January 21, 2014|accessdate = May 28, 2017|publisher = ''[[wikipedia:TechCrunch|TechCrunch]]''}}</ref> reaching 21 billion monthly searches in April 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://stories.algolia.com/how-algolia-reduces-latency-for-21b-searches-per-month-3959dc926f0|title = How Algolia Reduces Latency For 21B Searches Per Month|last = Dzielak|first = Josh|date = April 11, 2017|accessdate = May 28, 2017}}</ref> |
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| 2015 || October 6 || Survey || Product search || A survey commissioned by [[wikipedia:BloomReach|BloomReach]] through [[wikipedia:Survata|Survata]] finds that, of 2000 United States consumers surveyed, 44% say they search for products directly within Amazon, compared to 34% who use top search engines such as Google, Bing, or Yahoo!<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.bloomreach.com/en/resources/blogs/2015/10/amazon-commands-nearly-half-of-consumers-first-product-search.html|title = Amazon Commands Nearly Half of Consumers' First Product Search|last = Moore|first = Sam|date = October 6, 2015|accessdate = May 28, 2017|publisher = [[wikipedia:BloomReach|BloomReach]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = https://searchenginewatch.com/2016/09/27/more-online-product-searches-start-on-amazon-than-google/|title = More online product searches start on Amazon than Google|last = Charlton|first = Graham|date = September 27, 2016|accessdate = May 28, 2017|publisher = SearchEngineWatch}}</ref> | | 2015 || October 6 || Survey || Product search || A survey commissioned by [[wikipedia:BloomReach|BloomReach]] through [[wikipedia:Survata|Survata]] finds that, of 2000 United States consumers surveyed, 44% say they search for products directly within Amazon, compared to 34% who use top search engines such as Google, Bing, or Yahoo!<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.bloomreach.com/en/resources/blogs/2015/10/amazon-commands-nearly-half-of-consumers-first-product-search.html|title = Amazon Commands Nearly Half of Consumers' First Product Search|last = Moore|first = Sam|date = October 6, 2015|accessdate = May 28, 2017|publisher = [[wikipedia:BloomReach|BloomReach]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = https://searchenginewatch.com/2016/09/27/more-online-product-searches-start-on-amazon-than-google/|title = More online product searches start on Amazon than Google|last = Charlton|first = Graham|date = September 27, 2016|accessdate = May 28, 2017|publisher = SearchEngineWatch}}</ref> | ||
Revision as of 15:55, 28 May 2017
This timeline covers within-site or within-app search as used by websites ranging from large content repositories (such as Wikipedia, Reddit, or Imgur) to e-commerce websites (such as Amazon and Target) to two-sided markets (such as eBay and Airbnb) to social media sites. The timeline includes key conceptual developments, new tools and technologies, and services (both cloud services and installable softwares) that power the search experiences.
Full timeline
| Year | Month and date (if available) | Event type | Entity type | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Launch | Search software | Doug Cutting writes the first version of Lucene, a free and open-source information retrieval software library written in Java.[1] With its full text indexing and searching capability, Lucene would be useful for site search engines. | |
| 2004 | Launch | Search software | Shay Banon releases Compass, a search tool based off of Lucene, and a precursor to Elasticsearch.[2] | |
| 2004 | Launch | Search software | Solr is created by Yonik Seeley at CNET Networks as an in-house project for search on the company website. In January 2006, the code would be open-sourced and donated to the Apache Software Foundation. | |
| 2010 | February | Launch | Search software | Shay Banon releases the first version of Elasticsearch.[3] This is a successor to Compass, released in 2004, and is based on Lucene. |
| 2012 | Launch | Search as a service | Site search tool Swiftype is launched by former Scribd employees Matt Riley and Quin Hoxie. The founders claim that the service is better than Google Site Search because, rather than simply restricting Google results to a specific site, it builds a "PageRank"-like model that is specific to the site, and also allows publishers control through mechanisms like pinning and unpinning.[4] | |
| 2012 | Launch | Search as a service | Algolia is founded by Nicolas Dessaigne and Julien Lemoine of Paris, France.[5] Its initial focus is to support offline search on mobile phones, but it grows to offer real-time search-as-a-service,[6] reaching 21 billion monthly searches in April 2017.[7] | |
| 2015 | October 6 | Survey | Product search | A survey commissioned by BloomReach through Survata finds that, of 2000 United States consumers surveyed, 44% say they search for products directly within Amazon, compared to 34% who use top search engines such as Google, Bing, or Yahoo![8][9] |
| 2017 | Shutdown | Search as a service | Google discontinues sales of Google Site Search, its offering for websites that offers a highly site-customized site search solution. The product will be completely shut down by April 1, 2018.[10][11] |
References
- ↑ KeywordAnalyzer "Better Search with Apache Lucene and Solr" (PDF). 19 November 2007.
- ↑ Banon, Shay. "The Future of Compass & ElasticSearch".
- ↑ Banon, Shay (2010-02-08). "You Know, for Search". Archived from the original on 2013-01-16.
- ↑ Ha, Anthony (May 8, 2012). "Y Combinator-Backed Swiftype Builds Site Search That Doesn't Suck". TechCrunch. Retrieved May 28, 2017.
- ↑ "About Algolia". Algolia. Retrieved May 28, 2017.
- ↑ Dillet, Romain (January 21, 2014). "Algolia Provides 'Spotlight' For The Web With Its Turbocharged Real-Time Search API". TechCrunch. Retrieved May 28, 2017.
- ↑ Dzielak, Josh (April 11, 2017). "How Algolia Reduces Latency For 21B Searches Per Month". Retrieved May 28, 2017.
- ↑ Moore, Sam (October 6, 2015). "Amazon Commands Nearly Half of Consumers' First Product Search". BloomReach. Retrieved May 28, 2017.
- ↑ Charlton, Graham (September 27, 2016). "More online product searches start on Amazon than Google". SearchEngineWatch. Retrieved May 28, 2017.
- ↑ "About Google Site Search". Retrieved May 28, 2017.
- ↑ Utard, Sylvain (March 2, 2017). "Algolia: Picking up where Google Site Search left off". Algolia. Retrieved May 28, 2017.
