Developer(s) | FAROO Limited |
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Initial release | November 2005 |
Stable release |
3.5.1030 / July 2013
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Written in | C# |
Operating system | Microsoft Windows |
Platform | .NET Framework and Mono |
Type | Web search engine |
License | Freeware |
Website | www.faroo.com |
FAROO is a universal web search engine based on peer-to-peer technology. It uses a distributed crawler that stores search data on users' computers instead of a central server. Whenever a user visits a website, it is automatically indexed and distributed to the network. Ranking is done by comparing usage statistics of users, such as web pages visited, amount of time spent on each page, and whether the pages were bookmarked or printed.