The Nigma search engine was launched in 2005, on Cosmonautics Day (April 12). It is not known whether the choice of such a date was accidental or intentional, but this once again emphasizes the scientific orientation of the search system. For reference, it is worth noting that the nigma are spiders of the Dictunidae family, painted in greenish color, no more than three millimeters long.
System Features
The founder of the project was the former vice-president of the well-known company Mail.ru Viktor Lavrenko. From the very beginning, a student of Moscow State University helped him in the creation of Nigma. Today, the project employs about 15 people.
Search engine "Nigma" is a kind of laboratory for research. It will be useful to students and graduate students of Moscow State University. With its help, diplomas and dissertations are already being defended today. At the same time, like all Internet search engines, Nigma also has a commercial component. For example, search results pages contain ads from Yandex. But the creator of the project still notes that it is not a commercial benefitwas the main purpose of this system. The most important thing is the efficient search for the necessary information based on the clustering of documents. Search results are grouped by subject sites. To do this, the Nigma search engine combines all the results obtained from different search engines, using user queries and counters to sort them. For example, the site allows you to filter topics that users do not need, which greatly simplifies the search for useful information.
For whom the Nigma search engine was created
The main users of the search engine are students. Among other Runet users, the popularity of the system is at a fairly low level. Of course, the creators of Nigma are interested in promoting their search engine. To this end, various activities have been and are being carried out. For about a year, Nigma placed its ads on Yandex, conducted advertising campaigns on the radio, and campaigns for especially active users.
Users can leave feedback about the system or complain about search results using a special form. In addition, surveys are conducted to develop new algorithms and services, functions, among which are not only search. Systems, for example, correct errors in queries themselves. It remains to be hoped that the creators of Nigma will continue to take into account the opinions of users in the future.
Index and document base
Search engine "Nigma" produces results using the databaseseveral machines at once - Rambler, Altavista, Aport, Google, Yahoo, MSN and Yandex. In addition, created and its own documentary base. In the issuance, at the request of the user, documents are formed, grouped by subject. This allows you to expand your search criteria by unchecking certain descriptions.
Programmers of the search engine "Nigma" are developing in an effort to move one step further in the creation of artificial intelligence. Their main task is to create software for solving intellectual problems. In the future, the developed technologies can be used in other areas of human activity.
