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 nigma are spiders of the Dictunidae family, painted in greenish color, with a length of not more than three millimeters.
System features
The founder of the project was the former vice president of the famous company Mail.ru Viktor Lavrenko. From the very beginning, a student at Moscow State University helped him to create Nigma. Today, the project employs about 15 people.
The Nigma search engine is a kind of research laboratory. It will be useful to students and graduate students of Moscow State University. With its help, today defend diplomas and dissertations. 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 non-commercial benefit was the main goal of creating this system. The most important thing is an effective search for the necessary information based on the clustering of documents. Search results are grouped by thematic sites. For 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 makes it possible to filter topics that users do not need, which greatly simplifies the search for useful information.
Who created the Nigma search engine?
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. For this purpose, various events have been and are being carried out. About a year "Nigma" posted its ads on "Yandex", conducted advertising campaigns on the radio, promotions for especially active users.
Users can leave feedback about the system or complain about the search results using a special form. In addition, surveys are conducted to develop new algorithms and services, functions, including not only search. Systems, for example, themselves correct errors in requests. It is hoped that the creators of "Nigma" and in the future will take into account the opinions of users.
Index and document base
The Nigma search engine returns results using a database of several machines at once - Rambler, Altavista, Aport, Google, Yahoo, MSN and Yandex. In addition, created its own documentary base. In the issue, at the request of the user, documents are grouped by topic. This allows you to expand the search conditions by unchecking certain descriptions.
The 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.