Volunia
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Volunia was a web search engine (or social search engine)[1][2][3] created by Massimo Marchiori.[4][5] It was launched in beta only for registered power users on February 6, 2012[6] and went live on June 14, 2012. Volunia, dubbed as "the search engine of the future",[7] was speculated to be based on Hyper Search technology.[8][9] On June 8, 2012, Marchiori announced with an open letter[10] that he had been excluded from his project:[11] six days later, on June 14, 2012, the site went live, but it ceased to operate in February 2014.
Quick Facts Type of site, Available in ...
Type of site | Web search engine |
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Available in | 12 languages |
URL | volunia |
Commercial | Yes |
Registration | Optional |
Launched | 6 February 2012 (official launch) 14 June 2012 (public launch) |
Current status | Defunct |
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