Searching and Archiving the Web with Tumba
Mário J. Silva · 2003
In the past, Internet archives and Web search engines have always been conceived and implemented as independent information systems. This paper shows how Web search and archival functions are supported with tumba!, an information system that can serve national interests in preserving its Web data as cultural heritage, obtaining knowledge about the preferences and interests of its society in the information age and also in intelligence gathering. The tumba! search engine has a new repository architecture and uses innovative ranking and presentation algorithms optimised for this Web.