Impact and development of an Open Web Index for open web search

Abstract

Abstract Web search is a crucial technology for the digital economy. Dominated by a few gatekeepers focused on commercial success, however, web publishers have to optimize their content for these gatekeepers, resulting in a closed ecosystem of search engines as well as the risk of publishers sacrificing quality. To encourage an open search ecosystem and offer users genuine choice among alternative search engines, we propose the development of an Open Web Index (OWI). We outline six core principles for developing and maintaining an open index, based on open data principles, legal compliance, and collaborative technology development. The combination of an open index with what we call declarative search engines will facilitate the development of vertical search engines and innovative web data products (including, e.g., large language models), enabling a fair and open information space. This framework underpins the EU‐funded project OpenWebSearch.EU, marking the first step towards realizing an Open Web Index. more

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Titel	Impact and development of an Open Web Index for open web search
Medien	Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology
ISSN	2330-1635, 2330-1643
Verfasser	Prof. Dr. Michael Granitzer, Stefan Voigt, Noor Fathima, Martin Golasowski, Christian Guetl, Tobias Hecking, Gijs Hendriksen, Djoerd Hiemstra, Dr. Jan Martinovič, Jelena Mitrović, Izidor Mlakar, Stavros Moiras, Alexander Nussbaumer, Per Öster, Martin Potthast, Marjana Srdič, Dr. Megi Sharikadze, Kateřina Slaninová, Benno Stein, Arjen De Vries, Vít Vondrák, Andreas Wagner, Saber Zerhoudi
Seiten	asi.24818
Veröffentlichungsdatum	8.2023
Projekttitel	OpenWebSearch.EU
Zitation	Granitzer, Michael; Voigt, Stefan; Fathima, Noor; Golasowski, Martin; Guetl, Christian; Hecking, Tobias; Hendriksen, Gijs; Hiemstra, Djoerd; Martinovič, Jan; Mitrović, Jelena; Mlakar, Izidor; Moiras, Stavros; Nussbaumer, Alexander; Öster, Per; Potthast, Martin; Srdič, Marjana; Sharikadze, Megi; Slaninová, Kateřina; Stein, Benno; De Vries, Arjen; Vondrák, Vít; Wagner, Andreas; Zerhoudi, Saber (2023): Impact and development of an Open Web Index for open web search. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology, asi.24818. DOI: 10.1002/asi.24818