p2p news / p2pnet: Google has scarfed up an advanced text search algorithm invented by Israeli student Ori Alon, says Haaretz.

"Sources believe Yahoo and Microsoft were also negotiating with the University of New South Wales in Australia, where Alon is a doctoral student in computer science," it says.

"Google, Alon and the university all refused to comment, though Google confirmed that ‘Ori Alon works at Google’s Mountain View, California offices’."

Orion finds pages where the content is about a topic strongly related to the key word, says the Sydney Morning Herald.

"It then returns a section of the page, and lists other topics related to the key word so the user can pick the most relevant.

"The results of the query are displayed immediately in the form of expanded text extracts, giving the searcher the relevant information without having to go to the website – although there is still that option."

Also See:
Haaretz – Google buys search algorithm invented by Israeli student, April 9, 2006
Sydney Morning Herald – Google wins rights to Aussie algorithm, April 10, 2006

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