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We’ve received multiple (if thin) reports that Apple is working on a search engine of some sort. At first glance, the rumors make sense. Apple’s Safari browser has 6-7% market share, and currently uses Google as the search engine for both the standard and iPhone/iPod versions (unlike other browsers, you don̵ (Read More)
: @sethgray can't help but agree that Spotlight technology probably provides the search and indexing algorithm...but doesn't google's experience suggest that the network for processing search requests is at least as important? Not sure I trust apple to run .Mac reliably, much less a search engine.