> So user-facing search engines would be forced to rely on independent back-end companies Interesting notion. So, if a state or business wanted to suppress ce

> So user-facing search engines would be forced to rely on independent back-end companies Interesting notion. So, if a state or business wanted to suppress certain information, they'd only have to kneel on the neck of one indexing company, rather than many. Having said that, if the index is certifiably clean, fair and uncensored, and access is free, I can see huge value in a public global web-index.