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Information about Internet Search and Open Web Search – specialist articles, conference proceedings and learning aids for children

Conference proceedings #ossym conference series

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Proceedings #ossym24

Vol. six Proceedings International Open Search Symposium #ossym

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Proceedings #ossym23

Vol. five Proceedings International Open Search Symposium #ossym

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Proceedings #ossym22

Vol. four Proceedings International Open Search Symposium #ossym

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Proceedings #ossym21

Vol. three Proceedings International Open Search Symposium #ossym

Studies and specialist articles

Marktpotenzial-Studie für einen offenen Webindex

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Study on market potential

Study ‘Market potential of Open Web Search – exploring the economic and societal impact of an Open Web Index’, a study conducted as part of the EU project OpenWebSearch.EU.

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Proceedings #wows24

Proceedings first „International Workshop on Open Web Search“ (#wows24) in the context of the 24th „European Conference on Information Retrieval“ (ECIR24)

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Download brochure (pdf-file)

Info brochure for kids

‘Of crawlers and algorithms and why search engines aren’t always right’ – How search engines work and what you should pay attention to.

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This is how the internet search works

‘This is how the internet search works’. Poster to print out.

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Tips for searching the internet

„Tips for searching the internet“ – What is important while searching? What should you pay attention to? This poster contains an overview of our most important advices.

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Cheat cheet ‘clever search’

Search tricks that will help you to reach your goal faster when using search engines.

Open Search Foundation e.V.

The Open Search Foundation e.V. is a European movement of people and organisations that work together to create the foundation for independent, free and self-determined access to information on the Internet. In cooperation with research institutions, computer centres and other partners, we’re committed to a searching the web in a way that benefits everyone. The promotion of research in the field of search engines, plus education and cooperation, form the pillars of our work.