On the blog Presse-citron, Jean-Marie Le Ray wites about”Volunia” [fr], the new search engine in 12 languages invented by Professor Massimo Marchiori of the University of Padua (Italy) : “this is a new concept of navigation of our times I think a test, a laboratory of ideas , also with a prospective vision of the Semantic Web, which relies heavily on “voluntary and spontaneous” interaction with the user. In a sense, it is a participatory search engine trying to put the future in perspective in order to adapt the current search process better [fr]. “
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As the Volunia web site itself does not offer a lot of information, this article may offer some extra insight:
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/gigaom/articles/2012_02_06_is_volunia_italys_answer_to_google_or_just_hot_air.html