Frequently asked questions

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Definitions:

Owner: The owner of a line in the database which is linked to the line.

User: The person accessing the database and trying to find the desired page or search result.

How did the idea come about?

The idea to introduce a new way of accessing the internet was build by the frustration about the available tools and search engines. The overall concept was set up by discussion over five years. 

What is the project about, what are the main goals?

The project aims on the establishment of a database of the internet addresses, more or less like the “yellow pages” address book. The database shall act as a table of contents for the internet and allow the user to navigate to private and commercial pages by the use of  simple filters. 

What is the difference to common search engines?

One main difference is, that the yellow links address book will be 100% filled by the owner of the address. The database will not be filled by means of indexing tools.

Another big difference is, that the database will be set up as a big overall table. There will be no search algorithm,  no preferred search result setting and no commercialization.

How does it work?

The Filling:
Each person can register for one or more lines in the overall database table. He and only he is allowed to fill the columns belonging to his registered line. The number of columns is not yet defined but it will be increased by the need defined by the users.

For example if user Mike has registered for Line 99: he will be allowed to fill his home page internet address and the related columns, like content, country, language, location, social media data and so on. But Mike will not be forced to fill the columns, he can also leave it blank, which will result in the fact, that people will not be able to find him. Considering that most people want to be found, it is expected that they will fill the column as good as possible.

The Access:
The access is granted to the overall table and the user will reduce its “search result” by filling the column filters and by sorting the results by his own definitions. A sufficient amount of columns will secure the most efficient way to the desired search result.

Any other things?

Some major topics which have to be solved, but which are elaborated:

 A validation system:
The owner linked to each address can validate his identity in order to increase the credibility of the provided data. This is necessary to reduce abuse. For example owner could fill in wrong content and trick people, to lure them onto “bad” webpages.

 A voting system:
A voting system will be integrated to down- or upvote the quality of the content which is filled in each line. If the content does not fit to the actual content inside the web address, the users can easily identify such pages.

Voting will be allowed only by validated owners and by users in separate groups to reduce the risk of bot usage. Also the source of the vote will be listed, to reduce the amount of abuse.

Commercialization:
The project will be free of commercialization. The project will be financed by the unique registration fee for each line. 

Decentralization:
In order to avoid any misuse, the database will be stored in parallel in different countries and different pools.

Data quality:
As we are talking about only small amounts of data for each line, the storage of the database inside a separate block chain could be discussed.