I'mHalal.com was a
search engine
A search engine is a software system that provides hyperlinks to web pages, and other relevant information on World Wide Web, the Web in response to a user's web query, query. The user enters a query in a web browser or a mobile app, and the sea ...
built on top of social-cultural Islamic
values. The search engines algorithm differed from regular search engines because the relevancy of the results was based on the culture, mindset and lifestyle of Muslims. The engine did not index content such as
pornography,
nudity, or anything else that might be "
haram".
The founders of I'mHalal.com, launched the search engine to attract more Middle Easterners to the World Wide Web by providing all households a relevant and safe search portal to gather information and explore the web. The company was expecting a large percentage of their userbase from the
Middle East
The Middle East (term originally coined in English language) is a geopolitical region encompassing the Arabian Peninsula, the Levant, Turkey, Egypt, Iran, and Iraq.
The term came into widespread usage by the United Kingdom and western Eur ...
.
The website received mostly positive comments from Muslims,
The search engine was going to opensource a part of its source by publishing an API
It was subsequently closed in 2011 due to financial difficulties.
In late 2011, I'mHalal.com closed its search service due to lack of funds.
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Defunct internet search engines