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"[[GING|GING is not Google]]" would be a ''non-commercial search engine for non-commercial websites''. A commercial website would be defined as one whose main purpose is to promote a profit-making activity, as would be determined according to pre-defined guidelines.

GING could operate using principles borrowed from other projects or mouvements, such as Open Directory, Wikipedia, Free Software and P2P.

'''Principles from Open Directory.''' Websites would apply for registration on GING by filling out a form on-line. The websites would be reviewed by volunteers to make sure that the websites were indeed non commercial and met other criteria to be determined. Each website would itself indicate the pages it wants to have crawled and listed, up to a set maximum number (for example, ten pages per website).

'''Principles from Wikipedia.''' The good behaviour of the registered sites would be checked by users, who would report violations to a review committee. Misbehaving sites could be removed from the listings either temporarily (first violation) or permanently (repeated violations). The review, discussion and democratic decision-making process would be similar to that used on Wikipedia.

'''Principles from Free Software.''' The software to run the system, including the mechanisms for site crawling and ranking, would be developed by the users.

'''Principles from P2P.''' Part of the vast computing power required would be provided by the personal computers of the users through a P2P mechanism.

There remains the question of funding. If large non-commercial projects such as Wikipedia can find a way to finance the operating costs, why not GING?

==See also==
*[[GING]]
*[[GoogleMafia]]
*[[RainDog's Second Rant]]

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