ImHalal: Difference between revisions

{{Infobox Websitewebsite

| name = I'mHalalImHalal.com

| logo = =[[File:Imhalal logo.png|150px]]

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| url = http://www.{{url|imhalal.com/}}

| commercial = Yes

| type = [[Search engine]]

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| launch date launch_date = 1 September 2009

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'''I'mHalal.com''' was a [[search engine]] buildbuilt on top of social-cultural Islamic<ref name="HP">{{cite news|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/01/halal-search-engine-launc_n_273951.html|title=Halal Search Engine Launches|publisher=[[Huffington Post]]|accessdate=2009-09-18|first=Ami|last=Cholia|date=2009-09-01}}</ref> values. The search engines algorithm differsdiffered from regular search engines because the relevancy of the results arewas based on the culture, mindset and lifestyle of Muslims. The engine doesn'tdid not index content such as [[pornography]], [[nudity]], or anything else that might be "[[haraam|haram]]".<ref name="IT">{{cite news|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/site/Story/62404/Lifestyle/Search+engine+for+Muslims+a+big+hit.html|title=Search engine for Muslims a big hit|date=September 18, 2009 |publisher=[[India Today]]|accessdate=2009-09-18}}</ref><ref name="tjp">{{cite news|url=http://fr.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1251804465726&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull|title=First ever Halal search engine launched|publisher=The Jerusalem Post|accessdate=2009-09-18}}{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

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]].<ref name="tds">{{cite news|url=http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=3&article_id=106284|title=World's first Muslim search engine filters 'haram' content|date=September 9, 2009|publisher=The Daily Star|accessdate=2009-09-18}}</ref> The website has received mostly positive comments from Muslims,<ref name="IO">{{cite news|url=http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?c=Article_C&cid=1252187934169&pagename=Zone-English-News/NWELayout|title=In Egypt, Halal Internet Comes First |last=Emam|first=Amr |publisher=IslamOnline|accessdate=2009-09-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090911080127/http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?c=Article_C&cid=1252187934169&pagename=Zone-English-News%2FNWELayout|archive-date=2009-09-11|url-status=dead}}</ref> The search engine was going to opensource a part of its source in the near future by publishing an API<ref name="nu">{{cite news|url=http://www.imhalal.com/blog/2009/12/imhalal-version-3-0-already/ |publisher=imhalal.com |accessdate=2009-12-09}} {{Dead|url-status=dead link|datearchiveurl=Octoberhttps://web.archive.org/web/20091223065714/http://www.imhalal.com/blog/2009/12/imhalal-version-3-0-already/ 2010|botarchivedate=H3llBotDecember 23, 2009 }}</ref> It was subsequently closed in 2011 due to financial difficulties.<ref>{{Cite web|url = http://www.imhalal.com/|title = I'mHalal|accessdate = 11 July 2013|publisher = I'mHalal|last = Sardeha|first = Reza|quote = In late 2011 I'mHalal had to close its search service due to lack of funding.}}</ref>

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