<s>
Million	B-Application
Short	I-Application
is	O
a	O
web	B-Application
search	I-Application
engine	I-Application
from	O
Toronto-based	O
startup	O
Exponential	O
Labs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
search	B-Application
engine	I-Application
,	O
which	O
brands	O
itself	O
as	O
“	O
more	O
of	O
a	O
discovery	O
engine	O
,	O
”	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
filter	O
the	O
top	O
million	O
websites	O
on	O
the	O
internet	O
out	O
of	O
their	O
search	O
,	O
resulting	O
in	O
a	O
unique	O
set	O
of	O
results	O
and	O
placing	O
an	O
emphasis	O
on	O
content	O
discovery	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
approach	O
to	O
search	O
is	O
also	O
designed	O
to	O
combat	O
the	O
impact	O
that	O
aggressive	O
black	O
and	O
grey	O
hat	O
SEO	O
practices	O
have	O
on	O
mainstream	O
search	B-Application
results	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Million	B-Application
Short	I-Application
was	O
conceived	O
in	O
2012	O
by	O
Exponential	O
Labs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
More	O
recently	O
the	O
company	O
has	O
continued	O
to	O
develop	O
its	O
own	O
search	O
technology	O
and	O
web	O
crawling	O
capacities	O
,	O
and	O
uses	O
proprietary	O
data	O
to	O
help	O
inform	O
the	O
Million	B-Application
Short	I-Application
search	B-Application
results	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Upon	O
its	O
April	O
2012	O
launch	O
,	O
Million	B-Application
Short	I-Application
earned	O
significant	O
attention	O
,	O
first	O
from	O
online	O
communities	O
such	O
as	O
Reddit	B-Application
and	O
Hacker	B-Application
News	I-Application
,	O
and	O
then	O
from	O
both	O
blogs	O
and	O
mainstream	O
publications	O
like	O
the	O
BBC	O
,	O
TechCrunch	O
,	O
The	O
Atlantic	O
,	O
The	O
Verge	O
,	O
Wired	O
and	O
The	O
New	O
York	O
Times	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
months	O
following	O
Million	B-Application
Short	I-Application
's	O
launch	O
saw	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
updates	O
to	O
the	O
engine	O
,	O
including	O
international	O
support	O
,	O
mobile	O
and	O
tablet	O
optimization	O
,	O
browser	B-Protocol
search	I-Protocol
extensions	I-Protocol
,	O
design	O
updates	O
,	O
and	O
voice	O
search	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Million	B-Application
Short	I-Application
was	O
also	O
the	O
focus	O
of	O
research	O
study	O
How	O
Relevant	O
is	O
the	O
Long	O
Tail	O
?	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Relevance	O
Assessment	O
Study	O
on	O
Million	B-Application
Short	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Published	O
in	O
arXiv	O
,	O
a	O
relevance	O
assessment	O
study	O
with	O
the	O
Million	B-Application
Short	I-Application
long-tail	O
web	B-Application
search	I-Application
engine	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
the	O
initial	O
interest	O
in	O
Million	B-Application
Short	I-Application
,	O
Exponential	O
Labs	O
launched	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
projects	O
related	O
to	O
Million	B-Application
Short	I-Application
,	O
both	O
as	O
marketing	O
endeavors	O
and	O
expansions	O
on	O
the	O
search	B-Application
engine	I-Application
's	O
initial	O
premise	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Billed	O
as	O
the	O
“	O
inverse	O
”	O
of	O
Million	B-Application
Short	I-Application
,	O
Million	O
Tall	O
is	O
another	O
search	B-Application
engine	I-Application
created	O
by	O
Exponential	O
Labs	O
that	O
indexes	O
and	O
displays	O
results	O
from	O
only	O
the	O
top	O
million	O
sites	O
on	O
the	O
internet	O
(	O
i.e.	O
,	O
those	O
that	O
Million	B-Application
Short	I-Application
excludes	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
launched	O
in	O
July	O
2012	O
,	O
intended	O
to	O
highlight	O
the	O
frequency	O
with	O
which	O
leading	O
search	B-Application
engines	I-Application
display	O
results	O
from	O
the	O
same	O
small	O
number	O
of	O
websites	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
tagline	O
asks	O
:	O
“	O
Imagine	O
a	O
search	B-Application
engine	I-Application
that	O
only	O
indexed	O
the	O
top	O
1	O
million	O
sites	O
on	O
the	O
web	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2012	O
,	O
Exponential	O
Labs	O
released	O
Million	B-Application
Short	I-Application
It	O
On	O
,	O
a	O
site	O
presenting	O
a	O
blind	O
test	O
between	O
Million	B-Application
Short	I-Application
and	O
Google	B-Application
search	B-Application
results	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
December	O
2012	O
saw	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Million	B-Application
Short	I-Application
DNS	B-Protocol
,	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
domain	B-Protocol
name	I-Protocol
system	I-Protocol
servers	O
programmed	O
to	O
exclude	O
specific	O
domains	O
on	O
the	O
internet	O
,	O
redirecting	O
them	O
instead	O
to	O
an	O
error	O
page	O
.	O
</s>
