European search engine launched

European search engine Seekport has expanded into the UK, offering an alternative to “US-centric” sites such as Yahoo, MSN and Google. European search engine Seekport has expanded into the UK, offering an alternative to “US-centric” sites such as Yahoo, MSN and Google. Managing director Joachim Kreibich of Seekport Internet Technologies said: “We can remove material from our index within half an hour of receiving a request. For European users this is a key issue, particularly as deletion requests from US search vendors typically have to be routed back through the US and it can take weeks for anything to happen.”