Ori Allon is the person behind the Orion Search Engine for its ability to return pages on not just the keyword entered in, but also pages with content that is strongly related to the keyword.

Allon, a computer scientist

Computer scientist

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, was born in Israel

Israel

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 but came to study at Melbourne

Melbourne

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's Monash University

Monash University

Monash University is a public university based in Melbourne, Victoria. It was founded in 1958 and is the second oldest university in the state. Monash is a member of Australia's Group of Eight and the ASAIHL....

 in 2002. After completing his Bachelor and Masters degrees, he moved to the University of New South Wales

University of New South Wales

The University of New South Wales , is a research-focused university based in Kensington, a suburb in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...

 in Sydney

Sydney

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, Australia

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 to further his studies and research. His PhD was awarded from UNSW

University of New South Wales

The University of New South Wales , is a research-focused university based in Kensington, a suburb in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...

 in April 2009.

The algorithm

Algorithm

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 is a problem-solving computational procedure similar to those used by search engines such as Google

Google

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 and Yahoo!

Yahoo!

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.

Google bought the exclusive rights to use the search algorithm in April 2006. The University earlier held talks with Google, Yahoo and MSN, but Google finally managed to conclude the deal. Google also hired Allon.

In 2009, Google announced that it incorporated the Orion Search technology and algorithm.

In 2010, Allon left Google and became the Founder and CEO of Julpan. In 2011, Julpan was acquired by Twitter.