The earliest site in Taiwan to provide search services was Yam, which officially went online with its Yam Web Navigator service three years ago. Yam was created by Chen Jen-ran, who holds a master's degree from National Taiwan University's Graduate Institute of Sociology.
其中最早提供搜尋服務的是三年前正式上網的蕃薯藤，催生蕃薯藤的是台大社會學研究所畢業的陳正然。