The French government recently allocated the equivalent of more than $120 million in public funds to Quaero

Question:

The French government recently allocated the equivalent of more than $120 million in public funds to Quaero (Latin for "I search"), an Internet search engine analogous to Google or Yahoo. Does an Internet search engine satisfy the key characteristics of a public good? Why or why not? Based on your answer, is a publicly funded Internet search engine a public good or a government-sponsored good?