Search Engine | Internet Fundamentals
Search engines are an integral part of the Internet. A search engine is a web-based tool used to search information on the Web. The most popular and well known search engine is Google. Other popular examples of search engines are Google, Yahoo!, and MSN Search. Search engines utilize software programs called, robots, bots, or spiders). The information gathered by the spiders is used to create a searchable index of the Web.
Index is similar to the one added at the end of the TEXT BOOK.
- A search engine is a web site that collects and organizes content from all over the internet.
- 90% of Internet surfers use search engines such as Google and Yahoo to locate specific products and services
- Today, there are thousands of different search engines available on the Internet, each with their own abilities and features.
- Google, Excite, Lycos, AltaVista, Infoseek, and Yahoo are all search engines.
- Search engines rank websites by relevancy and will consider many factors when ranking.
- For example, use of Meta tags: A special HTML tag that provides information about a Web page.
