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    This document discusses search engines, including their history and types. It describes how search engines work by using crawlers to index web pages and create searchable databases. Important types include crawler-based engines like Google and Yahoo, directory-based engines that rely on human editors, and hybrid engines that use both approaches. Meta search engines allow searching multiple databases at once. Search engines make the vast amount of online information accessible and allow users to find specific information quickly.

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    SEARCH ENGINES

    BY BHASWANTH
    16311A0507
    OVERVIEW
    What is a Search Engine?
    History of Search Engines
    Importance of Search Engines
    Types of Search Engines
    How to use Search Engines?
    Conclusion
    References
    WHAT IS A SEARCH ENGINE?

    A web-based tool
    Enables user to locate information on World Wide Web.
    They utilize automated software.
    The information gathered by the spiders is used to create a searchable index of the Web.
    SOME OF THE SEARCH ENGINES
    HISTORY OF SEARCH ENGINES

    The first tools used for searching in the internet was Archie in 1990 by Alan Emtage.

    In 1991, two new search programs Verconica and Jughead.

    In September 1993, W3Catalog was the first web primitive search engines.
    IMPORTANCE OF SEARCH ENGINES

    Search engines are important because with over 8 billion web pages available, it would be
    impossible to search for the information that is specifically needed.
    Search engines filter the information on the internet and transform it into results which can
    be easily accessed within seconds.
    TYPES OF SEARCH ENGINES

    Crawler based search engines


    Search directories or indexes
    Hybrid search engines
    Meta search engines
    CRAWLER BASED SEARCH ENGINES

    These types of search engines use a "spider" or a "crawler" to search the Internet. The
    crawler digs through individual web pages, pulls out keywords and then adds the pages to the
    search engine's database. Google and Yahoo are examples of crawler search engines.

    Crawler-based search engines are good when you have a specific search topic.
    GOOGLE
    YAHOO
    DIRECTORIES

    Directories depend on human editors to create their listings or the database. Yahoo
    Directory, Open Directory and Look Smart are few examples.

    Human-powered directories are good when you are interested in a general topic of search
    HYBRID SEARCH ENGINES

    Hybrid search engines are search engines that use both crawler based searches and directory
    searches to obtain their results .

    Example:- yahoo.com google.com


    META SEARCH ENGINE
    A meta search engine is a tool that helps to locate information available via the WWW.
    It provide a single interface that enables users to search many different search engines,
    indexes and databases.
    Thus Meta search engines are capable of searching several search engine databases at once.
    Eg:
    Dogpile - http://www.dogpile.com
    SavvySearch - http://www.search.com
    MetaCrawler -http://www.metacrawler.com
    ADVANTAGES OF A SEARCH ENGINE

    Easy to acquire different information from different topics

    determine specifically information

    Sorting and adding value to the information


    DISADVANTAGES OF A SEARCH ENGINE

    Too many websites visitors

    Too many websites leads/sales


    HOW TO USE SEARCH ENGINES?

    A + before a word in a search will locate for


    documents which definitely contain the word.

    A - before a word will exclude that word from


    search.

    Placing words between quotation marks will search


    for phrase between the quotes.

    Using or between search phrase will search each


    term separately.
    EXAMPLES

    +BLACK+BLUE: The search results will contain documents which contain the word black and
    the word blue.
    BLACK-BLUE: Those documents will be returned which contain the word black but not the
    word blue.
    BLACK BLUE: Those documents will be returned which include the phrase black blue.
    (placed together).
    BLACK OR BLUE: Those documents will be returned which contain the term black or the term
    blue.
    CONCLUSION

    The usefulness of a search engine depends on the relevance of the results it gives back.
    While there may be millions of Web pages that. include a particular word or phrase, some
    pages may be more relevant, popular, or authoritative than others
    REFERENCES

    www.google.com
    www.wikipedia.com
    THANK YOU

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