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Search engines are programs that use keywords to search for and organize web pages by relevance. They make the vast information on the internet easily accessible within seconds. There are different types of search engines including crawler-based engines like Google and Yahoo that use software programs to categorize webpages, as well as specialty engines that focus on specific topics. Boolean operators like AND and OR allow users to combine search terms to make queries more precise.

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Search Engine Powerpoint

Search engines are programs that use keywords to search for and organize web pages by relevance. They make the vast information on the internet easily accessible within seconds. There are different types of search engines including crawler-based engines like Google and Yahoo that use software programs to categorize webpages, as well as specialty engines that focus on specific topics. Boolean operators like AND and OR allow users to combine search terms to make queries more precise.

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Search Engine Powerpoint

1. 1. Search Engines Done by: Afra Alkhajah Maitha Mohammed S


2. 2. What are search engines?S It is basically a type of program that uses keywords to
search for documents that relate to these keywords and then puts the results found in the
order of relevance to the topic that was searched for.S Examples :- Google- Alta Vista
3. 3. Importance of search enginesS 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. This is why search engines are used to filter the information that is
on the internet and transform it into results that each individual can easily access and use
within the matter of seconds.
4. 4. Types of search enginesS Crawler based search enginesS DirectoriesS Specialty search
enginesS Hybrid search enginesS Meta search engines
5. 5. Crawler based search enginesS Are search engines that use software programs that are
called, “Spiders”, “crawlers”, “Robots”, “Bots”. These programs can access the
webpages to categorize and analyze them and then add them in the search engine data
base, where any user can find them when searching. The Crawler based search engines
are constantly updated with new webpage that would be available in their database.S
Examples:- Google- Yahoo- Ask.com
6. 6. GoogleS Google began in January 1996 as a research project.S Founded by Larry Page
and Sergey Brin.S Most popular search engine.S Googles homepage includes a button
labeled "Im Feeling Lucky". When a user types in a search and clicks on the button the
user will be taken directly to the first search result.S Besides the main search-engine
feature of searching for text, Google Search has more than 22 "special features” like:
weather, unit conversion, currency conversion, time, calculator, maps, and sports scores.
7. 7. Yahoo!S In January 1994, Jerry Yang and David Filo, Stanford University graduates,
created a website called “David and Jerry’s Guide to the World Wide Web”, in
Sunnyvale, California.S In April 1994, “David and Jerry’s Guide to the World Wide
Web” was renamed to “Yahoo!”S Yahoo! provides Internet communication services such
as Yahoo! Messenger and Yahoo! Mail.S Yahoo! Offers social networking services such
as My Web, Yahoo! Personals, and Flickr.
8. 8. Ask.comS a question and answer focused search engine.S Founded in 1998 by Garrett
Gruener and David Warthen in Berkeley, California.
9. 9. DirectoriesS Are websites sectioned in specific categories by human editors and are
then place in the “Directories” database.S Examples:- Yahoo Directory
(www.Yahoo.com)- Open directory (www.dmoz.org)
10. 10. Specialty search enginesS They help the user search in different areas in specific
types of lists that are specialized in specific topic that would be beneficial for narrowing
down the searching process.S Examples:- Askjeeves (Question and answer search
engine)- Medhunt (Provides only medical information)
11. 11. Hybrid search enginesS Are search engines that use both crawler based searches and
directory searches to obtain their results.S Example:- Yahoo.com- Google.com
12. 12. Meta search enginesS Are search engines that combine all the results from other
search engines into one big list.S Examples:- Metacrawler- Dogpile
13. 13. How to use search engines1) Be specific:When searching on a search engine be more
specific in wording, such as using schoolscience fair projects instead of science
projects.2) Use the + symbol and - symbol:If you want to use two words in a search, you
can use the + symbol before each word sothat only web pages that have both words
appear. Example: +fruits +vegetables. On theother hand you can use the – symbol if you
are looking for a topic such as Shakespeareand just want to search for his sonnets you can
search for it as – Shakespeare –sonnets. The result will have only information that you
need and no info that is irrelevantto the topic.3) Use Quotation marks:The quotation
marks are used if you want to search for specific phrases. Example: “MarkKrikorian
biography”4) Combining symbols: you can combine all the symbols explained above to
do thesearch your own way.
14. 14. Boolean searchesS Boolean searches use the “Boolean operators” (And, Or, Not and
Near) to combine words and make the search topic more specific and limited for the user.
15. 15. Boolean OperatorsS And is equal to the + symbolS Not is equal to the – symbolS OR
means that the search engines automatically return to the words that you type in.S Near is
equal to putting quotes for a specific phrase such as “Shakespeare sonnets”
16. 16. SourcesS Kidz World. (n.d.). Kidz World. Retrieved November 21, 2011, from
www.kidzworld.com/article/1900-search-engine-tutorialS Inestasia. (n.d.). inestasia.
Retrieved November 14, 2011, from www.inetasia.com/NewsandEvents/importance-of-
search-engine.htmlS websearch. (n.d.). websearch. Retrieved November 14, 2011, from
websearch.about.com/od/2/g/boolean.htmS Webopedia. (n.d.). webopedia. Retrieved
November 14, 2011, from http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/S/seS zeald. (n.d.). zeald.
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