2. Internet search engines are a tool
designed to search for information on
the world wide web.
A Search Engine creates a customized
list of Internet sites containing
information on a search topic by
utilizing computer programs known as
robots or spiders to search for your
keywords on Web pages.
Though most search engines use this
technology they will produce different
results according to how the robots
work and the different types of search
criteria allowed. For best results, search
more than one search engine.
Search Engines provide quick, access to
the wide variety of information available
on the Web. Each time you
search, Yahoo! and Google instantly
scan through its comprehensive
database of web pages, determines the
comparative relevancy to your search
query, and offers these web pages as
ranked results.
3. The two most popular search engines are
Google and yahoo.
There are heaps of other search engines on
the internet that anyone could use however it
seems that Google and Yahoo! are the two
most popular people will use.
4. Google basically searches for websites that contain
the search topic but it’s not always the specific topic.
It will take every word listed and then find websites
containing those words or group of words.
The technology behind Google search technology is a
pigeon rank, a system for ranking web pages
developed by Google founders Larry Page and Sergey
Brin at Stanford University.
Google has other search engines to improve every
aspect of their services on a daily basis, but pigeon
rank is the mother board that Google uses.
6. Yahoo uses something called Yahoo! Search Technology
YST ranks web pages according to their relevance to a
particular query by analysing document features, including
text, title and description accuracy, source, associated
links, and other unique document characteristics.
A single search gives you immediate results from a database
that is updated daily to capture newly created and changing
pages, including late-breaking news and timely events.
Yahoo! Search provides quick, intuitive access to the wide
variety of information available on the Web. Each time you
search, Yahoo! Search Technology instantly scan through its
comprehensive database of web pages, determine the
comparative relevancy to your search query, and offer these
web pages as ranked results.
7. You visit the Yahoo! page, visit the ad-free
dedicated Yahoo! Search start page or the Google
home page and locate the basic search box, you
then type a word or phrase into the search box and
click “Search.”
The Search Engines then instantly scan through its
comprehensive database of web pages, determines
the comparative relevancy to your search
query, and offers these web pages as ranked
results.
8. The availability of these search engines is via
a computer connected to the Internet.
Both Google and Yahoo! are both available to
anyone who has access to the internet; you
can locate them by typing in their web
addresses below:www.yahoo.com.au
www.google.com.au
9. There are all different types of age groups and professions that can
use internet search engines. It really has no restriction on who can
use this technology.
Google and Yahoo! really have no strict target audience. Google
helps to improve learning and it helps in the aid of the learning
process of any person.
Google and Yahoo! is being used because it search 9 billion
URL’s, Google identifies ads and sponsors links, Google and Yahoo!
are both very fast
Google and Yahoo! can also help teachers and students by providing
a wide range of resources that are easily available online, for
example encyclopaedia’s etc.
