Search engine

Search EngineName : Fatima Mohboob ID : 200800942

Contents :• Definition of Search Engines

• History of Search Engines

• How Search Engines works

• List of Search Engines

• Advantages and disadvantages

• How to make a better search with Search Engines

• Questions

• References

Definition of Search Engine:

•A search engine is a web site that collects and organizes content from all over the internet.

•A place, on the Net, where one goes to find sites about specific information.

•A program that searches documents for specified keywords and returns a list of the documents where the keywords were found.

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 septermer 1993, W3Catalog was the first web primitive search engines.

List of old Search Engines :•In 1993 :W3Catalog, JumpStation, AliWeb

•In 1994 : WebCrawler, Go.com, Lycous

• In 1995 :

AltaVista, Daum, SAPO

How is Search Engines work :

Types of Search Engines :•Crawler-based

• Directories

• Paid Inclusion

• Pay Per Click

Advantages of using Search Engine :

•Easy to acquire different information from different topics

• determine specifically information

•Sorting and adding value to the information

Disadvantages of using Search Engine :

•Too many websites visitors

•Too many websites leads/sales

List of Popular Search Engines :

Google• Larry Page and Sergey Brin were the creators of

Google.• The first Google company was in 1998

Famous Google services :

• “Google Chrome “

• ‘android” and “Mobile” for mobile service

• Google translate

Yahoo• Jerry Yang and David Filo were the creators of

Yahoo • The first Yahoo company were at 1995

Famous Yahoo services :• Yahoo! Mail

• Yahoo! Maps

• Yahoo! Search marketing

MSN • Created by Microsoft• MSN was created in 1995

Famous MSN services :

• Hotmail

• Msn Messenger

• MSN Explorer

What is the best Search Engine

For better search in Search Engines :• keep it simple

•Think how the page you are looking for will be written

• describe what you need with need with as few terms as possible

• Choose descriptive words

Questions ?

References • Barlow, L. (2004). A Helpful Guide toWeb Search Engines. Retrieved 11 26, 2011, from

http://www.monash.com: http://www.monash.com/spidap4.html#keyword 

• Basic search help . (2011). Retrieved 11 25, 2011, from http://www.google.com: http://www.google.com/support/websearch/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=134479 

• Disadvantages of Search Engine Optimisation. (2011). Retrieved 11 27, 2011, from http://www.cornishwebservices.co.uk: http://www.cornishwebservices.co.uk/search-engine-optimisation/disadvantages.shtml

• Foundation, G. S. (2003). Advantages of using Search Engines. Retrieved 11 27, 2011, from http://www.gsn.org/: http://www.gsn.org/web/research/internet/advtse.htm 

• Google History. (n.d.). Retrieved 11 27, 2011, from http://www.google.com: http://www.google.com/about/corporate/company/history.html#1998

• History of Search Engines. (n.d.). Retrieved 11 25, 2011, from www.searchenginehistory.com: http://www.searchenginehistory.com/

• Myers, A. N. (2004). Google, Amazon, and Beyond Creating and Consuming Web Services. New York: Springer-Verlage. 

• The Different Types of Search Engines. (2011). Retrieved 11 26, 2011, from http://www.redcarpetweb.com: http://www.redcarpetweb.com/basics9.html