1. What is Search Engine? Give three examples.

A software application or service used to locate files on an intranet or the

Web, generally accessed with browsers. A Search engine can be defined
as a tool to search these disorganized sources of information available on
the Internet.

2. Why Search Engine is needed?

A search engine is a critical tool in finding information, products and
businesses on the web. We need the services of the Search Engines for
finding the documents on the Internet. When a user enters a query into a
search engine, the engine examines it as index and provides a list of best-
matching web pages according to its ranking criteria.

3. Name three Boolean operators used with keywords while using Search
Engines.

• AND Operator AND is the default operator in search engines. So

whenever more than one keyword is typed, the search engine will
automatically connect them with the AND operator. This search
will retrieve records with BOTH search terms present. It is used to
narrow the search. Example: Wind AND Fire
• OR Operator By using OR operator search results will contain
either one or several or all of the search terms. It is best used
when one want to pull together results on similar topics. OR
operator is used to EXPAND the search. Example: Wind OR Fire

• NOT Operator It is used to exclude keywords from search. It is

best used when the search is ambiguous. Instead of NOT – (dash)
can also be used. NOT operator is used to narrow the search by
eliminating term. Example: Wind NOT Fire or Wind -Fire

4. What is E-Commerce?
Ans the trading of goods and services in which the final order is placed
over the Internet.
Business to business (B2B); www.vendome.niit.com
• Business to consumer (B2C); www.indiatimes.com
• Consumer to business (C2B); www.makemytrip.com
 • Consumer to consumer (C2C); www.ebay.

5. Discuss in detail about any two popular Search Engines.

• Google:
The full form of Google is “Global Organization of Oriented Group
Language of Earth”. It is a powerful tool. It would be practically
impossible to find out the information without Google. It was launched
in January 1996 and it is based on Logical ‘AND’ with 3-D Keyword
search operation.
• Yahoo!: The word "Yahoo" is an acronym for "Yet Another
Hierarchically Organized Oracle". It is a web search engine owned
by Yahoo. As of February 2015, it is the third largest search engine
in the US. Yahoo was launched in January 1996. It is actually a
directory – a subject index. It searches on a subject or topic and is
based on Logical ‘And’ and wildcard after each search word. It is
a filtered search site. A search agent, category based approach
and recently switched to 3-D search Google technology.
• Rediff: Rediff search engine is one of the leading internet portals
in India. Its headquarters are in Mumbai, New Delhi and New
York. It was founded in the year 1996. It maintains a directory
categorically and uses Inktomi search technology. It is the only
websites that appears in the first 100 websites. It is one of the
best search tools in the world. It has been designed to meet the
needs of Indians worldwide. Yet it is balanced in such a way that it
does not compromise on accuracy for non-Indian topics.
• Lycos: It is the oldest search engine. It is big, thorough and
comprehensive. It was originally developed in July 1994. It is
gradually becoming more like yahoo, acting as a Web Directory as
well as a search engine. It used logical operation “OR” and
customized search.
• Indiatimes: It is called an Indian Search Engine. It is powered by
Google. It has divided search into “The Web”, “News”, “Indian
directory” and “Indiatimes Channels” It does not supports “OR”
operators and wildcard entries but supports Logical “AND” based
3-D keyword search plus smart search by Autonomy (A Software).
Web directories that are India-specific are also included.
 6. What is the use of Phrase search?
Phrases Search syntax involves using quotation marks (") around a
specific phrase. Phrases are very useful at narrowing down search results
to pages that contain the exact, specific string of characters written as a
phrase. Example: If "Padma Shri Award Winners 2014" is searched for,
the search results now will only bring back pages that have all these
words in the exact order that is typed them in.
Fill in the Blanks
1.When a request is sent from the browser, it is web page that retrieves the
information and provides it back to the browser.
2. A network of networks is called internet.
3. B2B is called business to business .
4. There are three type of search engines.
5. e commerce is the subset of E-Business
6.We use the services of for searching the documents on Internet.
Ans Search engine
7. Google search engine is based on Boolean Operator: (select one) (a) AND (b)
OR (c) NOT (d) AND & OR
8. Write down the full form of URL. Uniform resource locator
9. Write a note on “Types of E Commerce.
• Business to business (B2B); www.vendome.niit.com
• Business to consumer (B2C); www.indiatimes.com
• Consumer to business (C2B); www.makemytrip.com
• Consumer to consumer (C2C); www.ebay.in
7. Explain the basic categories of search engine.
Ans. There are three basic categories of search engine: (i) Primary Search
Engine-Google and Altavista (ii) Web directory-Yahoo (iii) Meta Search Engines-
Dogpile, Infind, Metacrawler, Metafind and Meta Search.
8. Define e-business
Ans. E-business refers to all aspects of a business where technology is
important. This may include knowledge management, design and
manufacturing, R&D, Procurement, finance, project planning, human
resource planning and the related activities. Ecommerce is a part of e-
business.

9. . Explain the basic categories of search engine.

Ans. There are three basic categories of search engine: (i) Primary Search
Engine-Google and Altavista (ii) Web directory-Yahoo (iii) Meta Search
Engines- Dogpile, Infind, Metacrawler, Metafind and Meta Search