Lecture 01
Lecture 01
. APPLICATIONS II
Level Undergraduate
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SEARCH ENGINE
➢Definition
➢Functions
➢SEO
Definitions
▪ A search engine is a service that allows Internet users to search for
content via the World Wide Web (WWW).
▪ Web crawler
▪ Database
▪ Search interface
Cont..
▪ Web crawler
✓ It is also known as spider or bots.
✓ It is a software component that traverses the web to gather information.
▪ Database
✓ All the information on the web is stored in database.
✓ It consists of huge web resources.
▪ Search Interfaces
✓ An interface between user and the database.
✓ It helps the user to search through the database.
Cont..
▪ Web crawler, database and the search interface
(are the major component of a search engine that actually makes search
engine to work).
➢ By using keywords and phrases, the search engine finds the most
relevant results for the user that is what they are looking for.
Examples
✓ Google, BING, AltaVista, Hottbot, Lycos
Can achieve the best results by using less commonly used words.
Directory Search Engine
▪ These are the selective Internet finding aids that are arranged by
subject and include only selected sites.
Examples
✓ Google web business, Yahoo!, pen Directory Project-ODP, Megellan!
▪ For example,
Service and services, finance rather than financed or financing.
Use Quotation Marks
▪ Enclosing a search term within quotation marks prompts the
search engine to search for that specific word or phrase.
▪ For example, if you search for the word director, you'll likely
receive a lot of results for direct, direction, directions, and so on,
too.
▪ Typing "director" (with quotation marks), however, will ensure
that you only get results for that stem word.
Remove Unhelpful Words
▪ Inserting a hyphen/small dash/minus sign immediately before a
word excludes it from a search.