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Internet Search Engines

CLASS: JSS Three

Definition of Internet Search Engines

Internet Search engines are websites or software that enable a person to find
documents or other media on the internet. It can also be defined as software

programs that help users find information stored on a personal computer or a

network of computers such as the Internet. The information may consist of images,

files, web addresses or links etc.

Internet Search Engine Terms

1. Search query: Also known as 'user search string', this is the word or set of words
that are typed by the user in the search bar of the search engine.
2. Search Engine Results Page (SERP): A search engine results page (SERP) is the

page displayed by a search engine in response to a query by a searcher. The main

component of the SERP is the listing of results that are returned by the search

engine in response to a keyword query.

Example of Internet Search Engines and

their websites
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Requirements for Internet Search

Internet Search Tips

Search Engines Pdf Notes

What is Search Engine and how it Works

What is Google Search Engine

Google
Google Was formally known as BackRub. It was founded on September 4, 1998, by

two PhD computer scientists Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were students
at Stanford University in California. Google is owned by Alphabet Inc. The current
CEO is Sundar Pichai. Google Search has become the most used web-based search
engine. It handles more than 3.5 billion searches per day. The web address for

google search is www.google.com Click here to visit Google Search

Bing
Bing is owned by the American software company Microsoft Corporation. It was
unveiled by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer on May 28, 2009. Bing was developed

from Microsoft's previous search engines, which are MSN Search, Windows Live
Search and later Live Search. The web address for Bing search is www.bing.com

Click here to visit Bing.com

Yep
Yep is a new search engine. it was developed by Ahrefs Team. Dmytro

Gerasymenko, the CEO of Ahrefs, made the release through Twitter about creating a
new search engine in the year 2019. The web address for Yep search is

www.yep.com Click here to visit Yep

you
You.com is a search engine built on artificial intelligence that provides users with a

customized search experience while keeping their data 100% private. The search
engine was founded by former Salesforce employees and opened its public beta on

November 9, 2021. The URL for You is www.you.com Click here to visit You.com

Yahoo
Yahoo Search was founded in January 1994 by Jerry Yang and David Filo, who were

Electrical Engineering graduate students when they created a website named "Jerry
and David's Guide to the World Wide Web. It is owned by Verizon Communications

since 2017. The web address for Yahoo search is www.yahoo.com

Click here to visit yahoo.com

Openverse
As the name suggests, Openverse is an open-source search engine for open

content developed as part of the WordPress project. It is the successor to CC

Search which was launched by Creative Commons in 2019. It is mainly designed to

find stock photos, images and audio files. The URL for Openverse is

www.openverse.org Click here to visit openverse.org

ASK.COM
Ask.com was originally known as Ask Jeeves. It was founded in 1996 by Garrett
Gruener. ASK.COM is a question-answering–focused e-business. The web address

for ASK.COM is www.ask.com Click here to visit ask.com

Startpage
Startpage is the world's most private search engine. It is a Dutch search engine that
allows users to obtain Google Search results while protecting users' privacy by not

storing personal information or search data and removing all trackers. It was

founded in 1998 by David Bodnick. The web address for Startpage is

www.startpage.com Click here to view startpage.com

DockDockGo
DuckDuckGo was founded by Gabriel Weinberg and launched on February 29, 2008.

DuckDuckGo emphasizes protecting searchers' privacy. The website address for

DockDockGo is www.duckduckgo.com Click here to view duckduckgo.com

Swisscows
Swisscows is a web search engine launched in 2014, a project of Hulbee AG, a
company based in Egnach, Switzerland. It is an anonymous search engine that

protects the privacy of users when searching and from inappropriate content when
finding it. It does not use cookies or other tracking technologies. Each search query

remains anonymous and each user is a guest without a user profile. The website

address for Swisscows is www.swisscows.com

Click here to view swisscows.com

Yandex
Yandex was founded on September 23, 1997. It is a Russian multinational

technology company providing Internet-related products and services, including an

Internet search engine, information services, e-commerce, transportation, maps

and navigation, mobile applications, and online advertising. The URL for Yandex

search is www.yandex.com Click here to visit yandex.com

Baidu
Baidu is a Chinese technology, internet search and internet services company. It is

China’s largest search engine and is the undisputed king of search in China. Baidu

was founded by Robin Li in 2000 and is headquartered in Beijing, China. URL is

www.baidu.com Click here to view baidu.com

Naver
It was launched in 1999 as the first web portal in South Korea to develop and use
its search engine. It was developed by an ex-Samsung employee, Lee Haejin. URL is

www.naver.com Click here to view naver.com

sogou
Sogou Inc is an internet company in China which owns a search engine called

Sogou Search. It was launched in 2004 and is currently the third-largest search

engine in China. Sogou URL is www.soguo.com Click here to view sogou.com

SearX
Searx is an open-source metasearch engine which aggregates results from more

than 70 search services. Users are neither tracked nor profiled. Website address is

searx.thegpm.org Click here to view searX Search

WolfranAlha
WolframAlpha is an answer engine developed by Wolfram Research and released

on May 18, 2009. It is used to compute expert-level answers using Wolfram’s

breakthrough algorithms, knowledgebase and AI technology. Website address is

www.wolframalpha.com Click here to view wolframalpha.com

Neeva
Neeva is a private, ads-free AI search engine. Neeva was founded in 2019 by
Sridhar Ramaswamy, a former senior executive at Google. URL is neeva.com

Click here to visit neeva.com

Brave
Brave Search is a search engine developed by Brave Software, Inc. and released in

Beta in March 2021. URL is search.brave.com Click here to visit brave.com

Gibiru
Gibiru is a private search engine that offers anonymous and uncensored searches.

URL is gibiru.com Click here to visit gibiru.com

AOL search
The search engine that helps you find exactly what you're looking for. Find the most

relevant information, video, images, and answers from all across the Web. URL is

search.aol.com Click here to view search.aol.com

Webcrawler
In 1994, Brian Pinkerton developed “WebCrawler”, the first full-text crawler-based
Web search engine. WebCrawler was the first search engine that allowed users to
search for any word on a web page, which changed the standard for all future

search engines. URL is www.webcrawler.com Click here to view webcrawler.com

Uses of Search Engines

Search engines are often used to:

1. Find pages, files, news, images, and other data on the web

2. Download educational materials like lecture notes and tutorials in any subject of

your choice
3. Download music and video

4. Get maps and directions

5. Display advertisements.

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