Search Engines

Google is an example of a search engine.

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When you enter your search in a search engine, its spiders and robots search within its own database of Web pages for the keywords you enter, wherever they appear on a Web page.

So, each search engine searches the part of the Web it has collected — not the whole Web — and each search engine has a somewhat different database.

Note that Google automatically inserts AND between terms.

Use Help Screens for more advanced search tips.

Use search engines:

• to find specific terms or phrases
• to find well-known entities, such as IBM or government agencies
• to find news, travel and shopping services

Other search engines include:  AlltheWeb, Alta Vista, Inktomi, Teoma.
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