Topic Content:
- List of Search Engines and their Websites
- Search Engine Terms
- Specific Uses of Search Engines
- Steps In Using a Search Engine
A search engine employs a computer program to access websites and retrieve information. Each search engine is owned by a single entity like a person or a company. A web search engine is designed to search for information on the world wide web (www). The search results may consist of web pages, images, and other types of files.
Examples are Alta Vista, Yahoo, Google, Excite, Mama, Magellan, Lycos, Infoseek, MSN, etc.
List of Search Engines and their Websites:
Search Engine | Website |
www.google.com | |
Yahoo | www.yahoo.com |
Hotmail | www.hotmail.com |
Bing | https://www.bing.com/ |
AOL search | www.aol.com |
Mama | www.mama.com |
Ask | www.ask.com |
MSN live search | www.msn.com |
Hotbot | www.hotbot.com |
Ilor | www.ilor.com |
Excite | www.excite.com |
Alta vista | www.altavista.com |
Infoseek | http://www.infoseek.com |
Northernlight | www.northernlight.com |
Savvy search | www.savvysearch.com |
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.
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