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Definition: An internet-based tool that searches an index of documents for a particular term, phrase or text specified by the user. Commonly used to refer to large web-based search engines that search through billions of pages on the internet.
Different than a Directory
Common Characteristics:
Spider, Indexer, Database, Algorithm
Find matching documents and display them according to relevance
Frequent updates to documents searched and ranking algorithm
Strive to produce “better”, more relevant results than competitors
Uploaded by: emily Added: 1 year ago
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Search
Engine
Optimization
(SEO)
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