Topic 1 Introduction to Internet Resources
Categories Subjects Purpose Search Facilities Search Strategy
Best search engine?
It is not possible to say because they all have particular
strengths and individual style. When you explore the different
search engines , each of you will have favorites that work
well for you.This site is able to tell you everything you
want to know about search engines.www.searchenginewatch.com
Meta Search Engines
- Metacrawlers or multi-search engines
- One of the major problems of the Internet is that it is
too big and growing so fast that it is impossible for any
single search engine to index the materials comprehensively.
- Allow users to conduct searches concurrently
on a number of search engines. Some meta search engines
conduct searches with a fix set of search engines while
others allow users to choose which search engines to use.
- Transmits search terms simultaneously to several search
engines
- Do not have their own database of web pages
- Present a list of results
- Examples
<Previous> <Next>
Home Introduction Topic Assignment Resources Discussion Forum Contact Us
© 2005 Temasek Polytechnic
|