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The History of Search Engines

The History of Search Engines. Chris Kwierant Eastern Michigan University April, 2005. Introduction. The early development of the search engine Innovation in the mid 90s Today’s leaders. The beginning. 1990 - Alan Emtage and Archie

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The History of Search Engines

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  1. The History of Search Engines • Chris Kwierant • Eastern Michigan University • April, 2005

  2. Introduction • The early development of the search engine • Innovation in the mid 90s • Today’s leaders

  3. The beginning • 1990 - Alan Emtage and Archie • 1993 – Veronica (Very Easy Rodent-Oriented Net-wide Index to Computerized Archieves) and Jughead (Jonzy’s Universal Gopher Hierachy Excavation And Display)

  4. Innovation in the mid 90s • Matthew Grey’s World Wide Web Wanderer The first robot on the World Wide Web • ALIWEB – Archie-Like Indexing of the Web Allows a webmaster to register the information they want listed Smaller database then sites that use robots

  5. Today’s leaders • 1994 – Yahoo started by David Filo and Jerry Yang Began as a searchable database but has since added search engine technology • 1998 – Larry Page and Sergey Brin start the search engine Google The site uses the relationship between websites to produce better results Google is now experimenting with personalized searches

  6. Conclusion • There have been many seach engine innovations developed in only fifteen years • Many search engine companies have been bought out or have gone bankrupt • Users don’t care about brand loyalty but do care about speed and convenience

  7. Contact Information • Chris Kwierant • Eastern Michigan University • Ypsilanti, MI 48197 • Web Page http://people.emich.edu/ckwieran/ • Email: ckwieran@emich.edu • Image Source: • Alan Emtage: http://www.mediapolis.com/mediapolis/emtage.html

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