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Search Engines

Search Engines. What are Search Engines?. Website or software that searches the Internet for documents that contain certain words, phrases, or subjects. Produces websites (“hits”) - most relevant listed first. How do Search Engines Work?.

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Search Engines

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  1. Search Engines

  2. What are Search Engines? • Website or software that searches the Internet for documents that contain certain words, phrases, or subjects. • Produces websites (“hits”) - most relevant listed first

  3. How do Search Engines Work? • Rely on computer programs called spiders or robots to crawl the Web and find websites containing key words • follows hyperlinks from one website to the next Popular Search Engines?

  4. Search Engines

  5. Using Google for searches • Largest & most popular search engine • Google search: keyword“search engine” • How many hits did you get? • What is ironic about this search?

  6. Advanced Searching

  7. File Types

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