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Search engines allow users to find information within an electronic system. The term most commonly refers to internet search engines such as Google.
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Search Engine History
Alan Emtage, a student from the McGill University, created the first search engine in 1990. The program was called "Archie" which stood for archive without the v. Archie worked by downloading the file names in public anonymous FTP directories.In 1993, Matthew Gray of MIT created the first web search engine. It was called Wandex and worked by using a web crawler, a program that systematically scans and collects information from the Internet.
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Search Engines Questions
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Can someone tell me why posts I've deleted still come up in a search??? 1 AnswerSearch engines use web-spiders to crawl the web and cache page contents. These caches are not cleared immediately, so search engine results will still show them... read more -
If a website does use Ajax, Flash or JavaScript, is there a way to make it more accessible to search engines? 1 AnswerSearch engine bots love content, so you want to get as much of that as possible out. If you have a completely flash or AJAX site (which I do), you're going to w... read more -
what is search engine optimization? 1 AnswerSEO is an acronym for "search engine optimization" or "search engine optimizer." Deciding to hire an SEO is a big decision that can potentially improve your sit... read more -
What is a good search engine and why? 3 AnswersPart of the trick of Google is figuring out your search terms. That can be a trick when the word you're searching for has alternate meanings. A good alternati... read more
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