The Search engines engage the user to search for specific answers, news, or details by way of
the World Wide Web. Results are called SERPs – an acronym for search engine
results pages. The info you obtain typically is made up of web pages or
images. Updated information is mined by search engines as well from such
sources as directories and databases.
Real time computing is utilized, which provides reliable timely
information via an algorithm running on a web crawler.
Examples of general, well-known search engines includes:-
- Bing
- Yahoo
Some examples of metasearch engines include:-
- Dogpile
- LeapFish
- Info.com