On a quick note, i find it kind of ironic that im using a search engine to find a different search engine and to find out how a search engine works. Mainly because i have never given it a second though till now. I apologize google, for taking you for granted.
How do search engines rank the stuff they find on the Internet?
Search engines use an algorithm to determine to relevancy and frequency of a site when a search is done. One of the the main rules in a ranking algorithm involves the location and frequency of keywords on a web page.
Who, or what, makes one page (that you might get in your search results) more useful than another one, so that it is put at the top of your search results?
Pages with the search terms appearing in the HTML title tag are often assumed to be more relevant than others to the topic. Search engines will also check to see if the search keywords appear near the top of a web page, such as in the headline or in the first few paragraphs of text. They assume that any page relevant to the topic will mention those words right from the beginning. Frequency is the other major factor in how search engines determine relevancy. A search engine will analyze how often keywords appear in relation to other words in a web page. Those with a higher frequency are often deemed more relevant than other web pages.
I found this information at http://searchenginewatch.com/ and it was actually quite interesting so i recommend to visit this site if you want to find out more.
What are some of your favourite search engines? why do you like one more than others?
The only search engine i use is google, mainly because until now, i didnt really know or give much thought to any others. However, after completing this weeks tutorial task, i have found that i also like using Bing and perhaps Yahoo. I think i like these ones the best because i find them quite easy to navigate and they deliver reasonable search results, without having to file through a load of useless websites to get what you are looking for.
But...
Google, you are still my favourite :-)
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