Searching on the World Wide Web

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2002-02

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INFLIBNET Centre

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Lot of Information is available on the World Wide Web. But Searching on the World Wide Web can be confusing. A myriad of search engines exist, often with little or no documentation, and many of these search engines work differently from the standard commercial search engines user normally use (1). There are many directories, which attempt to organize the Internet by subject. Today there are many search engines that combine directory and keyword search capability. This paper defines search engine, directories and covers basics of searching, provides criteria for choosing search engines, as well as provides a comparison of some of the search engines available.

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WORLD WIDE WEB, SEARCH TECHNIQUES

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