Internet Search Engines

CLASS: JSS Three

Definition of Internet Search Engines

Internet Search engines are websites or software that enable a person to find documents or other media on the internet. It can also be defined as software programs that help users find information stored on a personal computer or a network of computers such as the Internet. The information may consist of images, files, web addresses or links etc.

Internet Search Engine Terms

1. Search query: Also known as 'user search string', this is the word or set of words that are typed by the user in the search bar of the search engine.
2. Search Engine Results Page (SERP): A search engine results page (SERP) is the page displayed by a search engine in response to a query by a searcher. The main component of the SERP is the listing of results that are returned by the search engine in response to a keyword query.

Example of Internet Search Engines and their websites

Google

Google Was formally known as BackRub. It was founded on September 4, 1998, by two PhD computer scientists Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were students at Stanford University in California. Google is owned by Alphabet Inc. The current CEO is Sundar Pichai. Google Search has become the most used web-based search engine. It handles more than 3.5 billion searches per day. The web address for google search is www.google.com

Bing

Bing is owned by the American software company Microsoft Corporation. It was unveiled by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer on May 28, 2009. Bing was developed from Microsoft's previous search engines, which are MSN Search, Windows Live Search and later Live Search. The web address for Bing search is www.bing.com

Yep

Yep is a new search engine. it was developed by Ahrefs Team. Dmytro Gerasymenko, the CEO of Ahrefs, made the release through Twitter about creating a new search engine in the year 2019. The web address for Yep search is www.yep.com

you

You.com is a search engine built on artificial intelligence that provides users with a customized search experience while keeping their data 100% private. The search engine was founded by former Salesforce employees and opened its public beta on November 9, 2021. The URL for You is www.you.com

Yahoo

Yahoo Search was founded in January 1994 by Jerry Yang and David Filo, who were Electrical Engineering graduate students when they created a website named "Jerry and David's Guide to the World Wide Web. It is owned by Verizon Communications since 2017. The web address for Yahoo search is www.yahoo.com

Openverse

As the name suggests, Openverse is an open-source search engine for open content developed as part of the WordPress project. It is the successor to CC Search which was launched by Creative Commons in 2019. It is mainly designed to find stock photos, images and audio files. The URL for Openverse is www.openverse.org

ASK.COM

Ask.com was originally known as Ask Jeeves. It was founded in 1996 by Garrett Gruener. ASK.COM is a question-answering–focused e-business. The web address for ASK.COM is www.ask.com

Startpage

Startpage is the world's most private search engine. It is a Dutch search engine that allows users to obtain Google Search results while protecting users' privacy by not storing personal information or search data and removing all trackers. It was founded in 1998 by David Bodnick. The web address for Startpage is www.startpage.com

DockDockGo

DuckDuckGo was founded by Gabriel Weinberg and launched on February 29, 2008. DuckDuckGo emphasizes protecting searchers' privacy. The website address for DockDockGo is www.duckduckgo.com

Swisscows

Swisscows is a web search engine launched in 2014, a project of Hulbee AG, a company based in Egnach, Switzerland. It is an anonymous search engine that protects the privacy of users when searching and from inappropriate content when finding it. It does not use cookies or other tracking technologies. Each search query remains anonymous and each user is a guest without a user profile. The website address for Swisscows is www.swisscows.com

Yandex

Yandex was founded on September 23, 1997. It is a Russian multinational technology company providing Internet-related products and services, including an Internet search engine, information services, e-commerce, transportation, maps and navigation, mobile applications, and online advertising. The URL for Yandex search is www.yandex.com

Baidu

Baidu is a Chinese technology, internet search and internet services company. It is China’s largest search engine and is the undisputed king of search in China. Baidu was founded by Robin Li in 2000 and is headquartered in Beijing, China. URL is www.baidu.com

Naver

It was launched in 1999 as the first web portal in South Korea to develop and use its search engine. It was developed by an ex-Samsung employee, Lee Haejin. URL is www.naver.com

sogou

Sogou Inc is an internet company in China which owns a search engine called Sogou Search. It was launched in 2004 and is currently the third-largest search engine in China. Sogou URL is www.soguo.com

SearX

Searx is an open-source metasearch engine which aggregates results from more than 70 search services. Users are neither tracked nor profiled. Website address is searx.thegpm.org

WolfranAlha

WolframAlpha is an answer engine developed by Wolfram Research and released on May 18, 2009. It is used to compute expert-level answers using Wolfram’s breakthrough algorithms, knowledgebase and AI technology. Website address is www.wolframalpha.com

Neeva

Neeva is a private, ads-free AI search engine. Neeva was founded in 2019 by Sridhar Ramaswamy, a former senior executive at Google. URL is neeva.com

Brave

Brave Search is a search engine developed by Brave Software, Inc. and released in Beta in March 2021. URL is search.brave.com

Gibiru

Gibiru is a private search engine that offers anonymous and uncensored searches. URL is gibiru.com

AOL search

The search engine that helps you find exactly what you're looking for. Find the most relevant information, video, images, and answers from all across the Web. URL is search.aol.com

Webcrawler

In 1994, Brian Pinkerton developed “WebCrawler”, the first full-text crawler-based Web search engine. WebCrawler was the first search engine that allowed users to search for any word on a web page, which changed the standard for all future search engines. URL is www.webcrawler.com

Uses of Search Engines

Search engines are often used to:
1. Find pages, files, news, images, and other data on the web
2. Download educational materials like lecture notes and tutorials in any subject of your choice
3. Download music and video
4. Get maps and directions
5. Display advertisements.