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Searching is one of the purposes why people browse the internet. Many people contribute information by uploading it to web pages.
People from all over the world access this ocean of information on the internet for various reasons, but they choose to use the internet to find information because it is much easier to navigate.
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In this topic, you will learn the proper way of using the search engine to make searching or finding information a lot easier.
In the previous lesson, we defined the search engine as an internet software that helps people search or find information from millions of web pages on the internet. Some of the famous search engines utilized here in the Philippines are Google, Microsoft Bing, Yahoo, Ask, MSN, and Live Search.
To search, the user must navigate the search engine in the web browser, type a word or keywords of information they are looking for, which is also called search terms, and then click search or press enter on the keyboard.
After running a search, a list of websites that match your search, which is called search results, will appear. You can choose from the list of websites where you would like to visit to access the information you are finding.
Web Crawler – Also known as a spider, it is a program used by a browser to visit websites and read their pages and other information to create entries for a search engine index. When the crawler is building the list, that process is called web crawling.
In this topic, you will learn the proper way of using the search engine to make searching or finding information a lot easier.
In the previous lesson, we defined the search engine as an internet software that helps people search or find information from millions of web pages on the internet. Some of the famous search engines utilized here in the Philippines are Google, Microsoft Bing, Yahoo, Ask, MSN, and Live Search.
To search, the user must navigate the search engine in the web browser, type a word or keywords of information they are looking for, which is also called search terms, and then click search or press enter on the keyboard.
After running a search, a list of websites that match your search, which is called search results, will appear. You can choose from the list of websites where you would like to visit to access the information you are finding.
How do search engines work?
Search engines work through the following:Web Crawler – Also known as a spider, it is a program used by a browser to visit websites and read their pages and other information to create entries for a search engine index. When the crawler is building the list, that process is called web crawling.
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Index/Indexing – This software analyzes the copy of web pages the crawler found or built. Indexing organizes information before a search to enable super-fast responses to queries.
Search/Searching – The process of finding through an index where users input their query through words or keywords, and the search engine return the result.
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Techniques in using search engines to find information
Using a hyphen to exclude a word from the search. For example, you are searching for plants, and you do not want to include medicinal. At the beginning of the word, put a hyphen like plants – medicinal.
Placing quotation marks (" ") around the desired search terms will narrow down the search. For example, plants “flowering.”
If searching for specific content, most search engines have options or a menu for unique searches. If searching for an image of plants flowering, you can even narrow the search by using search tools to filter your images by size, color, image type, and more.
The Anatomy of Uniform Resource Locator
In the previous lesson, it is defined as the exact location of a document or file on the internet or simply the web address.
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It is essential to be familiar with the URL sections since searching can be done not only through the search box on the search engine but through the address bar as well.
Protocol/Scheme – (https) It determines how data is transferred between the host and a web browser. It is the type of web address so the browser connects to it correctly.
Domain name – (britannica.com) is the registered identification “string” (or word/phrase) used by the Domain Name System to define a specific area of control and website.
Sub Domain – It is the portion of a URL that comes before the “main” domain name and the domain extension. In www.britannica.com, www is the subdomain.
Top Level Domain – It is one of the domains at the highest level of the Domain Name System hierarchy. Examples are .com(commercial), .net(network), .org(organization), .edu(education), .gov(government), mil(military), .ph(Philippines), .ca(California), .uk(United Kingdom).
Path - Refers to the exact location of a page, post, or file.
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