Advanced Internet Searching – how to search the internet quicker
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Engines A web search engine is a web based service that searches
for information on the web. It searches documents for key words
and phrases that it has been asked to look for. When a person
enters their query or key words the search engine searches
through its index and displays all the results that may be
matched with that query. For example if you were looking for
information on green tree frogs you would type “Green tree
Frogs” into your search engine. The search engine will then
display links to all the pages with information on Green Tree
Frogs with ones most likely to match your search listed at the
top. There are a number of search engines you can use such as;
Multiple or meta search tools A multiple or meta search tool is
a tool that searches the internet using several search engines
at the same time. You use them in the same way as a search
engine by typing your request into th