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How Search Engines Work
13 Questions DATE :

1. How does a search engine find websites?

Accesses only site hosted by that

A Looks up only safe, verified sites B
company

Looks through that companies index of

C D Looks through the entire web.
website.

2. How do search engines find the websites that it indexes?

A By searching the web. B The get a list from the government

By using spiders to move from link to link

C D You have to submit your website.
finding pages.

3. What kind of questions are used by the search engine to find web pages that are
pertinent?

A How many people like this page? B What is the page name?

C Is the page quality or spammy? D How many pictures does it have?

4. You can improve your page ranking by paying Google money.

A True B False
 5. The more words in your search, the better your results will be.

A False B True

6. Every word counts.

A False B True

7. Word order doesn't matter.

A False B True

8. To make sure a word IS NOT included, what operator do you use?

A - B OR

C " " D +

9.
What is this?

A Ads B Snippet

C Filters D URL

10. What are these?

A Filters B Snippet

C Title D Ads

11. What are these?

A Filters B Natural Reults

C Ads D Snippet
12. What is this?

A Snippet B Search Bar

C Ads D Filter

13. What is this?

A Snippet B URL

C Title D Ads
Answer Key

1.c 2.c 3.c 4.b

5.a 6.b 7.a 8.a

9.a 10.a 11.b 12.b

13.a