WHAT IS SEARCH ENGINE?

A search engine is a program that searches the

web for sites based on your keyword search
terms. The search engine takes your keyword
and returns search engine results pages, with a
list of sites it deems relevant or connected to
your searched keyword.
 THE FIRST SEARCH ENGINE
The first search engine created was
Archie, created in 1990 by Alan Emtage, a
student at McGill University in Montreal. The
original intent of the name was "archives," but it
was shortened to Archie.
Then, search engines continued to be primitive
directory listings, until search engines
developed to web crawling and indexing
websites, eventually creating algorithms to
optimize relevancy
 TOP 8 SEARCH ENGINES
Below is our top 8 internet search engines list. While
deciding which is the "best" search engine depends
on your unique wants and needs, below is a list of
popular search engines, some more unique than
others.
Google - Offering everything from image searches, map
searches, news searches, etc. With impressive
keyword relevancy and a continuously improving
search algorithm, it's easy to see why Google is still
the reigning champ.
Bing - The Microsoft powered search engine prides itself
on being a "decision engine" by offering search
suggestions on the side column and providing extra
search options.
Yahoo - While Yahoo has been suffering as of late, it's
still a classic and a popular search engine.
Ask - Clean layout and handy results grouping.

AOL Search - AOL continues to be used, primarily by

people who still use AOL. They're out there
somewhere.

DogPile - the once alternative to Google is getting a

comeback and is a great alternative to bigger search
engines.

Duck Duck Go - Doesn't track your search history and is

avoids spammy sites.

The Internet Archive - This search engine lets users travel

back in time to see how web pages looked in years
gone by. A very fun search engine to play around with.
 LIST OF ALTERNATIVE SEARCH ENGINES

While Google is widely regarded as the most popular

search engine, there are also a number
of alternative search engines one can use.
Different search engines exist for unique needs.

BlogSearchEngine - is a great blog search engine

Indeed and Monster - are job search engines
SongMeanings and LyricsMode - are search engines
for music lyrics
 DEEP WEB SEARCH ENGINES
In addition to standard search engines, there
are deep web search engines as well.
The deep web refers to areas of the internet that
are not susceptible to normal indexing, and so
can't easily be found and indexed by crawlers.
These alternative search engines specialize in
this not-easy-to-find data.
Yippy - is a popular deep web search engine,
especially useful for niches and obscure
interests
Deep Dyve - is a deep web search engine for
scholarly articles and journals