search engine
Online query tool
A search engine is software that indexes and retrieves information from a database, most commonly the web.
Users enter queries and receive ranked results.
Google dominates the field, making google a verb synonym for searching online.
Other search engines include Bing, DuckDuckGo, and Yahoo: I found it through a search engine.
- keywordsImportant identifying words
- GoogleDominant web search provider
- queryRequest for information
- indexingSystematic organization for retrieval
- crawlingMoving on hands, knees
PageRank · results · knowledge graph · Baidu · link · natural language processing · SEO · autocomplete · Boolean operators · web crawler · URL · SERP · backlinks · lookup · spider · database · toolbar · internet
- internet termsinternet, email, URL, router, download
- information sourcespublic library, national library, academic library, digital library, encyclopedia
- webwebsite, HTML, HTTP, HTTPS, browser
- web browsingbrowser, tab, bookmark, URL, link
- Digital EntitiesAI, bot, chatbot, virtual assistant, AI assistant
- Dot-com Eradot-com crash, bubble burst, irrational exuberance, IPOs, stock speculation
search enginepush notification
Automatic message from app
RSS feed · content feed · news feed · recommendation engine · subscription service
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