search engines

A search engine generally refers to an Internet searching site used to find information and related sites on the web. The search results are usually called “hits”. The information gathered could be images, music or video files, database entries or web pages. Search engines use programs, or algorithms to locate results rather than web directories that use people for a manual search of results.

The first search engine was called “Archie” created in 1990 by a student at the McGill University in Montreal. In 2007 Google remained the most popular web search engine worldwide. The study of how search engines rank documents and subsequently optimizing a website to be found is called search engine optimization.

Search engine blogs include emerging trends in programming and algorithm development as well as blogs listing popular search engines and their success rates. Emerging trends, fading popularity and changes in ranking methods are frequent discussion topics. The Search Engine Watch blog compares programming effectiveness and ranks current popularity within the search engines.

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• Google, The Good: Free Law!

  
  Concurring Opinions — Authority: 615
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• Expert Search Engine Optimization Services – 101 Search Marketing – An Overview Of Search Engine Optimisation – TheSEOGenie.com

  
  Internet Marketing Ideas and Information — Authority: 134
  Organic Seo Company The objective of looking for SEO services is to help the website achieve high rankings on major search engines, such as Google, Yahoo and MSN. Good SEO services companies aim to generate traffic by improving keywords. To get ahead in the organic search results field, the help of strategic ...
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• What businesses are succeeding on the internet

  
  Cyber Flopping! — Authority: 147
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• Getting Started In Internet Marketing

  
  Cyber Flopping! — Authority: 147
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• Internet Marketing 101

  
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• Keyword Research – Keyword Selection Can Increase Traffic Of A Site

  
  Cyber Flopping! — Authority: 147
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• Google Scholar Launches Online Access to U.S. Laws and Cases

  
  New York Accident Lawyer | New York Malpractice Attorney | NY Injury Lawyer — Authority: 119
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• Will Microsoft Pay Murdoch to Opt Out of Google?

  
  Technologizer — Authority: 658
  It’s just a rumor, but a fascinating one: Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. is supposedly talking to Microsoft about some sort of deal that would involve Microsoft giving News Corp. a boatload of cash to block Google from indexing its news sites , so Microsoft’s Bing could step in and become News Corp.’s official ...
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• The Affiliate Way Network – Easy Profits Using PPC In Your Affiliate Marketing Business

  
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• Will Bing Marry News Corp?

  
  Search Engine Optimization Journal - Search Optimization Blog — Authority: 504
  Rupert Murdoch is reported as saying that he plans to de-index his web properties from Google and go to an all-paid subscription format. In case you never got a chance to see this interview, here it is: Now, the talk is that Bing.com has had discussions with News Corp about offering exclusive content through its ...
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• Report: Amazon Fastest Mobile Retail Site

  
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• An Appraisal of the Web 2 Mayhem Review Structured System

  
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• Search Engine Optimization – Only One Part Of A Succesful Internet Marketing Strategy

  
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• Microsoft, Murdoch talk team-up to freeze Google out of online news

  
  DailyFinance — Authority: 805
  Filed under: Company News , Technology , Media , Google , Microsoft , News Corp. Can Microsoft ( MSFT ) gain much needed market share for its Bing search engine by signing a deal with News Corp. ( NWS ) and other news publishers to remove their web pages from the Google ( GOOG ) search index and give Bing an ...
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• Free Website Traffic using Social Bookmarking

  
  Learn Free Internet Marketing Learn Free Internet Marketing Strategies using Video, Articles, Social Networking, Social Media, Web 2.0, Blogs, Affiliate Marketing — Authority: 166
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• Internet Marketing Associates

  
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• Would Bing switch really dent Google?

  
  Media: PDA | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 104
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• Taking Advantage Of Automated Article Submission Software Makes Perfect Sense

  
  Internet Niche Marketing — Authority: 152
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• Automated Article Submission Software Provides Quick And Efficient Service

  
  VST Platinum Blog — Authority: 155
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• Unofficial Google Wave App for iPhone Available

  
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  Apple are notorious for scrutinizing every app submitted before it’s allowed into its store. Anything that even veers close to breaking one of the rules is shot back to the developer with a long list of things to change before the app will ever see the light of day. How then, did an unofficial Google Wave app which ...
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