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Working of Search Engine

Search engines allow users to search the internet using keywords. When a query is entered, the search engine returns a results page ranking relevant pages. Search engines discover new pages through crawling, index page details, process user queries to understand intent, rank pages based on relevance and other factors, and display results. Ranking considers keywords, popularity, user behavior, and quality to provide the most useful information to users.

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Working of Search Engine

Search engines allow users to search the internet using keywords. When a query is entered, the search engine returns a results page ranking relevant pages. Search engines discover new pages through crawling, index page details, process user queries to understand intent, rank pages based on relevance and other factors, and display results. Ranking considers keywords, popularity, user behavior, and quality to provide the most useful information to users.

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WORKING OF SEARCH ENGINE

WORKING OF
SEARCH ENGINE
SEARCH ENGINE
 Search engines allow users to search the internet for content
using keywords. Although the market is dominated by a few,
there are many search engines that people can use. When a
user enters a query into a search engine, a search engine
results page (SERP) is returned, ranking the found pages in
order of their relevance. How this ranking is done differs
across search engines.
 Search engines often change their algorithms (the programs
that rank the results) to improve user experience. They aim
to understand how users search and give them the best
answer to their queries. This means giving priority to
the highest quality and most relevant pages.
WORKING OF SEARCH ENGINE
1. CRAWLING
 Crawling is the process by which a search
engine discovers new and updated web pages to
be added to its index. It is performed by
software robots, commonly referred to as
crawlers or spiders, that follow links on the web
to find new pages.
 The process starts with a seed list of URLs,
which is a list of initial URLs used to begin the
crawl. The crawler visits each page in the seed
list and extracts all the links on that page. It then
follows those links to find more pages and
continues this process, known as breadth-first
search, until it has found all the pages it wants
to index.
2. INDEXING
 Indexing is storing information about web
pages in a database so that the search engine
can quickly retrieve and present relevant
information to users. It is performed after the
search engine has crawled and processed a
web page.
 In indexing, the search engine takes the
information it has gathered about a web
page, such as its content, links, and metadata,
and stores it in an index. The index is a data
structure designed to allow fast and efficient
lookups, allowing the search engine to
quickly retrieve relevant information in
response to user queries.
3. QUERY PROCESSING
 Query processing in a search engine refers to the process of taking a user's query, searching
the index, and returning relevant results. It is the key step in providing an answer to the user's
question.
 Query processing is a complex process that involves several stages, including lexical analysis,
syntactic analysis, semantic analysis, and ranking. The goal is to understand the user's intent
and provide the most relevant results as quickly as possible.
4. RANKING
 Ranking in a search engine refers to the process of determining the relevance and importance
of web pages in response to a user's query and ordering the results accordingly. The goal of
ranking is to provide the most relevant and useful results to the user at the top of the search
results page.
 Search engines use complex algorithms to rank web pages based on a variety of factors,
including the relevance of the content, the popularity of the page, and the user's search history.
RANKING

 The specific factors used and their weighting can vary between search engines, but they
generally consider the following:
1. Relevance: The search engine matches the user's query against the content of each web page
and assigns a relevance score based on the number and frequency of matching keywords.
2. Popularity: The search engine considers factors such as the number of external links pointing
to the page, the number of visits, and the overall user engagement to determine the popularity
of the page.
3. User Behavior: The search engine takes into account the user's search history, including
previous searches and clicks, to personalize the results and provide a better user experience.
4. Quality: The search engine uses metrics such as page load time, mobile-friendliness, and the
presence of spam or low-quality content to determine the quality of the page.
5. RESULTS PAGE
 A results page (or search results page) is the page that is
displayed by a search engine in response to a user's
query. It typically contains a list of links to relevant web
pages, along with a short snippet of text from each page
to provide context. The results are ordered based on their
relevance and importance, as determined by the search
engine's ranking algorithms.
 The results page is an essential component of the search
engine's user interface, as it provides users with access to
the information they are seeking. The results page can
also contain other information, such as sponsored links,
advertisements, and related searches, to provide users
with additional resources and options.
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