Internet- SEARCH ENGINES

SEARCH ENGINES

Ask these questions to the students:

• Who is the first president of India?

• Who all have been the Prime ministers of India since Independence?

• What are the medical benefits of Amla?

• When and why was Taj Mahal built and by whom?

• What are the two most popular cartoon characters liked by the students.

Discuss that when information is not readily available in the immediate surrounding, we try to search for the information from the source available. The source can be any person, books, documents etc. But reaching the source also need some time, physical effort and monetary investment. Internet is one such source from where information can be gathered in a short span of time and with less physical effort.

Searching for information is one of the most popular activities on internet. This can be done through a 'search engine'. A search engine is a web-based tool that enables users to locate information on the World Wide Web. Popular search engines and their URL are given below.

Search Engine	URL
Yahoo	https://www.yahoo.com
MSN	https://www.msn.com
Bing	https://www.bing.com
Google	https://www.google.com

Search engines use an automated software applications that crawl along the Web, following links from page to page, site to site and gathers information. The information gathered by the search engines are displayed as search results. These search engines are also a type of website.To open any search engine, type the respective URL in the browser and press enter. This opens the homepage of the search engine .

Here google search engine is shown as example: