Technical Terms - Internet (A-Z) - Search Engine

What is the main purpose of a search engine?

• To analyze backlinks

• To design websites

• To locate information on the Internet

• To create web pages

What are the small software tools used by search engines to build their indexes?

• Hyperlinks

• Backlinks

• Web crawlers

• Spiders

Which search engine is mentioned as the world's most popular?

• Bing

• DuckDuckGo

• Google

• Yahoo

What do search engines use to weigh results differently based on a person's search history?

• Keywords

• Page titles

• Images

• Search history

What do search operators help with when using a search engine?

• Refine a search

• Create web pages

• Design websites

• Analyze backlinks

What do quotation marks around a phrase do in a search engine?

• Search for any words

• Search for pages containing either or both words

• Search for those words exactly as entered

• Exclude words from the search

What does the word OR do between two words in a search engine?

• Search for those words exactly as entered

• Exclude words from the search

• Search for pages containing either or both words

• Search for them together

What does a hyphen before a word do in a search engine?

• Search for pages containing either or both words

• Search for those words exactly as entered

• Exclude it from the search

• Search for them together

What does an asterisk * represent in a search engine?

• A wildcard that can represent any word or multiple words

• Search for those words exactly as entered

• Search for pages containing either or both words

• Exclude it from the search

What does the phrase site: followed by a domain do in a search engine?

• Search for pages containing either or both words

• Limit results to pages in that domain

• Exclude it from the search

• Search for those words exactly as entered