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A search engine retrieves information on the [[Internet]] for users.  Typically a user types in key words and the search engine will display a list of links containing those terms.  The search engine may list links based on [[algorithm]]s designed to give priority to relevancy, or popularity, or fees paid by sites to the search engine company.  Generally the methods used by search engines are proprietary and not completely known.

A '''search engine''' retrieves information on the [[internet]] for users.  Typically a user types in key words and the search engine will display a list of links containing those terms.  The search engine may list links based on [[algorithm]]s designed to give priority to relevancy, or popularity, or fees paid by sites to the search engine company.  Generally the methods used by search engines are proprietary and not completely known.

[[AltaVista]] was a popular early search engine in 1995, but its slow speed caused it to lose out to [[Google]], which would retrieve information almost instantaneously based on presorted techniques.

[[AltaVista]] was a popular early search engine in 1995, but its slow speed caused it to lose out to [[Google]], which would retrieve information almost instantaneously based on presorted techniques.

In 2007 Google has over 50% of the search [[traffic]] on the Internet, and Yahoo! is a distant second.

In 2007 Google has over 50% of the search [[traffic]] on the Internet, and [[Yahoo!]] is a distant second.

[[category:technology]]

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