An Introduction to Search Engines and Web NavigationThis book is a second edition, updated and expanded to explain the technologies that help us find information on the web. Search engines and web navigation tools have become ubiquitous in our day to day use of the web as an information source, a tool for commercial transactions and a social computing tool. Moreover, through the mobile web we have access to the web's services when we are on the move. This book demystifies the tools that we use when interacting with the web, and gives the reader a detailed overview of where we are and where we are going in terms of search engine and web navigation technologies. |
Contents
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| 9 | |
THE PROBLEM OF WEB NAVIGATION | 38 |
CHAPTER 4 | 60 |
HOW DOES A SEARCH ENGINE WORK | 91 |
DIFFERENT TYPES OF SEARCH ENGINES | 148 |
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