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Still
with me, Wendi? |
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Do
I have a choice, Will? Obviously, you're not going to the mall with me
until you make me a World Wide Web expert! |
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In
that case, let's see how much you remember from Lesson 2. First of all,
how does a directory search engine work? |
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A
directory search engine employs people who search the Web to find
quality web sites. They then
organize these sites into categories on the search engine's server. |
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Very
good, Wendi! Now tell me about keyword search engines. |
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Keyword
search engines use spiders, which are software programs, not bugs, to
find web pages containing the keyword you're searching for. The spider
then brings back
those pages and saves them on the search engine's server. |
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Excellent, Wendi. You can pay attention and whine at the
same time! |
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Very funny, Will. I also learned that Yahooligans and
Yahoo are popular directory search engines. You promised that you'd
teach me about keyword search engines, too. |
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And I always keep my promises. Here we go! |
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