Fulltext Search Engine

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Search Engine Types

• Full-text Search Engine
• Create their listings automatically. They "crawl"
  or "spider" the web, then people search through
  what they have found.
• Searches full-text contents of pages
• Example Google
• Searchable Subject Index
• Editors select, review web sites and write
  descriptions for each. Some site descriptions are
  submitted by the author.
• Searches only titles and descriptions of sites
• Example Yahoo!
• Meta-Search Engine
• Send searches to several search engines all at
  once. The results are then blended together onto
  one page.
• Example Vivisimo

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Search Engines Tips
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TopPick

• Most popular and well used currently
• Searches are fast, and tend to give relevant and
  high-quality websites
• Won numerous awards in Search Engine Watch
• Best search engine for images and news

Supports in front of the word To include
word.- in front of the term To exclude words."
" To search as a phrase.OR (uppercase) between
termsAND operator (defaulted) To include both
words. ( ) To group keywords together Domain
Restriction e.g. sitewww.np.edu.sg Does not
support Wildcards ()
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Search Strategy
Topic Out-of-the-box thinking
out of the box thinking out of the box
thinking out of the box thinking (out of
the box OR outside the box OR creative)
thinking (out of the box OR outside the box
OR creative OR innovative) (thinking OR think)
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