Title :
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A Comparative Study of the Results Produced by Search Engines
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Author :
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Satinder Bal Gupta
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Journal name :
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IJMRS's International Journal of Engineering Sciences, ISSN 2277-9698
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Volume :
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Volume 01, Issue 01, Mar. 2012
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Keywords :
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Word Wide Web, Search engines, Queries and Search engine results
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Abstract :
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The search engines are commonly used by almost every other person to retrieve information from the Web. Most of the people are obsessed with Google and avoid using other search engines. This paper compared major Web search engines and Meta search engines to check their relevancy by considering the various parameters associated with search engines. Further, a team comprising some students also poses queries to these search engines and evaluates the relevancy of results produced. This study compares the various search engines and metasearch engines on the basis of various characteristics they possess. It also proposed to the users when certain type of search engine needs to be used to get the most relevant results.
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