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  2. Metasearch engine - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metasearch_engine

    Metasearch engine. A metasearch engine (or search aggregator) is an online information retrieval tool that uses the data of a web search engine to produce its own results. [1][2] Metasearch engines take input from a user and immediately query search engines [3] for results. Sufficient data is gathered, ranked, and presented to the users.

  3. Searx - Wikipedia

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    Searx (/ sɜːrks /; stylized as searX) is a free and open-source metasearch engine, [4] available under the GNU Affero General Public License version 3, with the aim of protecting the privacy of its users. [5][6][7] To this end, Searx does not share users' IP addresses or search history with the search engines from which it gathers results ...

  4. Outline of search engines - Wikipedia

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    Metasearch engine – search tool [1] that sends user requests to several other search engines and/or databases and aggregates the results into a single list or displays them according to their source. Metasearch engines enable users to enter search criteria once and access several search engines simultaneously. Search aggregator.

  5. Search engine - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search_engine

    Some engines suggest queries when the user is typing in the search box. A search engine is a software system that provides hyperlinks to web pages and other relevant information on the Web in response to a user's query. The user inputs a query within a web browser or a mobile app, and the search results are often a list of hyperlinks ...

  6. Search engine indexing - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search_engine_indexing

    Search engine indexing is the collecting, parsing, and storing of data to facilitate fast and accurate information retrieval. Index design incorporates interdisciplinary concepts from linguistics, cognitive psychology, mathematics, informatics, and computer science. An alternate name for the process, in the context of search engines designed to ...

  7. Federated search - Wikipedia

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    Federating across three search engines. One application of federated searching is the metasearch engine. However, the metasearch approach does not overcome the shortcomings of the component search engines, such as incomplete indexes. Documents that are not indexed by search engines create what is known as the deep Web, or invisible Web.

  8. Search engine scraping - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search_engine_scraping

    Search engine scraping is the process of harvesting URLs, descriptions, or other information from search engines. This is a specific form of screen scraping or web scraping dedicated to search engines only. Most commonly larger search engine optimization (SEO) providers depend on regularly scraping keywords from search engines to monitor the ...

  9. AOL

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    The search engine that helps you find exactly what you're looking for. Find the most relevant information, video, images, and answers from all across the Web.