ITEC50 Flashcards

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a program that searches documents for specified keywords and returns a list of the documents where the keywords were found

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search engine

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sending out a spider to fetch as many documents as possible

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search engine

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an indexer, who reads documents and creates an index based on the words contained in each document

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search engine

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4
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proprietary algorithm to create its indices such that, ideally, only meaningful results are returned for each query

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search engine

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5
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How do web search engines work?​

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  1. finding specific information on the vast expanse of the World Wide Web.
  2. it would be virtually impossible to locate anything on the Web without knowing a specific URL.
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6
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Algorithm of search engine:​

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  1. to determine the relevance of the information in the index​
  2. frequency and location of keywords on a Web page​
  3. the way that pages link to other pages on the Web
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7
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A search engine consists of three components:​

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  1. spider
  2. index
  3. search engine mechanism
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8
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program that traverses the Web from link to link, identifying and reading pages

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spider

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9
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database containing a copy of each Web page gathered by the spider

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index

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software that enables users to query the index and that usually returns results in relevancy ranked order

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search engine mechanism

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11
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backbone or procedure of technology

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algorithm

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12
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Three types of search engines:​

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  1. powered by robots (called crawlers; ants or spiders)​
  2. powered by human submissions​
  3. hybrid of the two​
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13
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automated software agents

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crawlers

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14
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use automated software agents (called crawlers) that visit a Web site

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crawler-based search engines​

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15
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read the information on the actual site​

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crawler-based search engines​

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16
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read the site’s meta tags​

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crawler-based search engines​

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17
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follow the links that the site connects to perform indexing on all linked Web sites as well

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crawler-based search engines​

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18
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returns all that information back to a central depository​

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crawler-based search engines​

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19
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check for any information that has changed​

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crawler-based search engines​

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20
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rely on humans to submit information that is subsequently indexed and cataloged

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human-powered search engines​

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21
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only information that is submitted is put into the index

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human-powered search engines​

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22
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Query on Search Engine​

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  1. searching through the index that the search engine has created​
  2. giant databases of information that is collected and stored and subsequently searched.​
  3. index hasn’t been updated since a Web page became invalid​
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23
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it enables you to search through various Internet databases

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alenka

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24
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provides ad-free result

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alenka

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25
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Some of the Internet Search Engines ​you can use to search the Web

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  1. google
  2. yahoo
  3. baidu
  4. bing
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26
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January 1996 as a research project by Larry Page and Sergey Brin

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google

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27
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99% of its revenue is derived from its advertising programs

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google

28
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its web search engine is the company’s most popular service

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google

29
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made by Jerry Yang and David Filo​ that grew rapidly throughout the 90s

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yahoo

30
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samples of yahoo

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Yahoo! Messenger and Yahoo! Mail

31
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it offers services for on-the-go messaging​

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Yahoo! mobile

32
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Chinese search engine for websites, audio files, and images

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baidu

33
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index of over 740M web pages, 80M images, and 10M multimedia files

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baidu

34
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became the first Chinese company to be included in the NASDAQ-100 index

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baidu

35
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formerly Live Search, Windows Live Search, and MSN Search

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bing

36
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Notable changes include the listing of search suggestions as queries are entered

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bing

37
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list of related searches

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explorer pane

38
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top sites in the Philippines

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  1. Google.com.ph
  2. Youtube.com
  3. Google.com
  4. Abs-cbn.com
  5. Facebook.com
39
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first tool for searching the Internet, created in 1990

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Archie

40
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downloaded directory listings of all files located on public anonymous FTP servers​

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Archie

41
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it indexed plain text documents​

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Gopher

42
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they came along to search Gopher’s index system​

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Veronica and Jughead

43
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first actual Web search engine was developed by Matthew Gray in 1993 and was called

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Wandex

44
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Key Terms To Understanding Web Search Engines​

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  1. spider trap
  2. meta tag
  3. deep link
  4. robot
45
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a condition of dynamic Web sites in which a search engine’s spider becomes trapped in an endless loop of code

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spider trap

46
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group of pages that have links only to the pages within the group

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spider trap

47
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simplest form of spider trap with only one page

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E

48
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has two incoming links and only one link going out to itself

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E

49
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a special HTML tag that provides information about a Web page

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meta tag

50
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a hyperlink either on a Web page or in the results of a search engine query to a page on a Web site other than the site’s home page​

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deep link

51
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a program that runs automatically without human intervention

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robot

52
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collections of reviewed and recommended links that have been created by subject specialists, usually librarians, to support research needs and to pinpoint high-quality sites on the web

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library gateways

53
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WHEN DO YOU USE LIBRARY GATEWAYS AND SUBJECT-SPECIFIC DATABASES?​

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  1. library gateways - Use it when you are looking for high quality information sites on the Web
  2. subject-specific databases - use it when looking for information on a specific topic and thousands of databases devoted to specific topics of interest
54
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Examples of Library Gateways​

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  1. Academic Information​
  2. Digital Librarian​
  3. Infomine​
  4. Internet Public Library​
  5. Librarians’ Index to the Internet​
  6. PINAKES​
  7. WWW Virtual Library​
55
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Examples of Subject-specific Databases​

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  1. Educator’s Reference Desk (educational information)​
  2. Expedia (travel)​
  3. Internet Movie Database (movies)​
  4. Jumbo Software (computer software)​
  5. Kelley Blue Book (car values)​
  6. Monster Board (jobs)​
  7. Motley Fool (personal investment)​
  8. MySimon (comparison shopping)​
  9. Roller Coaster Database (roller coasters)​
  10. Voice of the Shuttle (humanities research)​
  11. WebMD (health information)​
56
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may kinalaman sa search

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Keyword relevance

57
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engagement metrics ng link

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Page authority

58
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performance

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User experience

59
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gaano kaupdated yung page

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freshness

60
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pre-displayed information

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snippets/metadescription

61
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pagtaas ng visibility ng site sa search engines

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search engine optimization

62
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multiple other search engines

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meta-search

63
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boost keyword rankings

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meta tags

64
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following one page to another

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spider/crawling

65
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Storing web pages on a database

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index/indexing

66
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Ranking by popularity and relevance

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search engine mechanism

67
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reads documents and creates an index based on the words contained in each document

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indexer