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What Is a Search Engine and How Do I Use It?

AUTHOR Gray, Leon; Gray, Leon
PUBLISHER Rosen Education Service (12/30/2013)
PRODUCT TYPE Hardcover (Library Binding)

Description
This handy guide to search engines allows readers to learn the tricks to using these Internet-indexing services to their maximum potential. With an informative history of the development of search engines, this book teaches readers how this essential tool for the Web has advanced in its technology for categorizing websites and then pulling them up for users at the click of a search button. From an electronic "spider" that crawls the World Wide Web looking for new web pages to the meta tags and hash codes that have come to help optimize results, this book covers the early days of Yahoo and WebCrawler through the most recent developments in search engine technology. A discussion of Cloud computing and other safety issues makes this a key read for anybody who wants to stay up on today's issues in Internet security.
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Product Details
ISBN-13: 9781622750818
ISBN-10: 1622750810
Binding: Hardback or Cased Book (Library Binding)
Content Language: English
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Page Count: 48
Carton Quantity: 0
Product Dimensions: 6.50 x 0.30 x 9.20 inches
Weight: 0.60 pound(s)
Feature Codes: Bibliography, Index, Ikids, Glossary
Country of Origin: US
Subject Information
BISAC Categories
Computers | System Administration - Storage & Retrieval
Grade Level: 5th Grade - 8th Grade
Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 0
Point Value: 0
Guided Reading Level: Grade 5
Dewey Decimal: 025.042
Library of Congress Control Number: 2013027179
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This handy guide to search engines allows readers to learn the tricks to using these Internet-indexing services to their maximum potential. With an informative history of the development of search engines, this book teaches readers how this essential tool for the Web has advanced in its technology for categorizing websites and then pulling them up for users at the click of a search button. From an electronic "spider" that crawls the World Wide Web looking for new web pages to the meta tags and hash codes that have come to help optimize results, this book covers the early days of Yahoo and WebCrawler through the most recent developments in search engine technology. A discussion of Cloud computing and other safety issues makes this a key read for anybody who wants to stay up on today's issues in Internet security.
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Editor: Gray, Leon
Leon Gray is a highly experienced children s book author who has written titles on many subjects, from science and geography to world issues. Before becoming an author, he worked in book publishing in London. Leon now lives in Scotland and is married with three children.
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