Οι μηχανές αναζήτησης (Search Engines) ως μέσα παροχής πληροφοριών

Abstract

The paper describes the characteristics, usability, components and ways of information retrieval of search engines. The usability of a search engine depends on its subject coverage and its ease of use. The top 11 search engines are described taking into consideration to their popularity according to data as of January 2000 (Fast, Northern Light, Alta Vista, Google, Excite, Inktomi, Lycos, Go/Infoseek, Hotbok, Webcrawler, Yahoo!).