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Search engine is a program that was created to organize data and help users find information on the internet by just typing a keyword. prior to the development of search engines, the world wide web was a collection of File Transfer Protocols ([[FTP]]), a standard network of protocol which is used to transfer date from one host to another through a TCP-based network. Because of the rapid increase of internet users, organizing the FTP files shared in the internet became a requirement. The search engine was created to provide easy access and navigation of information in the world wide web.<ref>[http://www.thehistoryofseo.com/The-Industry/Short_History_of_Early_Search_Engines.aspx Short History of Search Engines]</ref>
Search engine is a program that was created to organize data and help users find information on the internet by just typing a keyword. prior to the development of search engines, the world wide web was a collection of File Transfer Protocols ([[FTP]]), a standard network of protocol which is used to transfer date from one host to another through a TCP-based network. Because of the rapid increase of internet users, organizing the FTP files shared in the internet became a requirement. The search engine was created to provide easy access and navigation of information in the world wide web.<ref>[http://www.thehistoryofseo.com/The-Industry/Short_History_of_Early_Search_Engines.aspx Short History of Search Engines]</ref>
==Different Search Engines==
[[Alan Emtage]] a student from Mc Gill University in Montreal developed the first search engine called [[Archie]] in 1990. It is an index or archive of files stored to an unknown FTP sites to a given network of computers. After one year in 1991, another search engine named [[Gopher]] was created by [[Mark Mc Cahill]] from the University of Minnesota.
[[Alan Emtage]] a student from Mc Gill University in Montreal developed the first search engine called [[Archie]] in 1990. It is an index or archive of files stored to an unknown FTP sites to a given network of computers. After one year in 1991, another search engine named [[Gopher]] was created by [[Mark Mc Cahill]] from the University of Minnesota.