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| ==Different Search Engines== | | ==Different Search Engines== |
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− | [[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 on unknown FTP sites to a given network of computers. After one year, in 1991, another search engine named [[Gopher]] was created by [[Mark McCahill]] from the University of Minnesota. |
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− | In 1993, [[Excite]] search engine was created by six undergraduate students from the University of Stanford to improve the relevance of searches in the internet. | + | In 1993, [[Excite]] search engine was created by six undergraduate students from the University of Stanford to improve the relevance of searches on the Internet. |
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− | In 1994 several search engines was created such as [[Yahoo]] by [[David Filo]] and [[Jerry Young]]; Web Crawler by Brian Pinkerton, a computer science engineering student from the University of Washington; [[Lycos]] which was developed by Dr. Michael Mauldin and a team of researchers from the [[Carnegie Mellon University]] and [[Infoseek]] which as created by [[Steve Kirsch]]. | + | In 1994, several search engines were created such as [[Yahoo]] by [[David Filo]] and [[Jerry Young]]; Web Crawler by Brian Pinkerton, a computer science engineering student from the University of Washington; [[Lycos]] which was developed by Dr. Michael Mauldin and a team of researchers from the Carnegie Mellon University, and [[Infoseek]] which as created by [[Steve Kirsch]]. |
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− | In 1995, [[Alta Vista]] was developed by scientists at Digital Equipment Corporation’s (DEC) Western Research Laboratory in Palo Alto, California and in 1996 [[Inktomi]] was developed by [[Eric Brewer]] while Ask was developed by [[Garret Gruener]] and [[David Warthen]]. The search engine was launched as [[Ask Jeeves]] in 1997. Subsequently [[Google]] was created by [[Larry Page]] and [[Sergey Brin]] both students from the University of Stanford. Google was incorporated in 1998 and it became the most popular search engine today. | + | In 1995, [[Alta Vista]] was developed by scientists at Digital Equipment Corporation’s (DEC) Western Research Laboratory in Palo Alto, California and in 1996 [[Inktomi]] was developed by [[Eric Brewer]] while Ask was developed by [[Garret Gruener]] and [[David Warthen]]. The search engine was launched as [[Ask Jeeves]] in 1997. Subsequently [[Google]] was created by [[Larry Page]] and [[Sergey Brin]], both students from the University of Stanford. Google was incorporated in 1998, and it became the most popular search engine to date. |
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| In 1998, Bill Gross launched [[Overture]] while [[MSN Search]] was offered by [[Microsoft]] as part of their service offering.The latest search engine that was developed was [[alltheweb]] in 1999. It was purchased by Overture in 2003 and eventually acquired by Yahoo after purchasing Overture.<ref> | | In 1998, Bill Gross launched [[Overture]] while [[MSN Search]] was offered by [[Microsoft]] as part of their service offering.The latest search engine that was developed was [[alltheweb]] in 1999. It was purchased by Overture in 2003 and eventually acquired by Yahoo after purchasing Overture.<ref> |