(b) Search Engine Indexing

0.0(0)
studied byStudied by 0 people
learnLearn
examPractice Test
spaced repetitionSpaced Repetition
heart puzzleMatch
flashcardsFlashcards
Card Sorting

1/4

encourage image

There's no tags or description

Looks like no tags are added yet.

Study Analytics
Name
Mastery
Learn
Test
Matching
Spaced

No study sessions yet.

5 Terms

1
New cards

What Is a search engine?

a program that searches through a database of internet addresses to locate resources based on the client’s criteria

2
New cards

What do search engines rely on?

an index of web pages

3
New cards

What is used to build an index?

web crawler/spider

4
New cards

How is a website indexed by a search engine?

  • web crawler/spider visits page either by:

    • selecting it from an existing link

    • following a link

  • records info e.g. text/meta tags/description etc.

  • records position of each word within page & stores them in an index

  • follows links to other sites

5
New cards

What can be used to instruct spiders/web crawlers?

robots.txt file