Search

What was the first internet search engine?

The grandfather of all search engines was Archie, created in 1990 by Alan Emtage, a student at McGill University in Montreal. While the chapter gives credit to Archie as the first search engine, it really doesn't go into too much detail about what it was, and what it did. 

what is a web search engine? 

A web search engine is a software system that is designed to search for information on the World Wide Web. The search results are generally presented in a line of results often referred to as search engine results pages (SERPs). The information may be a mix of web pages, images, and other types of files. 

How old is google search engine?

Google began in January 1996 as a research project by Larry Page and Sergey Brin when they were both PhD students at Stanford University in Stanford, California.

What is the use of yahoo? 

Yahoo Search is a web search engine owned by Yahoo! Inc., and was, as of January 2014 ^[update], the second largest search directory on the web by query volume, at 5.45%, after its competitor Google at 71.36%, according to Net Applications.