Search engine security

katie — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 16:27:58 +0000

If you are concerned about someone monitoring your search keywords, you can use an SSL connection with Google. Just type in https://www.google.com. This doesn't prevent Google from logging your search requests, but it does ensure that your search is not being monitored by a third party on the internet. If you are also concerned about Google logging your search requests, you can use a search engine like Scroogle http://scroogle.org), which uses Google's search database but doesn't log your keywords.

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Searching web-pages

katie — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 16:20:11 +0000

The web-browser is a great tool for research. To find information on the web, you can use a search engine to look for relevant words (keywords) that are embedded in web-pages. Search engines store information about web-pages, which they gather using automated systems known as 'web-crawlers'. When you enter keywords into a search engine, they search their own databases for web-pages containing those keywords. The search engine lists the results, with the more frequently visited web-pages at the top of the list. The most commonly used search engines are Google, Yahoo and Bing.

When using a search engine, make your searches as simple as possible and use as few words as possible — 'weather bangalore' will give better results than 'weather report for Bangalore, India'. Think of how things might be written on the page you are looking for: 'Stomach ache' will yield better results than 'my stomach hurts'.

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