SECTION 3: USING SEARCH ENGINES EFFECTIVELY
META SEARCH ENGINES
META SEARCH ENGINES
- Do NOT maintain their own databases. Instead, they are middle men or middle agents.
- Transmit your search topic to several search engines at the same time.
- Search results represent a combination of results from ALL engines queried.
How does this impact on searching?
- Beware: if you enter a complex search, not all of the engines searched may be able to interpret it.
- Meta search engines are useful for saving time in searching multiple engines at-once.
- Meta search engines are useful for getting an overview of "what's out there".
TUTORIAL MENU
