Google search engine
Google is the most popular search engine in the world.[١] It is used in over 88% of online searches.[٢] Search engines are defined as computer programs based on the Internet through which large amounts of data and information available on the World Wide Web are collected according to what the user is inquiring about.[٣]
Google search engine was developed in 1996 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, graduate students at Stanford University, where the two worked on developing an algorithm for a search engine capable of classifying Web Pages Depending on the content and keywords being searched for, as well as the number of other web pages linking to each page.[١]
How to make a Google search engine
Google search engine is an automated search engine that explores different web pages on a regular basis; with the aim of adding them to the index of search results that are done through Google. This is usually done through programs called web crawlers, which find web pages without their owners submitting requests to add them to Google. The search process is done through the Google search engine in three basic stages, which are as follows:[٤]
- Crawling: (In English: Crawling); Google's search engine relies on what are known as crawling programs to search for new or updated web pages, through various methods; such as following links to Google from pages that were previously visited, then saving the addresses of those pages or links (URL) in large lists for later reference.
- Indexing: (In English: Indexing); After discovering new web pages through crawling mechanisms, Google search engine visits all those pages to analyze the contents of each page, whether it is texts, images, or video clips, and tries to understand the topics that it specializes in. After that, that information is saved in the Google index, which is a very large database that is located on a large number of Google servers.
- Serving Search Results: When a search is conducted through Google, the latter displays the search results. Of higher quality using a specific type of algorithms, as Google relies on multiple factors in displaying its results, such as the user’s geographical location.
Google searches are increasing
Google search engine has evolved since its inception, with Google today processing more than 40,000 searches per second, equivalent to more than 3.5 billion searches per day. When it was officially launched in 1998, searches were only about ten thousand searches per day. One year later, at the end of 1999, Google search engine was processing about 3.5 million searches per day.[٥]
The increase in Google searches has been proportional to time, as searches reached 200 million when Google went public in 2004. In 2012, Google announced that the searches that take place on it every day exceed 3.3 billion searches in a single day, according to data from the website (Internet Live Stats) which displays the number of searches currently being performed directly through the Google search engine.[٥]
How to search via Google search engine
You can search via Google search engine by following these steps:[٦]
- Head to the site The website (www.google.com) is used using one of the web browsers available on the user’s device, or through the Google application for mobile phones that operate on either Android or iOS operating systems.
- Writing what the user wants to search for in the search box that appears on the Google screen.
- Google search can be customized to look for results related to a specific type of content. Instead of showing all web pages that contain what is related to the search topic, it is easy to search for images, books, videos, or news.
Advantages of using Google search engine
Here are the most important advantages of using Google search engine:[٧]
- Content translation: Provides engine Google search for the ability to translate the languages in which the sites appear Electronic to other languages.
- Non-intrusive ads: Ads appear on Google search engine in an organized and arranged manner, so that they are distinguished as targeted ads. The type of ads is usually related to the search topic conducted by the user, so that he benefits from them especially when searching for commercial products.
- Multiple search options: Google Search offers many options for searching and customizing content, such as searching only for scientific papers, patents, maps, or other options.
- Support other services: Using Google search engine to search for does not involve Content Through the Internet, you can access many other services provided by Google, such as Gmail, Google Drive, and many other services.
Some facts about Google search engine
Here are the most important facts related to the Google search engine:[٨]
- Google offers His search results At a super-fast speed of up to 1/8 second, the engine relies on over 200 parameters to deliver the best results.
- A Google search engine outage for just five minutes in 2013 caused global internet traffic to drop by up to 40%, demonstrating how much users around the world rely on Google as a search engine.
- Google's index contains over 100 million gigabytes of data.
- Google reserves most of the domain names similar to the word (Google) on the Internet, so that the user can reach the Google search engine even if he makes a mistake in entering the word (Google). Among the similar domain names that Google owns are the following: (Gooogle.com) and (Gogle.com).
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