1.3.4 Web Technologies

The process where automated software programs called web crawlers systematically collect and parse data from web pages. This data is then stored in a structured database

1) Fast and Efficient as it allows the search engine to return results in milliseconds. it searches a pre-compiled database instead of scanning the live internet in real-time. 2) It uses MetaData Mapping. It breaks down web pages into keywords and tags. This allows the search engine to accurately match a user’s specific query to the most relevant content

High Cost. Storing a copy of billions of web pages take a massive amount of database space, which requires huge server farms that cost money to build and maintain

An algorithm used by search engines to rank web pages and determine the order in which they are displayed in search results. It calculates the pages importance by evaluating the quantity of inbound hyperlinks

Highly Relevant and Trustworthy Results. It effectively filters out low-quality spam and ensures that the most credible, expert websites rise to the top of the search results Objective and Automated. The algorithm calculates importance based on a clear, completely removing human bias or manual sorting from the ranking process.