You all know that we use search engines to search a variety of content on the internet by using keywords. The search engines then work by navigating on the web, downloading web pages, following links and discovering further new pages in order to provide us a search result.

However, we hardly give attention to the medium we use for searching, that is the ‘search engine’ itself! And if you are curious and want to know about the search engines, how they were created and why some took the lead over others, then https://carlhendy.com/history-of-search-engines/#beforesearch will answer all your queries.

Over the years, many search engines were launched, but very few could dominate. Why? Because each one had different features which outrun the other browser or search engine.

The site History of Search Engines, tells you all this and that is why you will find a lot of text, but in bold and large fonts.

There are pictures, but all related to various browsers. You can read the description “Before the search engines”, and scroll down to read articles about old to latest browsers, those which made their way to the top, and those which started off brilliant but ended up vanishing from the scene, completely.

The site is a wonderful place for you, especially if you are learning about computers and computer programming, as it assists in providing everything related to these engines; how they started, what makes them unique from each other. You will find the articles a bit long, so divide each article into sections and read whenever you are free.

The navigation on the site is easy, either scroll down or select from the panel at the left with a list of search engines such as Bing, MSN, Baidu, Google, Yahoo, etc. However, the site greatly lacks interactivity and graphics which can make you bored; nonetheless, the content is superb.

Thus, if you don’t know about the first search engine that was available on the internet or when did the use of search engines become available for everyday use, you can find the answers to these questions at: https://carlhendy.com/history-of-search-engines/#beforesearch

Published in Dawn, Young World, May 8th, 2021