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An Introduction to the Google Search Engine

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The Appeal of Google's Search Engine

In the last few years, Google has attained the ranking of the #1 search engine on the Web, and consistently stayed there.

How does Google's search engine work?

Basically, Google is a crawler-based engine, meaning that it has software programs designed to “crawl” the information on the Net and add it to its sizeable database. Google has a great reputation for relevant and thorough search results, and is a good first place to start when searching.

Google's Search Engine Home Page

Google's home page is extremely clean and simple, loads quickly, and delivers arguably the best results of any search engine out there, mostly due to its PageRank technology and massive listings (more than 8 billion at the time of this writing).

Google's Search Engine Options

Searchers have more than one option on Google's home page; there is the capacity to search for images, comments in UseNet discussion forums, and Google’s unique news hub, and many more choices. Google’s own shopping search engine Froogle, is also available for searchers to tap into Google's sizable shopping listings.

Keep reading for more information about Google's search engine.

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