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SEO => SEO => Topic started by: SEO on April 02, 2011, 07:16:26 PM

Title: Metasearch engines
Post by: SEO on April 02, 2011, 07:16:26 PM

  Hi! The today's topic will be:

Metasearch engines

  A metasearch engine is a search tool that sends user requests to several other search engines and/or databases and aggregates the results into a single list or displays them according to their source. Metasearch engines enable users to enter search criteria once and access several search engines simultaneously. Metasearch engines operate on the premise that the Web is too large for any one search engine to index it all and that more comprehensive search results can be obtained by combining the results from several search engines. This also may save the user from having to use multiple search engines separately.

The term "metasearch" is frequently used to classify a set of commercial search engines, see the list of search engines, but is also used to describe the paradigm of searching multiple data sources in real time. The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) uses the terms Federated Search and Metasearch interchangeably to describe this web search paradigm

Operation

Metasearch engines create what is known as a virtual database. They do not compile a physical database or catalogue of the web. Instead, they take a user's request, pass it to several other heterogeneous databases and then compile the results in a homogeneous manner based on a specific algorithm.

No two metasearch engines are alike. Some search only the most popular search engines while others also search lesser-known engines, newsgroups, and other databases. They also differ in how the results are presented and the quantity of engines that are used. Some will list results according to search engine or database. Others return results according to relevance, often concealing which search engine returned which results. This benefits the user by eliminating duplicate hits and grouping the most relevant ones at the top of the list.

Search engines frequently have different ways they expect requests submitted. For example, some search engines allow the usage of the word "AND" while others require "+" and others require only a space to combine words. The better metasearch engines try to synthesize requests appropriately when submitting them.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metasearch_engine

Title: Architecture of a metasearch engine
Post by: SEO on April 02, 2011, 07:20:19 PM

 Have a look at the architecture of a metasearch engine

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Author: JakobVoss
 

Title: Good topic, SEO!
Post by: MSL on April 02, 2011, 07:44:43 PM

 Good topic, SEO! Let me help you to develop it. I saw some of the topics here got another good idea that I used sometimes before to translate the main, keyword in different languages and now I will translate METASEARCH ENGINE in some languages. Here you are, SEO:
-Метатърсачка (Мета-търсеща машина) - Bulgarian
-Metasuchmaschine - German
-Metabuscador - Spanish
-Métamoteur (or méta-moteur) - French
-Metakereső - Hungarian
-元搜索引擎 (or 集合型搜索引擎) - Chinese
-メタ検索エンジン - Japanese
-메타검색 - Korean
-Metazoekmachine - Dutch
-Metasøkemotorer - Norwegian
-Multiwyszukiwarka - Polish
-Metabusca (or metapesquisa) - Portuguese
-Meta arama - Turkish
 
(Some of these words are from Wikipedia.org)

Title: Thanks, MSL!
Post by: SEO on April 02, 2011, 08:02:39 PM

  Good, MSL! It's really a good idea, helping the SEO (Search Engine Optimization) on an International level. I'm glad that you're familiar with it and that you're trying to be helpful to this SEO and Non-SEO International, leading forum.

Title: webcrawler.com
Post by: SEO on April 02, 2011, 08:09:56 PM

http://webcrawler.com

"WebCrawler® brings users the top search results from Google, Yahoo!, Bing and other popular search engines. WebCrawler also provides multimedia results, including images, video, news, and local information. WebCrawler is a registered trademark of InfoSpace, Inc."^{http://webcrawler.com/webcrawler/ws/about/_iceUrlFlag=11?_IceUrl=true}

Title: SEO is important!
Post by: MSL on April 15, 2011, 12:09:41 AM

 ;) You're welcome! SEO is important! And we'll be number one about SEO some day, hope in the NEAR future!  ;D

Title: Excite.com
Post by: MSL on April 15, 2011, 12:11:45 AM

  Few minutes ago I saw a new (for me) Metasearch engine - it is http://www.excite.com/

Title: Polycola
Post by: SEO on July 18, 2011, 01:44:19 AM

Polycola

previously known as GahooYoogle, is a metasearch engine that searches multiple search engines at once was created by Arbel Hakopian.^{http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polycola}

http://www.polycola.com/

Title: InfoSpace
Post by: SEO on July 18, 2011, 03:28:13 AM

InfoSpace

provides metasearch and private-label Internet search services for consumers and businesses. ^{http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/InfoSpace}

http://www.infospaceinc.com/

Title: Dogpile
Post by: SEO on July 18, 2011, 03:31:02 AM

Dogpile

is a metasearch engine that fetches results from Google, Yahoo!, Bing, Ask.com, About.com and several other popular search engines, including those from audio and video content providers. It is a registered trademark of InfoSpace, Inc.^{http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogpile}

http://www.dogpile.com/

Title: MetaCrawler
Post by: SEO on September 13, 2012, 07:24:15 PM

MetaCrawler

MetaCrawler -- http://www.metacrawler.com/
About: http://www.metacrawler.com/support/aboutus