December 17, 2004

Have you ever wondered why Google comes out so fast and with so many pages of results when you make a search query?

How can Google go all over the Web, retrieve billions of pages, scattered among millions of Web sites located all over the planet and post the results it finds, usually in less than two seconds or better?

The secret is that it already has the information located in its many data centers, and it rapidly sends you that information back, without having to fetch it on the Internet every time there is a query, learn! On any given day, Google handles between 100 to 200 million search queries, sometimes even more! Google is used in the example here, but this applies to just about any other major search engine as well.

Today's modern search engines use robots (often called spiders or crawlers) to find and index new websites or pages of older sites that have been updated. A spider can be compared to a small robot that is programmed to 'go out on the Web' at regular intervals of the day or night, in search of new or updated content in the various Web sites it monitors.

After it has 'found' all this precious new data, the search robot (or crawler if you prefer) relays that information back to Google's data centers, where it will eventually be included in Google's database, once Google has performed a complete update of its index, usually once every month or two.

Next: All search engines use crawlers or spiders >>>

Pages:     1     2     3

Article written by Serge Thibodeau,
President & CEO,
Rank for $ales
Copyright (c) Serge Thibodeau 2004

Unless otherwise specified, all content and material on this site is copyrighted by Serge Thibodeau of rankforsales.com and may not be reproduced by any means without express written permission. Using my content without permission is a theft of my work. Please contact sthibodeau@rankforsales.com to discuss certain reprint options that would be acceptable.

You can read some of Serge Thibodeau's exclusive comments that are not posted on this website. Visit his personal blog by clicking here. For hardware, software or IT-related technology questions, it is recommended you visit www.techblog.org

We strongly suggest you bookmark our web site by clicking here.

Get your business or company listed in the Global Business Listing directory and increase your business. It takes less then 24 hours to get a premium listing in the most powerful business search engine there is. Click here to find out all about it.

Rank for $ales strongly recommends the use of WordTracker to effectively identify all your right industry keywords. Accurate identification of the right keywords and key phrases used in your industry is the first basic step in any serious search engine optimization program. The keywords you think are the best may be totally different than the ones recommended by WordTracker. Click here to start your keyword and key phrase research.

        

You can link to the Rank for Sales web site as much as you like. Read our section on how your company can participate in our reciprocal link exchange program and increase your rankings in all the major search engines such as Google, AltaVista, Yahoo and all the others.