BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Search Engine
- a Web site that enables users to conduct keyword searches of indexed information on its database
Wiktionary Definition for: Search Engine
- # computing an application that searches for, and retrieves, data based on some criteria, especially one that searches the Internet for documents containing specified words
Additional Resources
- Take That Microsoft and Yahoo: Google Invites Public to Test New Search Engine
- Google pre-announces that it is working on a faster, more accurate search engine, and invites users to test out the platform in a sandbox. The news comes two weeks after Microsoft and Yahoo inked a 10-year search ad deal and hours after rival Facebook bought FriendFeed and revamped its own...
- News items 2009-08-10
- Microsoft Bing Search Engine Incorporates Wolfram Alpha, Local News
- Microsoft announced new features to Bing, its search engine, on Nov. 11 including localized news and weather, an expanded video page, and search results from Wolfram Alpha, a "computational engine" designed to provide users with a definitive--and often numerical--answer to a search query. Although Wolfram Alpha specializes in offering answers...
- News items 2009-11-11
- What Search Engine Marketers Need to Know About Google Caffeine
- Get ready for changes when Google Caffeine comes to town. Search engine optimization SEO experts for 360i evaluated rankings for 40 retail keywords in both the current Google search infrastructure and Caffeine. They found that Caffeine will substantially shake up search rankings with a larger search index, a longer long...
- News items 2009-08-28
- BAIDU LAUNCHED NEWS SEARCH ENGINE AND PICTURES SEARCH ENGINE
- AsiaInfo Services 07-21-2003 Baidu Launched News Search Engine and Pictures Search Engine CHINA, Jul 21, 2003 SinoCast via COMTEX -- Chinese search portal Baidu recently launched news search engine and pictures search engine, further fortifie AsiaInfo Services ...
- Research articles 2003-07-21
- Google Continues to Lead Microsoft, Yahoo in Search Engine Satisfaction
- The American Customer Satisfaction Index E-Business report from ForeSee Results and the University of Michigan said Google lead rival search engines from Yahoo and Microsoft in customer satisfaction, with a score of 86. Microsoft's new Bing search engine was not a factor in this report, though it will be in...
- News items 2009-08-18
- Microsoft's Cashback Search Engine Gambit Is a Bust
- Nielsen Online released their search engine numbers for July today, and I think its safe to say that Microsoft Live's Cashback initiative, which saw the company offering money back to consumers and Cost Per Action pricing for advertisers, isn't gaining much traction. Number from comScore last month seemed to show...
- Blog posts 2008-08-19
- Microsoft Unveils Bing Search Engine. Nice! Now, Back to Google
- Microsoft took the wraps off the Bing search engine, heir apparent to the unfortunately named Live Search, a few days early. Quick verdict: better, but far from a Google-killer. Before I explain that, you might want to watch Microsoft's promo video, which dubs Bing a "decision engine"...
- Blog posts 2009-06-01
- Search Mania: Search Engine Strategies to Offer Search Engine Marketing Training Workshops Throughout 2007 Conference Series
- Incisive Media Realizes New Revenue Source; Additional Day of Search Engine Optimization Training Added to SES NYC '07 NEW YORK -- Incisive Media, parent company of the Search Engine Strategies SES conference and expo series (www.SearchEngineStrategies.com), today announced that it has expanded the content and focus of each SES...
- Research articles 2007-04-06
- Twitter's New Director Of Search Hails From Yahoo, Inktomi (Via A Wine Search Engine)
- Twitter's search engine is arguably its most important asset, and the microblogging site has quietly brought in a Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) and Inktomi veteran to run it. Twitter hasn't formally announced the news—and oddly, it hasn't even been Tweeted about—but on his LinkedIn profile, Doug Cook says he's been...
- External links 2009-08-13
- Search Engine Marketing: Your Questions Answered
- Realizing the vast majority of engineers and technical buyers search for products and services on the Internet, many suppliers use search engine marketing to reach their target audience. Others are considering adding search engines to their marketing mix. Despite its growing popularity and potential, search engine marketing is a complex...
- White papers 2005-06-01
- netStride White Paper: The Case for Search Engine Marketing
- Search Engine optimization is the process of structuring, or re-structuring a website for optimal indexing by search engine technology. Simply put, structuring a website's code and visible attributes so that search engines can find, read, and index the pages so that the site is found when relevant keywords are used...
- White papers 2004-08-02
- iProspect Search Engine Marketer Job Function Study
- The authors study reveals some interesting findings about the relative maturity of the search engine marketing channels as reflected by how organizations who are utilizing search engine marketing are dedicating human resources to its management. Key among the findings relating to the current search engine marketer community is that search...
- White papers 2006-05-01
- BAIDU AND YAHOO TO COMPETE IN SEARCH ENGINE FIELD
- AsiaInfo Services 11-17-2005 Baidu and Yahoo to Compete in Search Engine Field BEIJING, Nov 17, 2005 SinoCast via COMTEX -- Baidu.com, the most popular Internet search engine in China, had launched its new search product, Baidu Knows, several AsiaInfo Services...
- Research articles 2005-11-17
- OK, Microsoft's Search Engine Scheme May Not Be Completely Stupid
- On Thursday, I somewhat dismissively wrote about Microsoft's attempt to pay users to use its search engine, while promising potential advertisers they'll only pay for their ads when someone actually buys. It seemed at the time like a deal struck from a defensive crouch by a software giant who still...
- Blog posts 2008-05-27
- Search Engine Marketing - What Is Social Marketing?
- Link strategies that are often used in social marketing involve creating free accounts on these popular social networking sites and then using search engine marketing techniques to increase traffic and network with others who interested in the same topics or with customers. Using search engine optimization to create search engine...
- White papers 2008-01-01
- An Overview Of Search Engine Optimization
- Search engine optimization is not a mere practice of getting high rankings in search engine result pages. But for online marketers it is one of their marketing strategies to enhance their business and sales. There are numerous techniques that the SEO service providers are following to achieve the marketing goal...
- White papers 2009-03-02
- Meet Google's New Search Engine, Same As the Old Search Engine [MediaMemo]
- Take that, Microsoft! Meet "Caffeine", Google's new search engine….which looks just like the old search engine. Confused? Don't worry — the world's search pros are trying to figure out the difference between plain vanilla Google and the new version, which Google GOOG is previewing via a blog post. Google engineers...
- News items 2009-08-11
- Dorthy.com: A (Semantic) Search Engine for Dreams
- Dorthy.com, a site we've been hearing about since late last year, has just raised $4 million from angel investors for their "new agey" concept of a search engine for dreams. Currently in private alpha, the site makes fluffy claims about how they're "reversing the traditional search process, continuously filtering and...
- News items 2009-08-21
- Dos And Don'ts In Your Search-Engine Marketing
- Nowadays, every business must offer anywhere, anytime choices to customers. And when done right, search-engine marketing absolutely gets you attention from the online visitors you want to attract. Not long ago, search-engine marketing was a limited if promising way to turn up a few sales or leads. Times have changed....
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Search Engine Optimization Basics
- From the executive summary: ‘Like every other aspect of search engine marketing, relevancy is the key to obtaining better search engine ranking. While the competitors may include dozens and dozens of search phrases in their description tag, fewer, more targeted phrases increase the relevancy of the web page and provide...
- White papers 2003-08-23
