BNET Business Dictionary
Business Definition for: Search
- the facility that enables visitors to a Web site to look for the information they want.
Search is one of the most common activities that people perform on a Web site, and therefore needs to be prominently displayed—preferably on every page, near the top. There are essentially two approaches to Web site search: basic search, suitable for small Web sites of 50 pages or under, and advanced search, for larger Web sites, which allows a user to refine their search on the basis of various parameters.
In either case, because search is an exclusively functional activity, the search results should be very clear and contain no distractions. Each set of results should include the title of the Web page that it refers to, shown in bold type and hyperlinked to that page; a two-line summary describing the content on that page; the URL for the page, and its date of publication.
Wiktionary Definition for: Search
- # transitive To look throughout (a place) '''for''' something. To try and find something.
- Ex:''I searched the garden for the keys and found them in the vegetable patch.''
- # intransitive (''followed by "for"'') To look thoroughly.
- Ex:''The police are searching for evidence in his flat.''
- #An act of searching.
- # computing An act of searching for information using a search engine.
Additional Resources
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- Research articles 2008-04-02
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- White papers 2004-07-09
- SEMDirector's Craig Macdonald to Speak on Future of Search at Red Herring Spring 2007 and MediaPost's Search Insider Summit
- Search Industry Expert, Former Industry Analyst to Address Trends in Search Engine Marketing and Mobile Search
- Research articles 2007-05-01
- Yahoo! Unveils Personal Search Beta; My Yahoo! Search Empowers Users to Create, Search, and Share Their Personal Web Search Experience
- SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO), a leading global Internet company, today announced the availability of the My Yahoo! Search beta (http://next.yahoo.com), the latest innovation from Yahoo! Search, developed to help users better find, manage, and share search engine results. My Yahoo! Search integrates Yahoo!'s industry-leading search and personalization technologies...
- Research articles 2004-10-05
- Obtain Search in Your CMS?
- Organisations are looking for a wide range of capabilities when selecting a new Content Management System CMS, and search is often one of the desired features. Almost every site requires a search tool, whether it's a website or intranet. In most cases, there is frustration with the current search, leading...
- White papers 2006-03-29
- Search Consultant Hired to Support Northeastern University's Presidential Search
- BOSTON -- Dr. Barbara E. Taylor, of Academic Search Consultation Service in Washington, D.C., to assist in national search for next University President
- Research articles 2005-12-14
- InfoSpace's WebFetch.com First in Europe to add MSN Search
- LONDON -- InfoSpace Search & Directory Sign Deal with MSN Search - With addition of MSN Search, WebFetch.com Users Can Efficiently Find More of The Web's Most Relevant Search Results in One Place
- Research articles 2005-08-11
- Something Old, Something New: A Longitudinal Study Of Search Behavior And New Product Introduction
- The publisher examines how firms search, i.e., solve problems, to create new products. Organizational learning research argues that firms position themselves on a uni-dimensional search space that spans a spectrum from local to distant search. Their findings in the global robotics industry suggest that firms' search efforts actually vary across...
- White papers 2003-11-28
- Mobile Search Critical as Search Advertising Races Towards $5 Billion in 2013, According to ABI Research
- NEW YORK -- Just as search became critical on the desktop, search will become increasingly important in the mobile space. The growth of consumer options to search on-deck and off-deck, SMS, and via branded or white-label search providers in the mobile domain has created opportunities for advertisers to reach consumers...
- Research articles 2008-04-16
- Jupitermedia Announces SearchEngineWatch.com Award Winners
- NEW YORK -- JupiterWeb, a division of Jupitermedia Corporation (Nasdaq: JUPM), today announced Yahoo! has been named Outstanding Search Service in the 5th Annual Search Engine Watch Awards. Google placed second in the category, however, it earned more wins than any other search engine overall, getting top honors in the...
- Research articles 2005-03-31
- The Dawn Of 'Sticky' Search
- It's now well recognized that we rely on search as an everyday part of our lives. Whether it's for quick sourcing of information, leisurely researching of products or browsing for entertainment, search is more often than not the starting point of the customer journey. In fact, 87 per cent of...
- White papers 2007-09-25
- Clusty.com Launches Free Site Search for Nonprofits, Schools and Universities; Free Service Delivers Unique Branded Search Tab at Clusty.com and Improved Search Experience for Users
- PITTSBURGH -- Vivisimo (vivisimo.com), the creator of innovative software to access and cluster the world's information for better search and discovery, today announced that it has launched a free search service for nonprofit organizations and educational institutions. Clusty's Site Search Service provides these organizations with a free search box and...
- Research articles 2006-03-20
- The Search Agency Named as Yahoo! Search Marketing Certified Ambassador
- Sponsored Search Designation Designed to Enhance Credibility of Higher-Performing Search Engine Marketing Agencies
- Research articles 2007-08-20
- Search: "Paid Access $299"
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- White papers 2008-04-01
- Eight Reasons Why Your Job Search May Be Taking Longer Than It Should
- No matter what you do, a job search never seems to be as quick as you'd like. It'd be nice if we could just go to a sort of job search vending machine, put our money in, and out rolls the new position of our dreams. Unfortunately that isn't possible...
- White papers 2007-02-14
- 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
- Yahoo! Search Adds Personal Search and Collaboration Capabilities to Web Search; Launch of ''My Web'' Beta Provides Users With Personal Search Engine, Search History and Integrated Sharing Tools
- SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO), a leading global Internet company, today introduced the beta release of My Web from Yahoo! Search (available at http://search.yahoo.com). My Web is a "personal search engine" that extends users' existing Yahoo! Search experience by providing a simple way to save, recall and share online...
- Research articles 2005-04-27
- PodZinger to Power Rocketboom Search; Premiere Internet Search Engine Teams with Online Innovator to Provide Consumers Best-in-class Video Search Results
- CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- PodZinger (www.podzinger.com), the only podcast search engine that enables full-text search, today announced the company has been selected by Internet video pioneer Rocketboom to power and host their search results. Using PodZinger's video search tool, Rocketboom visitors are now able to search the entire library of Rocketboom...
- Research articles 2006-05-02
- Search Tangles
- From the executive summary: ‘Over the last few years, one search engine practice that has become controversial in recent years is called paid inclusion. Because even the best search engines cannot index the entire Internet, some search engines allow Web site owners to pay a small fee to guarantee that...
- White papers 2004-08-01
- Hitwise Launches New Search Term Suggestion Report; Providing Search Marketers with Unprecedented Search Term Research Tools to Create More Effective Campaigns
- NEW YORK -- Hitwise, the world's leading online competitive intelligence service today announced the launch of its new Search Term Suggestion Report. This new report brings a world first opportunity for search marketers targeting customers in the US, UK, Australia, New Zealand and Singapore to access successful, locally relevant search...
- Research articles 2004-09-23
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