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 displayedâ€"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
- Implementing a Quality Search Function on Your Web Site
- Since web users often rely on a site's search function to quickly find the content they need, getting your site's search capability working properly is critical—particularly when you're dealing with a lot of content. A reliable and easy to use procedure may even encourage visitors to stay longer and browse...
- Articles 2007-10-17
- Yahoo Shareholder Pushes for Microsoft Search Deal
- Updated: Ivory Investment Management, a hedge fund that owns about 1.5 percent of Yahoo, is pushing the company to do a search deal with Microsoft, but the sticking point is valuation. Analysts say that Ivory’s assumptions sound optimistic. In a letter reported earlier by CNBC, Ivory urges...
- Blog posts 2008-12-10
- Getting the best from On-Site Search on your website
- Posted by RobOusbey Improving on-site search functionality can benefit a site by contributing to a better user experience, and by reducing the barriers for users to reach their destination pages. There are a variety of tools that you can use if your site does...
- News items 2009-10-26
- Working with Job Search Organizations
- When you begin your job search, you want to ensure that the best opportunities are available to you. But many openings only exist in the "hidden job market," that exclusive network that links the favored few with the very best job opportunities. How do you get connected? The best openings...
- Articles 2007-03-27
- Google Search Gets Personal: Social Search Launches in Google Labs
- Social Search just went live in Google Labs . Google announced that it was working on this Social Search feature at the Web 2.0 Summit last week, but at that time, Google's Marissa Mayer announced that it would only be available "in a few...
- News items 2009-10-26
- This week in search 10/30/09
- This is part of a regular series of posts on search experience updates that runs on Fridays. Look for the label "This week in search" and subscribe to the series. - Ed. The week leading up to Halloween has brought a flood of new treats...
- News items 2009-10-31
- Microsoft strikes deals for Live Search
- This story was co-written by Marguerite Reardon.LAS VEGAS--Microsoft is hoping two new distribution deals will give its Live Search a much-needed boost.The company is announcing on Wednesday a global deal with Dell that will see Live Search be the default search engine and a Windows Live toolbar bundled on the...
- News items 2009-08-07
- Google Tackles Its "UI Jazz" Problem, Tests Streamlining Search Options Feature
- Sometime later today, a small number of Google users will see a new look to Google's Search Options feature. If all goes well, the cleaner display may be launched across Google after the New Year. And it's all because Google's vice president of search product and user experience Marissa Mayer...
- News items 2009-11-19
- Google Social Search Is Coming & More On Google-Twitter
- Google's Marissa Mayer has announced at the Web 2.0 Summit that Google Social Search will be launching in the coming weeks. I've seen an early release of it. It's way cool. Below, what details we have now about this plus some follow up on today's Google-Twitter search deal that was...
- News items 2009-10-21
- Google Social Search Arrives to Surface Content From Twitter, FriendFeed, Yelp
- Google launches Google Social Search from Google Labs Oct. 26. The experiment is designed to make search results more relevant by mining the rich Google profile information users provide. This includes all Gmail contacts and Gmail chat buddies, as well and people users are publicly connected to on social sites...
- News items 2009-10-26
- Interview: What Facebook Has In Store For Search
- Last month, Facebook unveiled a major update to its search service that let users find status updates, photos, links, and videos, instead of just entries for profiles and groups. The speculation here and elsewhere was that Facebook, which has introduced Twitter-like features throughout its site, was once again trying...
- External links 2009-09-17
- Google Does Some New Things with Custom Search
- Last week Google's Custom Search offering turned 3, and the company launched Custom Search for smartphones. Now Google has launched a couple of additional features for Custom Search, as well as a Custom Search Wikipedia skin.When a Wikipedia user enables the Custom Search skin, he/she will be able to use...
- News items 2009-10-27
- Facebook Feast: First FriendFeed, Then Improved Facebook Search
- Facebook finally launches its new and improved search service, allowing users to find status updates, links and notes of any user who has opted to make their content available to everyone, up to the last 30 days. The move comes hours after Facebook bought FriendFeed, which provides real-time search. In...
- News items 2009-08-11
- Google Helps Enterprises Conduct Side-By-Side Search, Plug into Salesforce.com
- Google follows up is Google Search Appliance launch with new side-by-side search and a Salesforce.com connector. The side-by-side search is a free download for GSA that lets admins set up quick search comparison tests for corporate employees. The workers vote on the best results and the admin can then make...
- News items 2009-08-20
- 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
- Google Launching Social Search Soon, Challenging Aardvark, ChaCha, Mahalo
- Google's Marissa Mayer Oct. 21 unveiled Google Social Search, a pending opt-in service that will let users with Google accounts, profiles and contacts find content created by people in social networks such as Twitter and FriendFeed. The news came just hours after Microsoft executives announced that Bing would be surfacing...
- News items 2009-10-22
- Contextual search within Wikipedia
- We are excited to announce that we've built a Custom Search Wikipedia skin that makes it easier for you to complete your research on Wikipedia. Wikipedia allows users to register and personalize their Wikipedia environment via the configuration of options and the use of styles or skins. Just...
- News items 2009-10-26
- 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, Yahoo Still Search Competitors, According to Yahoo
- Microsoft and Yahoo may have signed a 10-year agreement that has Bing powering search on Yahoo sites, but Yahoo still insists that its online partner remains a competitor in the U.S. search arena. As Yahoo rolled out several new features for its key products on Aug. 24, its executives suggested...
- News items 2009-08-25
- 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
