Investing Internet Technology Windows Internet Tech. The Definitive Guide By Alex Housley Search engines are the most popular way of navigating the net. Millions of web surfers visit them every day to find web sites and other information. This makes them the fastest and easiest way to get your site recognized. To fully harness the power of the search engine you must first know how they work.
All search engines work in different ways.
The information gained is added to a central database which is used to process your request. When a user submits a request the search engine looks through this database and you receive a list of web sites is order of relevance to the keywords you entered. You often have to submit your site and keywords to each specific directory for review. If the reviewer thinks your site's content is useful and of good quality, it will be categorized within the directory. This process takes longer but the directory user has the benefit of searching knowing the returned sites are of reasonable quality.