The number of matches or hits are found below the search box and indicates the number of documents located that match your parameters. The results will be displayed as a list of links to resources on the Web that are relevant to your search. The results are ranked and listed in descending order from most relevant to least, based on the number of times the keywords appear in the documents. The search results page only displays ten hits at a time. In order to view more hits, click the numbers arranged horizontally at the bottom of the page.
Some search engines provide summaries for each hit either in a short or detailed format.
Response time Faster is better, of course. The better sites will sort the returns by relevance, usually based on the number of times the keywords appeared in the document. Ability to conduct an advanced search Some search engines have Boolean searching abilities. Related searching Some engines allow you to refine your initial search. Number and type of sites searched The size of each search engine's database varies, which determines the amount of information that can be returned.