Transcript What is a Meta Search Engine?

WHAT IS A SEARCH
ENGINE
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Proteus, Keeper of
Knowledge.
Proteus is
synonymous with
change and success.
What is Proteus
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Proteus is one among the free
open source script targeting
the open source community.
It is a meta search engine
script which is a free, versatile,
robust and highly customizable
open source script.
It has inbuilt modules including
web, images, news, videos, etc.
bookmarking, site directory,
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star rating review, word filter,
file format support, etc.
This Meta search engine script
pulls its data from search
industry giants such as Google,
Yahoo and Entire web via API.
What is a Meta Search Engine?
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The search engine visits billions
of websites and creates a
database or repository of sorts of
the various sites. This is known
as the index.
Then whenever a user enters the
search query, something magical
happens (algorithms if you are a
computer geek) and the pages
that are deemed relevant to what
you asked for are returned
Why will the same search on different search
engines produce different results?
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Because not all indices are going to be exactly
the same. It depends on what the spiders find
or what the humans submitted.
But more important, not every search engine
uses the same algorithm to search through the
indices. The algorithm is what the search
engines use to determine the relevance of the
information in the index to what the user is
searching for.
Example Of Meta Search Engines
www.thrall.org/proteus.html
Thrall Public Library District of Middletown &
Wallkill
11-19 Depot Street, Middletown, New York
10940
All-in-one search pages provide quick access to many
search engines either with simple links or via search
boxes
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Once the search words (separated by a
space and no commas), or word strings
(which need to be in quotation) are placed
in the search window, a choice of 24 search
engines and 5 metasearch engines are then
available for a search.
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Each one, however, has different
properties, and varying results may be
explored so that, for one's purposes, the
best search engines become known and
more commonly used. When a search has
been done on one search engine, the back
button (one alternative being the "go"
function on Netscape or Mozilla Browsers,
and clicking on "Proteus") is used to return
to the Proteus Search Platform, thus
permitting the selection of another search
engine.
The search words remain in the search
window and need not to be retyped as is
the case when accessing search engines
separately - without using such a platform.
The Middletown Thrall Library
Conclusion
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One of the better platforms available for Internet searching is Proteus Search located at
the Middletown Thrall Library - http://www.thrall.org/proteus.html .
Search engines such as Proteus provide interfaces that allow external applications to issue
Web search queries.
This Power Point presents a summarized guided meta-search engine, called “Proteus”. It
guides and allows the user to view the search results with different perspectives.
This is achieved through simple manipulation and automation of the existing functions.
The Thrall Library meta-search engine supports search based on “combinatorial keywords”
and “search by hosts”.
The capability of Proteus cluster architecture through its programmable Web services creates
advanced search features at a third party user application level.