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Thread #47837   Message #715566
Posted By: Rich_and_Dee
22-May-02 - 03:49 PM
Thread Name: Help: search engines
Subject: RE: Help: search engines
Hi,

As I understand, google, list most search engines, runs a piece of software (it used to be called a "spider") that scans as many individual files stored on the web as it can get its hands on, and creates a big index back at the google home site.

When you run an internet search, you're really searching the humungous index. This index is updated when the spider is rerun, which could be daily or once a year.

All google can do is tell you what it found out there. It doesn't make any attempt to verify the data.

Does that kinda answer the question or are we going down the wrong path?

Regards,

Rich