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Wikipedia
Wikipedia (pronounced /ˌwiːkiˈpiːdi.ə/, WEE-kee-PEE-dee-ə or /ˌwɪkɨˈpiːdi.ə/, WI-ki-PEE-dee-ə) is a multilingual, web-based, free-content encyclopedia project based on an openly-editable model. The name “Wikipedia” is a portmanteau of the words wiki (a technology for creating collaborative websites, from the Hawaiian word wiki, meaning “quick”) and encyclopedia. Wikipedia’s articles provide links to guide the user to related pages with additional information.
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Ask
Ask.com is a leading search engine on the Web. Millions of people turn to Ask.com to get what they are looking for online everyday.
Founded as Ask Jeeves in 1996 and renamed Ask.com in February 2005, Ask.com is recognized for innovation in search technology and search interface design.
Ask.com sites include Ask.com U.S. (www.Ask.com), Ask.com Deutschland, Ask.com Espana, Ask.com France, Ask.com Italia, Ask.com Japan, Ask.com Nederland and Ask.com UK. Ask.com brands also include Ask.com Mobile, Ask for Kids (www.askforkids.com) and Bloglines (www.bloglines.com.).
A wholly owned business of IAC (Nasdaq: IACI), Ask.com is headquartered in Oakland, California with offices throughout the United States, as well as in Europe and Asia.
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Altavista
AltaVista, a business of Overture Services, Inc., is a leading provider of search services and technology. AltaVista continues to advance Internet search with new technologies and features designed to improve the search experience for consumers. Based in Sunnyvale, Calif., AltaVista has a rich history of innovation embodied in 61 search-related patents. For more information, see www.altavista.com.
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Bing
Bing (formerly Live Search, Windows Live Search, and MSN Search) is the current web search engine (advertised as a “decision engine”)[2] from Microsoft. Bing was unveiled by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer on May 28, 2009 at the All Things Digital conference in San Diego. It went fully online on June 3, 2009,[3] with a preview version released on June 1, 2009. By August 2009, Bing had gained 9.3 percent of the United States Internet search market.[4] However, by September, StatCounter stated that Bing’s share of the US search market in September had fallen by almost one percentage point to 8.51%.[5] Comscore claimed otherwise, stating that Bing’s growth had held steady in September 2009, gaining 0.1 percent of the total United States Internet Search Market representing a market share of 9.4 percent.[6] in October 2009 Bing’s search share increased to 9.9%[3]
Notable changes include the listing of search suggestions in real time as queries are entered and a list of related searches (called “Explorer pane” on the left side of search results) based on[citation needed] semantic technology from Powerset which Microsoft purchased in 2008[citation needed]. Bing also includes the ability to Save & Share search histories via Windows Live SkyDrive, Facebook and email.
On July 29, 2009, Microsoft and Yahoo! announced a deal in which Bing would power Yahoo! Search.[7]
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Yahoo
Bing (formerly Live Search, Windows Live Search, and MSN Search) is the current web search engine (advertised as a “decision engine”)[2] from Microsoft. Bing was unveiled by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer on May 28, 2009 at the All Things Digital conference in San Diego. It went fully online on June 3, 2009,[3] with a preview version released on June 1, 2009. By August 2009, Bing had gained 9.3 percent of the United States Internet search market.[4] However, by September, StatCounter stated that Bing’s share of the US search market in September had fallen by almost one percentage point to 8.51%.[5] Comscore claimed otherwise, stating that Bing’s growth had held steady in September 2009, gaining 0.1 percent of the total United States Internet Search Market representing a market share of 9.4 percent.[6] in October 2009 Bing’s search share increased to 9.9%[3]
Notable changes include the listing of search suggestions in real time as queries are entered and a list of related searches (called “Explorer pane” on the left side of search results) based on[citation needed] semantic technology from Powerset which Microsoft purchased in 2008[citation needed]. Bing also includes the ability to Save & Share search histories via Windows Live SkyDrive, Facebook and email.
On July 29, 2009, Microsoft and Yahoo! announced a deal in which Bing would power Yahoo! Search.[7]
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| URL | www.google.com list of domain names |
| Commercial? | Yes |
| Type of site | Search Engine |
| Registration | Optional |
| Available language(s) | Multilingual (~100) |
| Owner | |
| Created by | Sergey Brin and Larry Page |
| Launched | September 15, 1997[1] |
| Alexa rank | 1[2] |
| Revenue | From AdWords |
| Current status | Active |
Google search is a web search engine owned by Google Inc. and is the most-used search engine on the Web.[3] Google receives several hundred million queries each day through its various services.[4] Google search was originally developed by Larry Page and Sergey Brin in 1997.[5]
Beyond the original word-search capability,[6] Google Search provides more than 22 special features, such as: synonyms; weather forecasts; time zones; stock quotes; maps; earthquake data; movie showtimes; airports; home listings; sports scores, etc. (see below: Special features). There are special features for numbers: prices; temperatures; money/unit conversions (”10.5 cm in inches”); calculations ( 3*4+sqrt(6)-pi/2 ); package tracking; patents; area codes;[6] plus rudimentary language translation of displayed pages.
A Google search-results page is ordered by a priority rank called a “PageRank” which is kept secret to avoid spammers from forcing their pages to the top. Google Search provides many options for customized search (see below: Search options), such as: exclusion (”-xx”), inclusion (”+xx”), alternatives (”xx OR yy”), and wildcard (”x * x”)[7].
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