search engine
noun
: computer software used to search data (such as text or a database) for specified information
also
: a site on the World Wide Web that uses such software to locate key words in other sites
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Additionally, domains that appear suspicious or don’t appear to match the content hosted on them sometimes face penalties from search engines, further impacting visibility.
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Darpan Munjal, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
The search engine's results contain articles by fact-checking organizations that participate in ClaimReview, a system created by the Duke Reporters' Lab at Duke University.
—Quinn Clark, Journal Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2024
Baidu is China’s primary internet search engine operator.
—Amala Balakrishner, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2024
Google has been at the center of the biggest antitrust trial in decades, as the DOJ questions practices that have kept the search engine front and center on smartphones and web browsers.
—Brooke Seipel, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2024
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Darpan Munjal, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024
The search engine's results contain articles by fact-checking organizations that participate in ClaimReview, a system created by the Duke Reporters' Lab at Duke University.
—Quinn Clark, Journal Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2024
Baidu is China’s primary internet search engine operator.
—Amala Balakrishner, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2024
Google has been at the center of the biggest antitrust trial in decades, as the DOJ questions practices that have kept the search engine front and center on smartphones and web browsers.
—Brooke Seipel, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2024
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“Search engine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/search%20engine. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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