Our Google powered engine searches more sites more quickly, to
bring you the most relevant results. Google runs on a unique combination
of advanced hardware and software. The speed you experience can
be attributed in part to the efficiency of the Google search algorithm
and partly to the thousands of PC's that have been networked together
to create a 'Super Fast' search engine.
At the heart of Google software is PageRank (TM), a system for
ranking web pages. And while there are dozens of Google engineers
working to improve every aspect of search on a daily basis, PageRank
continues to provide the basis for all of our web search tools.
'PageRank' Explained
PageRank relies on the uniquely democratic nature of the web by
using its vast link structure as an indicator of an individual
page's value. In essence, it interprets a link from page A to
page B as a vote, by page A, for page B. But, Google looks at
more than the sheer volume of votes, or links a page receives;
it also analyzes the page that casts the vote. Votes cast by pages
that are themselves "important" weigh more heavily and help to
make other pages "important."
Important, high-quality sites receive a higher PageRank, which
Google remembers each time it conducts a search. Of course, important
pages mean nothing to you if they don't match your query. So,
Google combines PageRank with sophisticated text-matching techniques
to find pages that are both important and relevant to your search.
Google goes far beyond the number of times a term appears on a
page and examines all aspects of the page's content (and the content
of the pages linking to it) to determine if it's a good match
for your query.
Integrity
Google's complex, automated methods make human tampering with
results extremely difficult. And though relevant ads are run above
and next to the results, we do not sell placement within the results
themselves (i.e., no one can buy a higher PageRank). A Google
powered search is an easy, honest and objective way to find high-quality
websites with information relevant to your search.
1. Your search covers more than 1 billion
URLs.
Google's index, comprised of more than 1 billion URLs, is the
first of its kind and represents the most comprehensive collection
of the most useful web pages on the Internet. While index size
alone is not the key determinant of quality results, it has an
obvious effect on the likelihood of a relevant result being returned.
2. You'll see only pages that include the
terms you type.
Unlike many other search engines, the Google search engine only
produces results that match all of your search terms, either in
the text of the page or in the text of the links pointing to the
page. This spares you the frustration of viewing a multitude of
results that have nothing to do with your search terms.
3. The position of your search terms is treated
with respect.
Not only do Google's search results contain all of your search
terms, but the Google search engine also analyzes the proximity
of those terms within the page. Google then prioritizes results
according to how closely your individual search terms appear and
favours results that have your search terms near each other. Because
of this, the result is much more likely to be relevant to your
query.
4. You see what you're getting before you
click.
Instead of web page summaries that never change, the Google search
results show an excerpt (or "snippet") of the text that matches
your query - with your search terms in boldface - right in the
search results. This sneak preview gives you a good idea if a
page is going to be relevant before you visit it.
5. You can save time.
Google search excels at producing extremely relevant results,
and flat out nails many queries such as company names. Try it
out and you will quickly see just how good, how accurate and how
fast this search engine really is!
6. You can get it, even when it's gone.
As Google crawls the web, it takes a snapshot of each page and
analyzes it to determine the page's relevance. You can access
these cached pages if the original page is temporarily unavailable
due to Internet congestion or server problems. Though the information
on cached pages is frequently not the most recent version of a
site, it usually contains useful information. Plus, your search
terms will be highlighted in colour on the cached page, making
it easy to find the section of the page relevant to your query.
7. You can find pages similar to what you
are looking for?
When you click on the "Similar Pages" link for a search result,
the 'GoogleScout' technology automatically scouts the web for
pages that are related to this result. This function can be used
for many purposes. If you like a particular site's content, but
wish it had more to say, 'Similar Pages' can find sites with similar
content with which you may be unfamiliar. If you are looking for
product information, 'Similar Pages' can find competitive information
so you can make direct comparisons. If you are interested in researching
a particular field, 'Similar Pages' can help you find a large
number of resources very quickly, without having to worrying about
selecting the right keywords. 'Similar Pages' finds comparatives
for many millions of web pages. However, the more specialized
a page is, the fewer results 'Similar Pages' can find for you.
For example, 'Similar Pages' may not be able to find related pages
for your personal home page, if it does not have enough information
to authoritatively associate other pages with yours. Also, if
companies use multiple URLs for their pages (such as company.com
and www.company.com), 'Similar Pages' may have little information
on one URL but lots on the other. In general, however, 'Similar
Pages' works well for the majority of web pages.
8. You can find out which sites actually link
to your site
Some words, when followed by a colon, have special meanings to
the Google Search engine. One such word is the link: operator.
The query link:siteURL shows you all the pages that point to that
URL. For example, link:www.esatfusion.ie will show you all the
pages that point to Esat Fusion's home page. You cannot combine
a link: search with a regular keyword search.
Example:
9. Google search enables you to search a specific
site
The word "site" followed by a colon enables you to restrict your
search to a specific site. To do this, use the site:sampledomain.com
syntax in the search box. For example, to find information Donegal
within oceanfree.net site, enter:
