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==Different Search Engines==
==Different Search Engines==


[[Alan Emtage]] a student from Mc Gill University in Montreal developed the first search engine called [[Archie]] in 1990. It is an index or archive of files stored to an unknown FTP sites to a given network of computers. After one year in 1991, another search engine named [[Gopher]] was created by [[Mark Mc Cahill]] from the University of Minnesota.  
[[Alan Emtage]], a student from Mc Gill University in Montreal, developed the first search engine called [[Archie]] in 1990. It is an index or archive of files stored on unknown FTP sites to a given network of computers. After one year, in 1991, another search engine named [[Gopher]] was created by [[Mark McCahill]] from the University of Minnesota.  


In 1993, [[Excite]] search engine was created by six undergraduate students from the University of Stanford to improve the relevance of searches in the internet.
In 1993, [[Excite]] search engine was created by six undergraduate students from the University of Stanford to improve the relevance of searches on the Internet.


In 1994 several search engines was created such as [[Yahoo]] by [[David Filo]] and [[Jerry Young]]; Web Crawler by Brian Pinkerton, a computer science engineering student from the University of Washington; [[Lycos]] which was developed by Dr. Michael Mauldin and a team of researchers from the [[Carnegie Mellon University]] and [[Infoseek]] which as created by [[Steve Kirsch]].
In 1994, several search engines were created such as [[Yahoo]] by [[David Filo]] and [[Jerry Young]]; Web Crawler by Brian Pinkerton, a computer science engineering student from the University of Washington; [[Lycos]] which was developed by Dr. Michael Mauldin and a team of researchers from the Carnegie Mellon University, and [[Infoseek]] which as created by [[Steve Kirsch]].


In 1995, [[Alta Vista]] was developed by scientists at Digital Equipment Corporation’s (DEC) Western Research Laboratory in Palo Alto, California and in 1996 [[Inktomi]] was developed by [[Eric Brewer]] while Ask was developed by [[Garret Gruener]] and [[David Warthen]]. The search engine was launched as [[Ask Jeeves]] in 1997. Subsequently [[Google]] was created by [[Larry Page]] and [[Sergey Brin]] both students from the University of Stanford. Google was incorporated in 1998 and it became the most popular search engine today.  
In 1995, [[Alta Vista]] was developed by scientists at Digital Equipment Corporation’s (DEC) Western Research Laboratory in Palo Alto, California and in 1996 [[Inktomi]] was developed by [[Eric Brewer]] while Ask was developed by [[Garret Gruener]] and [[David Warthen]]. The search engine was launched as [[Ask Jeeves]] in 1997. Subsequently [[Google]] was created by [[Larry Page]] and [[Sergey Brin]], both students from the University of Stanford. Google was incorporated in 1998, and it became the most popular search engine to date.  


In 1998, Bill Gross launched [[Overture]] while [[MSN Search]] was offered by [[Microsoft]] as part of their service offering.The latest search engine that was developed was [[alltheweb]] in 1999. It was purchased by Overture in 2003 and eventually acquired by Yahoo after purchasing Overture.<ref>
In 1998, Bill Gross launched [[Overture]] while [[MSN Search]] was offered by [[Microsoft]] as part of their service offering.The latest search engine that was developed was [[alltheweb]] in 1999. It was purchased by Overture in 2003 and eventually acquired by Yahoo after purchasing Overture.<ref>