EVALUATING THE USAGE OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF SEARCH ENGINES IN SELECTED COUNTRIES

Abstract

A search engine is known as software that is accessed on the internet which aids in searching a database of information accor ding to the users query. The engine provides a list of results that best match what the user is trying to find. Today various types of search engines are available on the internet each with its own abilities and features. Search engines became an important day to day tool for finding the required information without knowing where exactly it is stored. Internet usage has been tremendously increased in recent days with the easy to use search engines like Google, Bing and Yahoo!. There are different types of search engines to get the information that one is looking for. The most used world -wide search engine is Google. There are a number of different international search engines and US search engines. In this study different types of search engines are analyzed. The study tries to find which search engines are mostly used and why they are preferred in particular selected countries. The study is based on collected statistics of usage of top search engines in selected countries. The study also evaluates based on which features the search engines varies and why search engines varies from country to country.