Searching the World Wide Web

Journal/Book: Nachr Dok. 1996; 47: Postfach 40 06, Havelstr 9, D-6100 Darmstadt 1, Germany. Verlag Hoppenstedt & Co. 195-213.

Abstract: The World Wide Web allows access to a large and fast-growing amount of information. The search for relevant WWW-documents on a given topic more and more becomes a major task within the Web. This paper describes different techniques for the local and global Web-search. Client-based search-tools with automated navigation, implemented at few Web-browsers, allow a search initiated by a given site. But much more used are the server-based search-techniques which allow both local search on a given WWW-server and the world-wide search by WWW-directories or robot-based search engines. This paper studies and compares the current directory- and robot-based search-services of the Web in view of functionality. There are also some examples of alternative search engines as well as advanced search-services searching additionally beyond the internet.

Note: Article B Bekavac, Univ Konstanz, Postfach 5560, D-78434 Constance, Germany

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