An introduction to search engines and web navigation / Mark Levene.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Levene, M. (Mark), 1957-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Internet searching.

Web search engines.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (500 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, c2010.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This book is a second edition, updated and expanded to explain the technologies that help us find information on the web. Search engines and web navigation tools have become ubiquitous in our day to day use of the web as an information source, a tool for commercial transactions and a social computing tool. Moreover, through the mobile web we have access to the web's services when we are on the move. This book demystifies the tools that we use when interacting with the web, and gives the reader a detailed overview of where we are and where we are going in terms of search engine and web naviga

Contents:

AN INTRODUCTION TO SEARCH ENGINES AND WEB NAVIGATION; CONTENTS; PREFACE; LIST OF FIGURES; CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 2 THE WEB AND THE PROBLEM OF SEARCH; CHAPTER 3 THE PROBLEM OF WEB NAVIGATION; CHAPTER 4 SEARCHING THE WEB; CHAPTER 5 HOW DOES A SEARCH ENGINE WORK; CHAPTER 6 DIFFERENT TYPES OF SEARCH ENGINES; CHAPTER 7 NAVIGATING THE WEB; CHAPTER 8 THE MOBILE WEB; CHAPTER 9 SOCIAL NETWORKS; CHAPTER 10 THE FUTURE OF WEB SEARCH AND NAVIGATION; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9781283916066

1283916061

9781118060346

1118060342

9780470874233

0470874236

9780470872703

0470872705

OCLC:

676874927