Search engines

What is a search engine?

Search Engines are the most usual avenue of exploration when seeking information on the Internet. These are vast systems which search for information usually by way of keywords.

The names of some of the most widely used search engines have become well known, such as Google, Yahoo, Alta Vista or Excite, etc.

How to get to a search engine.

To get to a Search Engine you can either just click on the Search-button and get a list of search engines or type in the URL address as indicated below.

The following is an example of a few different Search Engines available on the Internet that you will see after you have clicked on the "Search"-button. When you click on one of the following links, it will take you to that search engine on the Internet. (Your computer must be connected to the Internet for this to happen.)

http://www.google.com
http://www.altavista.com
http://www.yahoo.com

Two specifically South African search engines are:

http://www.ananzi.co.za
http://www.aardvark.co.za