{"id":1544,"date":"2024-01-09T08:04:00","date_gmt":"2024-01-09T13:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/solutio-inc.com\/?p=1544"},"modified":"2024-01-09T14:00:48","modified_gmt":"2024-01-09T19:00:48","slug":"why-are-search-engines-important","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/solutio-inc.com\/why-are-search-engines-important\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Are Search Engines Important?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Why Are Search Engines Important?<\/h1>\n

The average person living in a modern industrialized society is exposed to several pieces of information every single day. \u00a0This information would equal the amount of information that a person living 100 years ago would have experienced in a year. \u00a0The information is displayed as advertisements, newspaper headlines, websites, text messages, traffic signs, T-shirt slogan, and so forth\u2026 \u00a0It\u2019s not hard to understand why the human population\u2019s attention span is getting shorter and that the majority of people believe themselves to be busier than they have ever been. \u00a0So how does a person keep all of this information straight? That’s where search engines come into play.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Information Management<\/h2>\n

With the amount of information that we sift through on a daily basis, it is virtually impossible to remember everything that we need to know\u2026 names, dates, figures, phone numbers, email address and on and on. \u00a0Most of us have tools that remember our information and will retrieve it on demand. \u00a0Microsoft Outlook helps us to manage our email. \u00a0We have project managers for our jobs that help us sift through pertinent information. \u00a0And when you want to find a product, service or a piece of information online, we use a Search Engine.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cTo Google Something\u201d<\/h2>\n

According to Google, they are seeing over one trillions searches performed each year. \u00a0That is about three billion searches a day. \u00a0Needless to say, you are not alone when it comes to finding useful information via a search engine. \u00a0Search Engines are right at your fingertips and have become a part of the daily life of most. \u00a0They have become readily accepted in contemporary culture that the word <\/span>Google<\/span><\/i> now appears in the dictionary. \u00a0Not defined only as a noun, but also as a verb as in \u201cto Google something.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

A Filter of Sorts\u2026<\/h2>\n

Essentially, a Search Engine acts as a filter for a wealth of available information on the Internet. \u00a0Search Engines allow users to not only quickly, but also easily, find the information that is of interest or value to them. \u00a0It also eliminates the need to wade through numerous amounts of irrelevant web pages. \u00a0It is safe to say that the goal of a Search Engine is to provide the user with search results that lead to relevant information on high quality websites. \u00a0The ideal word here being \u201crelevant\u201d. \u00a0In order for a Search Engine to attain <\/span>and<\/span><\/i> retain a market, they need to make sure to deliver results that are relevant to what the user is searching for. \u00a0This is accomplished by maintaining databases of web pages. \u00a0Search Engines use complex algorithms to assess websites and we pages in order to assign them a ranking for relevant search phrases. <\/span><\/p>\n

Most Popular Search Engines<\/h2>\n

According to eBizMBA<\/a> in October of 2023, listed below are the top 10 most popular Search Engines. \u00a0These rankings are continuously updated using various factors. <\/span><\/p>\n