The internet was established as a back up for the military in case of a nuclear attack and all normal communication were cut off. By establishing this form of communication the chain of command would have a way to pass down information and important orders. The military abandoned this idea and gave it to the higher education system. It was here the “internet” started to grow and develop. WOW, big business found a new way to advertise there products, individuals had a means to express there views about ALL subject matters, subject matter experts had a place were everybody could use there knowledge and expertise. Hundreds of thousands, millions of people had access to the rest of the world. All this information, how do you know where to access this information? Introduce the search engine. It is the use of a search engines that helps the user to narrow down his choices of millions of web pages.The are millions of different type of search engines for different purposes. There is a search engine designed to find the perfect bed and breakfast, there is one to find all web pages that have a Christian themes or topics, there is even one to find the occult. What if the user is not sure what search engine to use? The first basic lesson of using the internet is how to find a general knowledge search engine, a search engine that has no main theme. Currently there are eight commonly used all purpose search engines: infoseek, webcrawler, go network, alta vista, yahoo, net search, lycos and excite. All these listed search engine can find any topic the user can dream up. The user types in a word or word phrase and double clinics on the “search” box to set the search engine researching millions of web pages with the word or phrase the user has typed in. While reaching this project, this paper used several search engines to see how they compare. The word “ football “ was used in each search engine. While some sea...
