Search Engine Indexing (OCR A-Level Computer Science): Quizzes
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What is search engine indexing?
What is search engine indexing?
Organizing & storing information about web pages
What are web crawlers also known as?
What are web crawlers also known as?
Spiders
How many web pages can indexing store info about?
How many web pages can indexing store info about?
Billions
How do web crawlers discover new content?
How do web crawlers discover new content?
Moving from link to link
What is the search engine's index described as?
What is the search engine's index described as?
A massive database of web pages
What information is stored about pages in the index?
What information is stored about pages in the index?
Keywords, metadata, and content
What would occur without indexing?
What would occur without indexing?
Scan the entire internet per search
Why do crawlers revisit pages periodically?
Why do crawlers revisit pages periodically?
To check for updates
What does parsing analyze on web pages?
What does parsing analyze on web pages?
Text, keywords, headings, images, metadata
How does the index retrieve relevant pages?
How does the index retrieve relevant pages?
Based on keywords in user's query