Search engines

Search engines are websites where you can find information on the internet by using keywords. Because many people regularly use search engines as a starting point for a search, it has become very important that these search engines know how to find your website, and know what your website is offering.

Search engines develop their own search system and filters in order to deliver the best possible service they can. How these algorithms work is usually kept secret, the search engines think they can deliver the highest quality that way.

The most famous and by far the most used search engine is Google, but there are also other search engines, some of which are becoming increasingly popular. The four most used search engines:

Google

Bing

Yahoo!

DuckDuckGo

Although search engines give little information about the way in which they 'index' websites, they give tips and guidelines on a number of technical aspects. Intakt has built a tool into the CMS for this. Because Google is by far the most popular, we decided to follow those guidelines. More on that in the next chapter.