overview

directories

engines

dark web

images

shopping

people

behaviour

wetware

law

cases

anxieties

landmarks

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Metadata

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Terms

Colour
Pages

Browsers

     Overview

This profile considers internet searching, search engines and directories.

It covers -

• directories - the shape and economics of online directories
• engines - the emergence and nature of major search engines such as Google, along with discussion of the 'search industry'
• dark web - questions about resource identification in what has variously been labelled the 'dark web', 'deep web' or 'invisible web'
• images - searching for still images, video and music
• shopping - comparison engines
• people - 'social search' or 'people mining' engines
• behaviour - search behaviour
• wetware - do humans still have a role in search?
• law - legal regimes regarding online searching
• cases - salient cases
• anxieties - search mechanisms as a focus of anxieties about privacy, persecution and globalisation
• landmarks - highlights in the evolution of internet searches

It is complemented by a profile on metadata and guides on intellectual property (eg linking and trademarks), electronic publishing, privacy, internet metrics and other matters.

There are more detailed notes on areas such as Search Engine Optimisation (aka SEO) and the most popular Search Terms.

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