Web Search Service

A Web Search Service is a Web search system that is an information retrieval service that can solve a Web Search Task by means of a Web Search Algorithm.

• AKA: Web IR Application.
• Context:
  • It can range from being a General Web Search Service to being a Domain-Specific Web Search Service.
• Example(s):
  • Google Web Search Service.
  • Bing Search Service.
  • Vertical Search Service, such as Google Scholar Search and Google Blog Search Service.
  • …
• Counter-Example(s):
  • Web Hosting Service.
  • Intranet IR Service.
• See: Link Analysis Algorithm, Information Retrieval Task.

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References

2009

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_search_engine
  • A web search engine is designed to search for information on the World Wide Web. The search results are usually presented in a list of results and are commonly called hits. The information may consist of web pages, images, information and other types of files. Some search engines also mine data available in databases or open directories. Unlike Web directories, which are maintained by human editors, search engines operate algorithmically or are a mixture of algorithmic and human input.

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2015

• (Wikipedia, 2015) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/web_search_engine Retrieved:2015-12-17.
  • A web search engine is a software system that is designed to search for information on the World Wide Web. The search results are generally presented in a line of results often referred to as search engine results pages (SERPs). The information may be a mix of web pages, images, and other types of files. Some search engines also mine data available in databases or open directories. Unlike web directories, which are maintained only by human editors, search engines also maintain real-time information by running an algorithm on a web crawler.