- **Epistemic status:** #seedlings Web search engines search the World Wide Web for information using queries that are presented in a line of results. The information searched can be a mix of URLs to websites, images, videos, articles, research papers, PDF's, etc. These engines utilize automated programs called **spiders** or **crawlers** to find and catalog information. The search engine Google has an [[Algorithm]] called PageRank that assigns a score to a website based on the number and PageRank of other web sites and pages that link there, on the premise that good or desirable pages are linked to more than others. --- ## References - “Search Engine.” In _Wikipedia_, May 11, 2022. <https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Search_engine&oldid=1087264485>.