An Introduction to Search Engines and Web Navigation

This book is a second edition, updated and expanded toexplain the technologies that help us find information on the web. Search engines and web navigation tools have become ubiquitous in our day to day use of the web as an information source, a tool for commercial transactions and a social computing tool. Moreover, through the mobile web we have access to the web's services when we are on the move. This book demystifies the tools that we use when interacting with the web, and gives the reader a detailed overview of where we are and where we are going in terms of search engine and web navigation technologies.

Keywords: search engine, search engines, web navigation, search engine technology, social networking, data mining, iPhone, web mining, web mining technology, mobile internet, social computing, Web Site Development, Networking, Information Technologies, Web Site Development, Networking, Information Technologies