Algorithms For Dummies

Considering how to find the right data

Finding the right data has been a problem since the early years of the web, but the 

first search engines didn’t appear until the 1990s. Search engines weren’t thought 

of earlier because other solutions, such as simple domain listings or specialized 

site  catalogues,  worked  fine.  Only  when  these  solutions  stopped  scaling  well 

because of the rapidly growing size of the web did search engines such as Lycos, 

Magellan, Yahoo, Excite, Inktomi, and Altavista appear.

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