Googling to the max; Part 2

Google is a search engine on the internet that any person in the world can go on to get access to information on a certain topic. Google started out as a project in the U.S Military that went by the name ARPANET in the year 1969. WWW is different websites that you are able to get to because of the internet. The internet is a system of computers where information is sent. When something is entered into a search engine, a spider (or according to www.webopedia.com, it is a program) that on command, brings forth websites that has to do with the related subject. Google is not the only search engine out there on the internet. There are other popular search engines that are known as: Yahoo!, MSN, Road runner, and ASK.com. Google has the highest index so far, with the amount of 8.1 billion pages. Following google is MSN, with 5 billion pages. Some web pages out there on the internet are out there in the open and are able to be searched easily by search engines. Even though some are able to be searched, others are not. Depending on the search engine, some of the information that you are seeking will not be available.
While looking up information on the internet, you are able to work your way around by using truncation, phrase searching, search limits, boolean operators, etc. Truncation is when you are able to search for a part of a word. Also, the last part of the truncation can vary. Boolean operators is the combination of multiple words that are being searched. Search limits is the outcome of a search being decreased because of a restriction.
Phrase searching makes it possible for a person to locate an amount of two or more words that are together. When phrase searching is used, more searches are able to come up if you add the two words or more separately. Special search characters is when different symbols can be used when looking for information using a search engine. The symbols vary depending on the search engine being used.
When you are searching for information on the internet, check your sources. Not every web page on search engines are trustworthy and have the accurate information on the subject. You could use 'Pearl cutting', which means to use one specific source to find other sources. Search engines are good to use when you need information a topic, because books can go out of date, while search engines find web pages that are updated.