Internet Search Slideshow 1

Google was founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin to create a search engine that organized websites and information. Yahoo was founded in 1995 as a web portal and search engine. Meta search engines send search requests to multiple engines simultaneously and compile the results to remove duplicates and provide fewer overall results compared to a single search engine. Boolean search operators like AND, OR, and NOT can be used to narrow search results on many search engines by including or excluding specific terms. Google makes money through advertisement deals with businesses that are shown to users during searches on topics like maps, videos, images, and news. Web browsers like Internet Explorer, Firefox, and Chrome display web pages and allow users to interact with online content, with Chrome being