Metasearch Engine
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A Metasearch Engine is a search engine that ...
- AKA: Search Aggregator.
- Exaple(s):
- Skyscanner.
- …
- See: Open-Source, Search Aggregator, Information Retrieval, Web Search Engine, Kayak.Com, Searx.
References
2022
- (Wikipedia, 2022) ⇒ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metasearch_engine Retrieved:2022-11-6.
- A metasearch engine (or search aggregator) is an online information retrieval tool that uses the data of a web search engine to produce its own results. Metasearch engines take input from a user and immediately query search engines for results. Sufficient data is gathered, ranked, and presented to the users. Problems such as spamming reduces the accuracy and precision of results. The process of fusion aims to improve the engineering of a metasearch engine.
Examples of metasearch engines include Skyscanner and Kayak.com, which aggregate search results of online travel agencies and provider websites and Searx, a free and open-source search engine which aggregates results from internet search engines.
- A metasearch engine (or search aggregator) is an online information retrieval tool that uses the data of a web search engine to produce its own results. Metasearch engines take input from a user and immediately query search engines for results. Sufficient data is gathered, ranked, and presented to the users. Problems such as spamming reduces the accuracy and precision of results. The process of fusion aims to improve the engineering of a metasearch engine.