Systems and Search · Networks & Security
How Search Engines Work
Understanding the process of crawling, indexing, and ranking web pages to provide relevant results.
Key Questions
- 1How does a search engine decide which website is the most important?
- 2Can we trust the first result on a search page to be the most accurate?
- 3How would you design a system to organize every book in a library without using titles?
National Curriculum Attainment Targets
KS2: Computing - Computer NetworksKS2: Computing - Information Technology
Year: Year 5
Subject: Computing
Unit: Systems and Search
Period: Networks & Security
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