The development of internet-based digital technology makes everything easier. Even in terms of finding solutions to every problem in what can be said to be a very short time. Just write it in a search engine and you will get many options that you can consider. It turns out, there are many types of search engines that are quite popular and widely used by internet users throughout the world, namely:
Until now, Google is still the most popular search engine in the world. Having the nickname The King of Search Engines, Google provides searches ranging from files, website addresses, images, to sites for certain themes. You only need to write down the keywords you want to search for and Google will provide recommended answers and various sites around the world. In fact, this company from the United States which was founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin is able to provide the most accurate search results with its algorithm.
Bing
Next, there is Bing which is owned and under the operations of Microsoft. Bing itself is a search engine resulting from the merger of Windows Life Search and MSN Search. This search engine is ranked fourth as the most popular search engine site in the world.
Not much different from Google, Bing will divide search results into videos, news, images or maps. Even so, Bing's homepage provides news and images that can be said to be cooler.
Yahoo
Founded in 1994 by David Filo and Jerry Yang, Yahoo! or “Yet Another Hierarchical Organized Oracle” was formerly named “Jerry and David's Guide to the World Wide Web”. Even though it was once a mainstay search engine, the popularity of Yahoo! it decreases over time. Some of the products it owns are also excluded.
For example, Yahoo! Mail is defeated by Gmail, Yahoo! Answers were replaced by Quora, and Yahoo! Flickr has been replaced by the existence of Instagram. However, now the search engine Yahoo! has received direct support from Microsoft through Bing, so that user results for both types of search engines are relatively the same.
AOL
There is also AOL which not only provides search engine services, but also several other products. Call it AOL Platform, AOL Mail, and AOL Advertising. AOL itself is still one of the best, most popular and most widely used search engines by internet users throughout the world. Not without reason, AOL offers a very user-friendly homepage. Apart from that, this search engine is also said to be easy to operate.
Baidu
Another type of search engine is Baidu, the most dominant search engine in China. In fact, its popularity is much higher than the Google search engine, which was only able to reach 2% of the internet user market in China, while Baidu managed to reach 74.73% of the market. Baidu has its headquarters in Beijing and was officially founded in 2000. Even though it is the largest internet services and Artificial Intelligence company in the world, Baidu's impact outside China is very small.
Ask
Ask was formed by Garrett Gruener and David Warthen in 1996 under the name "Ask Jeeves". In fact, Ask does not present a concept like a search engine in general, but rather questions and answers like a virtual receptionist. However, the company then dropped Jeeves in 2006, so its name is now simply Ask.
Looksmart
Looksmart is also one of the initiators of the search engine and online advertising sector. Currently, Looksmart is present in the form of a network that provides Pay Per Click or PPC advertising concepts for entrepreneurs who want to display advertisements online.
Yandex
Next is Yandex which is the most popular search engine in Russia and several countries in Eastern Europe, such as Uzbekistan, Belarus, Ukraine, Turkey and Kazakhstan. Yandex itself offers various services, one of which is Yandex Disk which has a concept like Google Drive. One of the advantages of this search engine for users who use Russian is that it is able to understand changes in word form in search results.
CC Search
CC Search or Common Creative Search is a type of search engine recommended for business people in the creative segment. Because the content displayed is very free. For example, you can search for various types of music that are unique and suit the needs of your video campaign through this search engine.
DuckDuckGo
Lastly is DuckDuckGo, a type of search engine that prioritizes privacy. If you are not comfortable with search history or advertisements, this search engine is the best choice to try. Interestingly, DuckDuckGo does not store personal data or follow users browsing the internet by displaying advertisements. For example, if you see a unique branded bag, you don't need to worry about continuing to see that product in the form of advertisements in the next 14 days.
Those are some of the types of search engines that are popular and most widely used by internet users throughout the world. Each certainly has its own advantages and attractions, such as Yandex which makes it easier for internet users in Russia, or DuckDuckGo which offers privacy. Hope it is useful.
