2. How do they work?
• A program that searches the search engines
• Results are matched and then taken from a
variety of search engine databases.
• The search query will go through the
databases of other search engines and will
then give out the results.
3. More Information
• The metasearch engines use other search
engines to gather their results.
• Since they search through other search
engines’ databases, they don’t really have to
update anything.
• The metasearch program goes over other
databases to pick and find keywords for the
search.
4. Examples
• The metasearch engines are better to use
when a person is unlucky in finding what they
need.
• If for example, I want to find a particular
restraunt that I was unable to find on
Google, then I can go and search on a
metasearch engine. This will give me results
from other search engines too and hopefully
I’ll be able to find what I was looking for.
5. Citations and Works Consulted
• Donovan, Sawn. "How Does a Meta Search
Engine Work." - Life123. N.p., n.d. Web. 24
Sept. 2012.
<http://www.life123.com/technology/internet
/search-engine/how-does-a-meta-search-
engine-work.shtml>.
• Logos of the metasearch engines are only
taken for academic purposes.
