If wanted to see a new web page my friend put up on the Internet, but when I did a search for it, it didn show up in the results. Whats wrong?
Most search engines work in two different ways. Some “crawl” the Web from site to site and index pages as they go. These search engines are called Web crawlers or spiders. Others require the site to go through a submittal process before they are indexed. Some of these types of search engines require a fee. Either way it may take a while for pages to be displayed. The search engine’s database may not have been updated since your friend put his site up, providing he submitted it or if it has been “discovered” by any Web crawlers yet. Google, for example, updates their site once a month. Some update more often than that. Netcurrents.com claims “real time” updating , others not as often. It may also have something to do with the way you are searching. If you are not using some of the keywords in your search that are used on the site, then your friend’s site will probably not show up. Or, his site may actually be listed, but be at the bottom of the list of thousands of web pages. The best t
