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Search Engines and Directories

Search engines and directories share a common goal in providing the searcher with relevant, meaningful results, however, there are many differences in their functionality.

A search engine might also have restrictions on the number of pages you can submit in a single day, perhaps only 5 or 10 pages are allowed to be submitted.

The ranking criteria can differ to determine who gets top placement so even though two search engines might use the same database they can provide different search results.

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