1. How to use Search Engines
and Discovery Tools?
Salama Khamis Al Mehairi
U2910690

2. Content
 Introduction
 Search Engines Definition
 Discovery Tools Definition
 Why it is important to use search engines and discovery
tools?
 How to use search engines and discovery tools?
 Who use search engines and discovery tools ?
 There are three examples of useful and advanced discovery sea
engine tools in the web such as:
 Google’s Related: Operator
 Similar Sites
 Similar Pages
 References

3. Introduction
We all know how the Web search works: all you need is to
provide relevant terms that describe the concept or the topic
you are interested in, click “Search” and the search engine will
generate the list of results ranked by popularity.
But what if you don’t exactly know how to describe the concept
or the topic you are interested in? What if you just want
“something of the kind”?
In this case, you need to try discovery search engines: these
tools rank the Web by similarity (not by popularity). They allow
you to discover more pages based on the one you found most
relevant.

4. Definition
 Search Engines Definition
A search engine is a web site that collects and organizes content from all
over the internet. Those wishing to locate something would enter a query
about what they'd like to find and the engine provides links to content
that matches what they want.
 Discovery Tools Definition
A searching tool that uses algorithms to compress information into a
format for optimal searching. It groups results under different
headers(location, date, and domain-specific information) to let users
continuously refine queries with speed and scalability.

5. Why it is important to use search engines and
discovery tools?
Every researcher will be able to:
 Identify Search engines and discovery tools.
 Use Search engines and discovery tools.
 Generate the list of results ranked by similarity.
 Find a topic or a concept easily by using similarity.
 Explain how Search engines and discovery tools work.
 Identify the three useful and advanced discovery search
engine tools such as Google’s Related: Operator, Similar
Pages, and similar sites.

6. How to use search engines and discovery tools?
Search engines and discovery tools provide relevant terms
that describe the concept or the topic you are interested
in, click “Search” and the search engine will generate the list
of results ranked by similarity. Besides it continuously
uncovers relevant keywords to discover more pages of
websites based on the one you found most relevant. This
method of search will be beneficial for because it will help you
to find what to need to do your research paper. For example
If you don’t know how to describe the concept or the topic of
media , you need to try Search engines and discovery tools in
order to rank the Web by similarity (not by popularity).

7. Who use search engines and discovery tools ?
The target audience of my project is every researchers or
everyone who are using the web to find a useful information
about their topic. The presentation will analyze each section
briefly because it is not necessary to be a long presentation of
mixed information. Thus it will include simple points because
the important thing is to provide useful information about the
topic and the concept and teach them how to use search
engines and discovery tools in a proper way .

8. There are three examples of useful and advanced
discovery search engine tools in the web such as:
 Google’s Related: Operator
 Similar Pages
 Similar Sites

9. Google’s Related: Operator
This is the simplest and still probably most effective way to
search for similar sites. You can either search for
related:www.mysite.com on Google or use the “similar” button
which sits next to the cache link on some results.

10. Similar Pages
Is a standalone tool that uses its own technology and claims to
let users dig into the “hidden” parts of the web – those that you
wouldn’t be able to find using Google only: whereas “ordinary”
search engines rank results by popularity (preventing us thus
from seeing less popular pages), SimilarPages rank pages by
similarity.

11. Similar Sites
SimilarSites provides a list of websites similar to a particular
site on one page. To find similar sites simply enter the name of
the website and hit the “Enter” tush. You can also suggest
related sites and vote on whether you find recommended sites
similar or not.

12. References :
McElborough, J. (n.d). Finding similar sites for your link research. Retrieved
from http://www.johnmcelborough.com/similar-sites
Smarty, A. (2011, February 14). 3 most useful discovery engines: Find similar
pages . Retrieved from http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/discovery-engines-
search-similar-pages/
Similarsites: Quickly find similar sites . (n.d). Retrieved from
http://www.makeuseof.com/dir/similarsites-find-similar-sites/