Dogpile.com

Metasearch

What is metasearch technology

• Webopedia (2012): A search engine that queries other search engines and then combines the results that are received from all. In effect, the user is not using just one search engine but a combination of many search engines at once to optimize Web searching. For example, Dogpile is a metasearch engine.

Metasearch technology continued

• Low redundancy implies multiple search engines required to get full picture

• Continuing trend - As companies improve indexing this will reduce redundancies

• Dogpile is counting on it!

Who is Dogpile.com?

• Dogpile.com is owned by InfoSpace, Inc.• InfoSpace has search and tax software• Dogpile uses Metasearch technology• The company aggregates search results from

Yahoo!, Google, and Bing.

Let’s get crackingEnter the URL:

www.dogpile.com

Arfie the Dogpile mascot

Dogpile Tutorial: About the page

Enter your search query here

Popular searches

Dogpile Tutorial

Helpful quick start tools

Tabs allow you to focus your query (like Google)

Dogpile Tutorial

Sets default searching behavior

Advanced search allows Boolean operators

Dogpile Tutorial

Misspelled the query

Query African Rivers

Dogpile Tutorial

Dogpile asking for clarity

Identifies this as a sponsored link from Google

Dogpile Tutorial

Identifies these non-sponsored links

Lists which search engines this was found on

Dogpile Tutorial

Offers suggested searches to help refine your search

Saves your queries (only while browser is open)

Dogpile Tutorial: Advanced Search

Dogpile Tutorial: Preferences

Filters explicit content

Highlights search terms

Displays recent searches

Dogpile Tutorial: Preferences

Display settings

Enter locations preferences

Save or Restore preferences

Dogpile saves

you time!

And by offering

suggestedqueries

ConclusionBy giving

aggregating search results

from major search engines

By saving your

previous searches

By providing you

personalized setting