A Comparison between seven open and Free Search Engines Software

Authors

  • Amin Mubark Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Education, Shagra University- Saudi Arabia
  • Awad Hag Ali College of Computer Science and Information Technology, Elneelain University, Khartoum, Sudan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12816/0013101

Abstract

The aim of this paper was to compare between seven free and open search engines: PHP dig, sphider, Juggernautsearch, Webglimpse, Webinator, Swish-E and Perlfect, in terms of 30 features. A model design was developed to incorporate these features into four packages according to the impact and efficiency of the search engine functions. Each package was then given a weigh from a scale of 100%: searching mechanisms was given 40%, followed by crawler and indexer, searching features and others representing 26%, 20%, and 14%, respectively. Results revealed that PHP dig and sphider were the best engines, there were significantly differences (F-test) over other engines according to all features (p=0.021).

 

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Published

2014-09-30

How to Cite

Mubark, A., & Ali, A. H. (2014). A Comparison between seven open and Free Search Engines Software. Cybrarians Journal, (35). https://doi.org/10.12816/0013101

Issue

No. 35 (2014): Issue 35, September 2014

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Copyright (c) 2014 Amin Mubark, Awad Hag Ali

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