How does the local search work?

I am creating a web app. The web app performs certain functions and stores results in a log file on the server. I want to add more functionality to this app. My idea was to create a search function that will search the log file for whatever text the...

I have a presentation in class.. I'm having hard time with these questions... Who governs the rules and regulations of search engines? The danger associated with search engines? What security is available? what are the rules used to search in search...

What kinds of queries does Baidu focus on? I've heard that Baidu still places emphasis on meta keywords and description, as well as keywords in the page, which explains why so many Baidu search results are spam comments in forums and keyword-stuffed...

A couple weeks ago I noticed that goole search, yahoo search, and basically every search engine does not work. I am able to get the the search page with the brought up results, but ...show more

I have just signed up for Ymail and Rocketmail email addresses but I am unable to search through the emails that I have received using the search box on the left of the screen. It appears to be a problem with Ymail and Rocketmail only as the old yahoo...

In Google books you can't select content with your mouse. But you can search for keywords which the search engines then highlight. So the client can not select content, but the search engine can. How does that work? example: http://books.google.com/ebooks...

I search anything and in less then a tenth of a second it says no search results. Even for something as general as cars or famous celebs. Nothing will work so how do I fix it. Other sites work but I need yahoo to.

I always use google or yahoo but they are all of a sudden not letting me search anything I can pull the google or yahoo pages up but they won't search what I type in. I also tried MSN to see if that would work but it won't. None of the search engines...

How does LinkedIn's search algorithm work in terms of keyword placement and repetition? How sophisticated is their search algorithm? I'd like to understand what's "under the hood."