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Science 27 July 2007:
Vol. 317. no. 5837, pp. 468 - 471
DOI: 10.1126/science.1126557
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Review

Search Technologies for the Internet

Monika Henzinger

About 20% of the world's population uses the Web, and a large majority thereof uses Web search engines to find information. As a result, many Web researchers are devoting much effort to improving the speed and capability of search technology.

Google Switzerland and Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland. E-mail: monika.henzinger{at}epfl.ch

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