How Google Works Lab

How Google works- overview

1. How Google works
a. Google runs using a method called parallel processing. Parallel processing is the
process of using low cost computers that perform many calculations
simultaneously and significantly, which speeds up the data processing.
b. Google has three distinct parts:
i. Googlebot, a web crawler that finds and fetches web pages.
ii. The indexer that sorts every word on every page and stores the resulting
index of words in a huge database.
iii. The query processor, which compares your search query to the index and
recommends the documents that it considers most relevant.
2. Googles Web Crawler
a. Googlebot is Googles web crawling robot, which finds and retrieves pages on
the web and hands them off to the Google indexer. Googlebot functions much
like your web browser, by sending a request to a web server for a web page,
downloading the entire page, then handing it off to Googles indexer.
3. Googles Indexer
a. Googles index is a database where pages are stored that have full text on them.
For organization the pages are stored alphabetically by search term, with each
index entry storing a list of documents in which the term appears and the
location within the text where it occurs.
4. Googles Query Processor
a. The Query Processor has many different jobs. For example it ranks pages and
finds which pages are ranked higher towards a specific topic, once it finds the
highest ranked page it then displays that page. The processor is also responsible
for the spell checking system and the google indexing.
5. Googles Result page
a. The results page is filled with information and links related to your query or
search item. There are different icons which you can click. For example you can
click on different pages related to your search topic, you can also click on the
google icon and it will take you to Googles home page.

How Google Works-Research
1. Googles Web Crawler
a. Googlebot is Googles web crawling robot, which finds and retrieves pages on
the web and hands them off to the Google indexer. Googlebot functions much
like your web browser, by sending a request to a web server for a web page,
downloading the entire page, then handing it off to Googles indexer.
i. What is-Finds pages you are looking for.
ii. How is-?
iii. Conclusions- Google would not be able to function if it couldnt find the
pages you want, so this is a very crucial part of how Google works.
iv. Reasoning- To find pages you want to research.
v. Explanation- Would tell a classmate that google crawler is like a library
that scans a shelf looking for the specific book you want.
2. Googles Indexer
a. Googles index is a database where pages are stored that have full text on them.
For organization the pages are stored alphabetically by search term, with each
index entry storing a list of documents in which the term appears and the
location within the text where it occurs.
i. What is- the database which holds the pages for topics you search.
ii. How is-?
iii. Conclusions- Without the database google would just be a bunch of
emptiness. The databases are like the body of Google.
iv. Reasoning- Have databases that Google can access for people who are
searching different topics.
v. Explanation- The Indexer is like a library that holds many different books.
3. Googles Query Processor
a. The Query Processor has many different jobs. For example it ranks pages and
finds which pages are ranked higher towards a specific topic, once it finds the
highest ranked page it then displays that page. The processor is also responsible
for the spell checking system and the google indexing.
i. What is- Ranks pages and finds the ones that are most relevant to your
search topic.
ii. How is-?
iii. Conclusions- the processor acts like the brain of google, which makes it
the very important for the function of Google.
iv. Reasoning- So a person gets pages that are most related to the topic that
they are searching for.
v. Explanation- The query processor is like the brain of a human. It gives the
body the capability to perform many different functions.
4. The Results Page
a. The results page is filled with information and links related to your query or
search item. There are different icons which you can click. For example you can
click on different pages related to your search topic, you can also click on the
google icon and it will take you to Googles home page.
i. What is- Page filled with subpages related to the topic you searched.
ii. How is-?
iii. Conclusions- This is the final result of Googles process. The simplicity of
the results page is what makes so many people love it.
iv. Reasoning- to have a page that lets people see what they searched for.
v. Explanation- The results page is like the answer you get after a long
tedious math problem.