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software system that is designed to search for information on the World Wide Web
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search engine

Summary

search engine ranks in the top 0.25% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (186 views/month, #198 of 77,819).[1]

Key Facts

  • search engine is a type of web service[2].
  • search engine is a type of search engine[3].
  • search engine is a type of network search engine[4].
  • search engine is used for online search[5].
  • search engine's Commons category is recorded as Internet search engines[6].
  • search engine's Commons category is recorded as Search engines[7].
  • search engine's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Search engine software[8].
  • search engine's topic has template is recorded as Template:Web search engines navbox[9].
  • search engine's topic has template is recorded as Template:Internet search[10].
  • search engine's equivalent class is recorded as https://www.webkb.org/doc/RDF/phOntology.rdfs#WebSearchEngine[11].
  • search engine's different from is recorded as web search[12].
  • search engine's different from is recorded as web browser[13].
  • search engine's different from is recorded as search engine[14].
  • search engine's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[15].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include web service[2], search engine[3], and network it[4].

Use and Application

search engine is used for online search[5].

Why It Matters

search engine ranks in the top 0.25% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (186 views/month, #198 of 77,819).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 57 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . Q141624432. wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 1d ago · عُثمان · 2026-10-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ady', 'ar', 'ary', 'az', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bh', 'bjn', 'bn', 'bs', 'ca', 'ckb
    Equivalent class → https://www.webkb.org/doc/RDF/phOntology.rdfs#WebSearchEngin
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P1709]]: https://www.webkb.org/doc/RDF/phOntology.rdfs#WebSearchEngine"
  2. 16w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0211740-internetove-vyhledavace
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0211740-internetove-vyhledavace, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259496|batch #259496]]"
  3. 18w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Search engine software
    Different from → web search, web browser, search engine
    Has use → online search
    + 4 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|5 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007546957505171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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