22nd
March
2005
stop words & filter words
Stop Words
When searching for keyword phrases, search engines ignore stop words. This is done in order to speed up the search process and save space on the server.
Saving Space
Search engines exclude the search words in a search query by replacing stop words with a marker. Example: “outsourcing in USA USA
Speeding the search process
Search engines exclude stop words from the search query. Stop words can be adverbs, conjunctions etc.
Some major search engines such as Google along with other search engines automatically searches for stop words in the search phrases.
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