Search engines. Uses and challenges

Web search engines are barely ten years old, but they have become familiar and sometimes indispensable tools. Their use has become commonplace in a whole host of everyday life situations, within both professional and private settings (Savolainen, 1995). Planning trips, keeping up with the news, looking for online health information, during key milestones in life, or simply for leisure purposes, individuals are increasingly turning to online resources. Commercial search engines capitalize on t...