{"id":7972,"date":"2011-09-08T15:40:17","date_gmt":"2011-09-08T15:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/distributed-search\/"},"modified":"2012-10-11T17:35:28","modified_gmt":"2012-10-11T17:35:28","slug":"distributed-search","status":"publish","type":"definition","link":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/15542\/distributed-search","title":{"rendered":"Distributed Search"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span id=\"what_does_distributed_search_mean\">What Does Distributed Search Mean?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Distributed search is a search engine technique that uses many computers and networks to handle tasks related to indexing, query processing and Web crawling. This distributed model concept uses multiple computers and networks to provide computing and bandwidth resources.<\/p>\n<p>Distributed search, which offers the most efficient search approach and solution, follows the open standards of many search engines, enabling remote querying and results distribution.<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"techopedia_explains_distributed_search\">Techopedia Explains Distributed Search<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Distributed search is used by all global Web search engines via thousands of computers and networks. Distributed search is a helpful search engine technique, but it also has certain disadvantages. 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