Exalead facts for kids
Exalead is a French search engine that helps you find information on the internet. It was involved in a project with Apple Inc. and uses new ways to search for things online.
Exalead shows you small pictures (thumbnails) of the websites before you click on them. This helps you see what the page looks like quickly. It also lets you narrow down your search results in many ways. You can choose to see results in a certain language, from a specific place, or even by the type of file (like a document or a video).
A special thing about Exalead is that it helps you discover new things! It can show you related words or even content like audio and video files. This means you can explore the web in interesting and unexpected ways.
About Exalead
Exalead is a company based in Paris, France. It was started in 2000 by François Bourdoncle. The name "Exalead" comes from two parts:
- The word exa, which means a very, very large number (like 10 followed by 18 zeros!). This suggests that Exalead covers a huge amount of web pages.
- The word lead, which means to guide. This shows how Exalead guides you through your search options.
Exalead tries to combine different search features into one easy-to-use program. It can help you search the Internet, your computer's files, and even files within a company's network.
Exalead has about 60 employees in three countries. You can find their offices in Paris (France), Milano (Italy), and New York and San Francisco in the United States.
Special Features of Exalead.com
Exalead adds extra helpful information to your search results. On the left side of the page, it shows you statistics and details about what you've found. This includes information about categories and locations.
Here are some of Exalead's cool features:
- Proximity search: You can search for words that are close to each other on a page.
- Detailed search: You can use advanced search phrases to get very specific results.
- Helpful tips: Exalead gives you suggestions to improve your search.
- Specific searches: You can search by:
- Geographic location (where the information comes from)
- Language (like English, French, or Spanish)
- File type (like PDF documents or videos)
- Word suggestions: It offers additional words that might help your search.
- Phonetic search: If you don't know the exact spelling of a word, you can search by how it sounds.
- Search within results: Once you have results, you can search inside those results to narrow them down even more.
- Media search: You can specifically search for audio, video, and RSS feeds. You can also see pictures in the preview.
Exalead also lets you search using something called regular expressions. These are special patterns that can be used to solve crosswords or find very specific text.
In March 2006, Exalead.com had indexed more than 4 billion web pages. Its interface was available in English, French, German, and Chinese.
By October 2006, Exalead had grown even bigger! It indexed over 8 billion pages (8,079,622,557 pages to be exact!). They also updated their website interface. The Chinese language option was removed, but Spanish and Italian were added instead. More languages were planned to be added soon.
See also
In Spanish: Exalead para niños
