Comparing the web indexes available to Google when seeking eDiscovery information online
What are the differences between search sites - especially google and bing?
Why, in eDiscovery, is it important to know these differences when searching for information tht is on the web that might be relevant to the case?
The "top" listed hits for websites vary, depending upon the code that is used and depending on the way the 'spiders' are programmed that these index providers use to bring back to feed to their databases.
See:
See: https://www.lifehack.org/374487/try-these-15-search-engines-instead-google-for-better-search-results
Google Scholar - https://scholar.google.com/
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