WEB SPIDER: A SEARCH ENGINE CRAWLER FOR SPECIFIC DOMAIN

• Main Author: Alias, Ahmad Nasri
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS 2009
• Subjects: T Technology (General)
• Online Access: http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/9182/1/2009%20-%20Web%20Spider%20A%20Search%20Engine%20Crawler%20for%20Specific%20Domain.pdf; http://utpedia.utp.edu.my/9182/

This report presents the idea of enhancing the existing Internet search engine for student's usage based on the research that challenges in the new era of technology and the increasing demand for availability and affordability on Internet in the world. Search engine play a major role at the moment and act as 'must-have' requirement parallel to the growth of virtual world nowadays. Intelligent Internet search engine has entered the research field some 10 years ago and in recent years many intelligent applications have been launched. Web Spider: A Search Engine Crawler for Specifics Domain is a platform that was enhanced from current search engine to allow student to get results based on their preference in an informative and effective way in exploring the advantages of new technologies on the specific domain. The enhancement of the platform is focusing more on ontology-based Web crawler to improve search query and information retrieval by the search engine so that the objective of this project can be achieved. The enhancement also will test the user's acceptance during system testing phase. The improvement that will be made using incremental prototyping method is expected to meet user requirements and enhanced from the existing one. Creating new environment and improving the availability and reliability from current search engine could be beneficial for students as it provide better result in information retrieval process.This report presents the idea of enhancing the existing Internet search engine for student's usage based on the research that challenges in the new era of technology and the increasing demand for availability and affordability on Internet in the world. Search engine play a major role at the moment and act as 'must-have' requirement parallel to the growth of virtual world nowadays. Intelligent Internet search engine has entered the research field some 10 years ago and in recent years many intelligent applications have been launched. Web Spider: A Search Engine Crawler for Specifics Domain is a platform that was enhanced from current search engine to allow student to get results based on their preference in an informative and effective way in exploring the advantages of new technologies on the specific domain. The enhancement of the platform is focusing more on ontology-based Web crawler to improve search query and information retrieval by the search engine so that the objective of this project can be achieved. The enhancement also will test the user's acceptance during system testing phase. The improvement that will be made using incremental prototyping method is expected to meet user requirements and enhanced from the existing one. Creating new environment and improving the availability and reliability from current search engine could be beneficial for students as it provide better result in information retrieval process.