{"id":62,"date":"2025-04-12T20:22:36","date_gmt":"2025-04-12T20:22:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/backlink-finder.com\/backlinks\/glossary\/search-engine\/"},"modified":"2025-04-12T20:22:36","modified_gmt":"2025-04-12T20:22:36","slug":"search-engine","status":"publish","type":"glossary","link":"https:\/\/backlink-finder.com\/backlinks\/glossary\/search-engine\/","title":{"rendered":"Search Engine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A <strong><a class=\"glossaryLink\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"cmtt_80d0a4972659bad6a908de94e0b9dce9\" href=\"https:\/\/backlink-finder.com\/backlinks\/glossary\/search-engine\/\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Search Engine<\/a><\/strong> is an online platform, like Google or Bing, that indexes websites and delivers relevant results for user search queries. 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