Article in the online collaborative encyclopedia, describing the history and mechanisms of Web search engines.

In a five-part series, NPR's Rick Karr takes a look at the business of search engines.

Article from the USC Online Journalism Review examines the issue of major search engines adopting deceptive, misleading advertising practices at the expense of editorial integrity and their users.

David Green's paper from Online Information Review explores the development of search engine technologies.

Anna Patterson explains the problems of search engine design in practical terms in this lengthy article.

A complaint filed with the United States Federal Trade Commission by Ralph Nader's Commercial Alert service, which charges the major search engines of inserting advertisements in search engine results without clear disclosure that the ads are ads.