Vertical Search Engine

A vertical search engine is a search engine that focuses on a particular area. In business and marketing, "vertical" means often "niche" or "single-purpose", as the term is used for vertical markets. Vertical search engine is a type of vertical portal because they contain information about a specific subject in their indexing. Vertical search engine is also known as a special or topical search engine.

Since vertical search engines can be devoted to a media type or topic, they are similar to the special search elements of general purpose search engines like Google, which allow users to restrict search in certain categories such as images, videos, shopping and flights. Allows From the perspective of online marketing, vertical search engines allow advertisers to target their chosen audience more closely.

Some examples of vertical search engines include:

TinEye.com - A reverse image search engine that takes an image file as input and provides information such as source, other sites where the image is present, copyright data and available versions and resolutions.

Skyscanner - An aerial travel search engine that gives information about the available flights, hotels and car rental deals for the user's selected destination.

Pipl - A search engine that searches for people by name, email address, user name or phone number, and gives results related to that person.

iMediSearch - A medical search engine that allows users to search specifically for content suitable for general public, doctors, nurses, pharmacists or affiliated health professionals.

Shopzilla - Is a shopping search engine that allows users to browse retail categories or search for specific items. Merchants pay to include.

Social Search Engine - A search engine that allows users to search content from social media sites, including Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus, Blogspot and LinkedIn. Users can also filter results by website

Indeed - Is a employment search engine that allows job seekers and recruiters to find each other. Users can post jobs, upload resumes, and find many job databases for posts and applicants.