What is Indexing?

[nathanleo]

A database index is a data structure that improves the speed of data retrieval operations on a database table at the cost of additional writes and storage

[quantumleap]

Indexing is the process by which search engines organize information before a search to enable super-fast responses to queries. Searching through individual pages for keywords and topics would be a very slow process for search engines to identify relevant information.

[quantumleap]

Key Takeaways. Indexing is the practice of compiling economic data into a single metric or comparing data to such a metric. There are many indexes in finance that reflect on economic activity or summarize market activity—these become performance benchmarks against which portfolios and fund managers are measured.

[quantumleap]

Key Takeaways. Indexing is the practice of compiling economic data into a single metric or comparing data to such a metric. There are many indexes in finance that reflect on economic activity or summarize market activity—these become performance benchmarks against which portfolios and fund managers are measured.

[AzharSEO]

We can say that indexing is the process where we add websites to the Google search engine.

[quantumleap]

Key Takeaways. Indexing is the practice of compiling economic data into a single metric or comparing data to such a metric. There are many indexes in finance that reflect on economic activity or summarize market activity—these become performance benchmarks against which portfolios and fund managers are measured.

[parkbogumm830]

The information collected from this analysis is fed back into Google's algorithm to provide a new index data score that attempts to understand which content best matches the user's intent. Based on this content evaluation, Google search results or rankings are then calculated.