Keywords
Internet search engines
geography
How to Cite
Abstract
Today we notice the growing importance of digital space – more and more human interactions, their activity are moving, partly or entirely, to this space. As a result, new problems have occurred in science, including geography, and new ways of research are being developed. The aim of paper is to show methods of World Wide Web exploration in relation to the Internet search engines. Internet search engines are one of the most popular an easy to use tool for digital space exploration. The paper shows two methods of data acquisition and consequently analyses: manual entry of queries and use of services provided by search engine operators. We also discussed the pros and cons of the presented approach to digital space analysis.
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