SEARCH ENGINES AND THE GATEKEEPERS OF TRUTH

How Google and beyond became the arbiters of knowledge

Who decides what counts as true on the internet? Search Engines and the Gatekeepers of Truth pulls back the curtain on the tiny army of crawlers, the giant indexes, and the ranking rules that turn billions of pages into the single list most people trust. Clear, concise, and a little bit sly, it explains crawling, indexing, ranking, and the ad-driven forces that make “page one” feel like fact.

Read this to learn how results are found, why some sites dominate, how ads and optimization bend what you see, and how to spot manipulation and misinformation. Technical without tech-speak and full of real-world examples, the book leaves curious teens and adults with practical habits for smarter searching and a clearer view of who controls the front door to knowledge.