OT - How do search engines work?

("Jay Honeck" wrote)
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This whole thing is so stupid. 95+% of the hotels located in Iowa
City are
NOT coming up when you type in "Iowa City Hotels"! What kind of a
stupid
search engine would exclude the ONLY websites that matter to the
person
searching for a hotel?


I typed:

"Iowa City" + hotel

http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotels-g3...wa-Hotels.html

Iowa City hotels: Read Iowa City hotel reviews including resorts ...
.... Sponsored links. Iowa City hotel and vacation packages *. ...
General price range: US$
35-50. Holiday Hotel @ Iowa City, Iowa City, Compare prices with:
QuickCheck, ...
www.tripadvisor.com/ZipFinder-z52240.html - 65k - Nov 25, 2003 -
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Your Inn is # 2 once I open the page.


If I add an "s"
"Iowa City" + hotels
I then get Weather Underground site.

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Montblack