Whereas traditional search engines crawl and index the whole internet, vertical search engines instead focus on a specific topic. Frequently, companies who cater for this topic elect to advertise on these vertical search sites as although they cannot necessarily deliver the volume that a traditional search engine can, they are able to deliver a very focused audience. Vertical search sites are prevalent in the following industries – property, jobs, corporate purchasing etc

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