%0 Journal Article %T Web Crawlers and Search Engines. %A Ritika Hans %A Gaurav Garg %J International Journal of Engineering Sciences & Research Technology %D 2013 %I %X In large distributed hypertext system like the World-Wide Web; users find resources by following hypertext links. As the size of the system increases the users must traverse increasingly more links to find what they are looking for, until precise navigation becomes impractical. The WebCrawler is a tool that solves these problems by indexing and automatically navigating the Web. This paper describes the basic definition of web and search engine and we have also explored the web crawler with its types. %U http://www.ijesrt.com/issues%20pdf%20file/Archives%202013/june-2013/21.pdf