Search engines connect us with what we want to find online. They're built into browsers and personal digital assistants, giving us answers as fast as we can ask them. As an SEO or marketer, knowing how search engine algorithms work can give you a competitive edge. In this post, we'll break down the algorithms of major search engines: Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo, and YouTube. We won't decode their inner workings, but you can improve your rankings for each one when you understand the platform better.