Support for international search terms

A search engine server comprising:

• processing circuitry;
• memory coupled to the processing circuitry;
• and
• network circuitry, the processing circuitry, memory, and network circuitry are operable to:
• receive an international search string;
• determine the language of the international search string via correlation with a conjugate terms database, and
• retrieve a conjugate English term from a conjugate terms database;
• in response to determining that international terms support is enabled, facilitate searching of websites having international language support using the conjugate English term;
• in response to determining that international terms support is disabled, facilitate searching of websites having international language support using the international search string;
• and
• deliver a search results page via the network circuitry to a web browser associated with a client device, wherein the search results page comprises links of a few search results that link to a few websites.

A method of operating a search engine server comprising:

• receiving an international search string from a web browser via a network interface;
• determining a supported language of the international search string via correlation with a conjugate terms database
• determining conjugate English terms for the international search string using a conjugate terms database;
• identifying synonyms for the conjugate English terms using a thesaurus database;
• in response to determining that international terms support is enabled, selecting websites by matching the conjugate English terms and synonyms with text associated with the websites;
• in response to determining that international terms support is disabled, selecting websites by matching the international search string with text associated with the websites;
• ranking selected websites based upon extent of match and site popularity to create ranked websites;
• and
• delivering a search results page containing links of few of the ranked websites to the network browser via the network interface.