AI VS. EXPERT RESPONSES: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF NUTRITION INFORMATION FOR YOUTH

Abstract

Search engines have become essential gateways to information in the modern digital world for youth. They structure and mediate student users’ access to knowledge, ensuring relevance and accessibility across disciplines. This paper examines the role of search engines in organizing the vast information space of the Internet, their underlying algorithms (particularly PageRank), and empirical studies comparing search accuracy and response time among systems such as Google, Bing, and Yahoo. We also explore user trust, behavioral patterns, and the development of digital libraries as complementary tools for academic information retrieval. The results highlight the dominance of Google in both speed and precision, while emphasizing the importance of cultural and contextual factors in search behavior.