Conducting a web search? The Domain Name System converts website names into IP addresses so your computer can understand the query. Here's what that means.

Search giants join to tidy up Web addresses Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo have jointly developed a way to steer search engines toward the primary version of related Web pages.

You can now ask Google to remove search results that contain confidential personal data, including ID documents and contact information.

Google's updated policies now allow you to request personal information, including phone numbers, email addresses and home addresses to be removed from search.