A question about the forum

[Aduvash]

Hmmmm, "it's index" is better, right? In spanish a "search engine" is a male

Yeah, "it's index", or was it "its index"? I don't remember... English is very confusing, even for native speakers! Though I remember reading somewhere that it is better to leave the apostrophe out then to put it in incorrectly.

[supermalparit]

Sounds like "its" is the correct word

[EnvizionRev]

Its index. It's means It is or it was, etc. No apostrophe, in this case, will mean ownership. I think.

I'm pretty sure search engines are female though. You tell it only a few words and it will give you pages in return.

[Aduvash]

I'm pretty sure search engines are female though. You tell it only a few words and it will give you pages in return.

[tom k.]

It would be "it's" because the index belongs to google

The same way as "tom's iPhone" or "xavi's computer" generally in English only humans/animals are given a gender. Every other noun is referred to as "it"