WWW+Search+Strategies

Activity 1 First thing I learned was how search engines work, I did not know there was difference in how they searched, crawlers vs. human-powered. The following list is the search engines I tried and my impressions of those search engines. Ask.com – (a.k.a. askjeeves.com) I have used askjeeves.com and like the question forum. Alltheweb.com – First time use of this search engine, seemed to narrow down a search. Hotbot.com – First time use of this search engine, worked like yahoo. Bing.com – I have used this search engine on numerous occasions with success. Ditto.com – First time use of this search engine, did not work. Dogpile.com – First time use of this search engine, looks like it uses all of the major search engines. Ajkids.com – First time use of this search engine, good place for kids to ask a question and get results.

Activity 2 The use of quotation marks narrowed the search by almost half, with quotation marks there was 3,141,000 results without quotations there was 5,863,000 results.

Activity 3
 * 1) I have a programming background and have use Boolean operators on searches before with great results, by narrowing or broadening your search.
 * 2) The website gets the same results as typing with Boolean operators but is good for someone who has never used them.
 * 3) Boolify.org would be a good website for a visual or right brain searcher to use.

Activity 4 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Easywhois.com was very informative and gives a lot of information about who and what owns the website.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Activity 5 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">.aero – generic top level for aviation related fields <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">.asia – sponsored top level for Asia and pacific countries <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">.biz – generic top level for businesses <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">.com – generic top level for commercial and noncommercial use <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">.coop – sponsored top level for cooperatives <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">.edu – sponsored top level for education <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">.gov – sponsored top level for government agencies <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">.info – generic top level for informational agencies <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">.jobs – sponsored top level for employment related fields <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">.k12 – sponsored top level for public schools <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">.mil – sponsored top level for Department of Defense <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">.mobi – sponsored top level for mobile devices <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">.museum – sponsored top level for museums <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">.name – generic top level for individuals <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">.net – generic top level for network fields <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">.org – generic top level for organizations <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">.pro – generic top level for professionals <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">.sch – second level for several countries primary and secondary schools <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">.tel – generic top level for contact information <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">.travel – generic top level for travel industries

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Activity 8 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Weather Waco, TX – This everyday essential gave me the weather and a listing for other sites for Waco weather. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Book search Anne Rice – This reference tool gave me a list of websites for the author and then when I clicked the books icon on the left-hand side a listing of book by the author. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Unit conversion 1 gallon – This reference tool gave me the results 1 US gallon = 3,78541178 liters plus other websites about conversions or gallons. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Sunrise San Diego – This everyday essential tool gave me the sunrise time for the city and how long till sunrise from now in hours and minutes. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Local search Italian food 73071 – This local search tool gave me the listing of all Italian restaurants near Norman along with maps, reviews, and contact information.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Activity 9 and 10 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> I shared my experience with these activities on search strategies with my son and a fellow employee, first thing I explained was the differences on how search engines worked and then I gave them to new search engines to use dogpile.com and alltheweb.com.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Bonus <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">https://www.google.com/accounts/Login