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== Activities ==
== Activities ==
# Complete the tutorial [https://www.tutorialspoint.com/internet_technologies/search_engines.htm TutorialsPoint: Search Engines].
# Compare search engines. Search for <code>web search engine</code> using [http://google.com Google], [http://bing.com Bing], [http://yahoo.com Yahoo], and [http://ask.com Ask]. Compare the results from each search engine. Which search engine has the best user interface? Which search engine provides the most useful results?
# Compare search engines. Search for <code>web search engine</code> using [http://google.com Google], [http://bing.com Bing], [http://yahoo.com Yahoo], and [http://ask.com Ask]. Compare the results from each search engine. Which search engine has the best user interface? Which search engine provides the most useful results?
# Compare search engine market share. Using your preferred search engine, search for <code>search engine market share</code>. Which search engine has the highest market share?
# Compare search engine market share. Using your preferred search engine, search for <code>search engine market share</code>. Which search engine has the highest market share?

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This lesson introduces search engines.

Objectives and Skills

Objectives and skills for this lesson include:[1][2]

  • Use different types of Web search engines effectively.

Readings

  1. Wikipedia: Web search engine

Multimedia

  1. YouTube: Search Engines
  2. YouTube: How Search Works
  3. YouTube: Basic Search Strategies
  4. YouTube: Google Advanced Search Tips
  5. YouTube: How do I search Google effectively? Part I: Boolean Operators & Phrase Searching
  6. YouTube: How do I effectively search Google? Part II: Domain Limit Searching
  7. YouTube: What is Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

Activities

  1. Complete the tutorial TutorialsPoint: Search Engines.
  2. Compare search engines. Search for web search engine using Google, Bing, Yahoo, and Ask. Compare the results from each search engine. Which search engine has the best user interface? Which search engine provides the most useful results?
  3. Compare search engine market share. Using your preferred search engine, search for search engine market share. Which search engine has the highest market share?
  4. Search using exact phrases. Review Google: Search Operators. Using your preferred search engine, search for the exact phrase "search engine" "market share". Compare the results of searching without quotes and with quotes. Does an exact phrase search return more accurate results for this search?
  5. Search a specific site. Review Google: Search Operators. Using your preferred search engine, search Wikiversity for information on search engines using search engine site:wikiversity.org. Compare the results with using Wikiversity's built in Special:Search page. Which search approach provides the most useful results?
  6. Use a Boolean search. Review Google: Search Operators. Using your preferred search engine, search for information on search engines or SEO using "search engine" or SEO. Review the results and read any that interest you.
  7. Add a web page to a search engine. Review Google: Get your content on Google. Practice by adding this Wikiversity page URL to Google Search.
  8. Cite a web page. Use Special:CiteThisPage to cite a Wikiversity web page. Compare the different citation formats available. Do all formats include the same information?

See Also

References