Module 4 Tasks: Search Engine Task

1. Choose your most commonly used internet search engine and do a search for the words: advanced internet users.

My most commonly used search engine is google.

For this task I simply typed in the words, "advanced internet users."

The first hit I received was:
Advanced Internet Users Tutorial - CIESE
Information about using your internet browser's Help Menu is available and linked ... Choose what web page will be shown when you start Internet Explorer. ...
www.k12science.org/tutorials/advanced/

This was the first hit in a total of 98, 700, 000 !

I repeated the task, but this time had "advanced internet users," in inverted comas. This time I received 14, 600 hits. The results though appear to be more relevant. Instead of google retuning just the word "internet"or "users," it is returning the three words grouped together as a whole.

2. Using copernicus or similar, set it up to search at least three search engines (including one that will search the 'deep web') and repeat eactly the same search.

For this task I used Copernic. Before entering my search query, I configured the software to search 10 search engines at once. See below...


The results of the search returned 56 results. Of these, the top result was: Advanced Internet users tutorial - CIESE.
http://www.k12science.org/tutorials/advanced/

The task also stipulates that I should set Copernic up to perform a deep web search at the same time. I am unsure as to how this is done...... I checked out all of the system preferences with copernic, but could not see an option for searching the deep web. I will have to look around for more information to work out how it can be done.

I have noticed there are differences in using the two search applications of copernic and google.

Google gave a lot more hits to the querey, "advanced internet users", whereas Copernic only gave 56 responses. The copernic responses seemed to be a lot more relevant and it will only return the top ranked sites. Google on the other hand will return pages, which for example, include the word "users," but this particular site might in fact be in reference to "drug users."

Top 5 google results: advanced internet users

Advanced Internet Users Tutorial - CIESE
www.k12science.org/tutorials/advanced/

- Advanced User's Internet Training Resources
www.k12science.org/tutorials/advanced/

Advanced Internet Users, School of Continuing Education ...
www3.uwm.edu/sce/course.cfm?id=6835

News @ Cisco: China Supports Advanced Applications forInternet ...
newsroom.cisco.com/dlls/global/asiapac/news/2005/pr_09-21.html

StatCounter Free invisible Web tracker, Hit counter and Web stats
www.statcounter.com/ - 20k

Top 5 google results: "advanced internet users" (inverted comas)

Advanced Internet Users Tutorial - CIESE
www.k12science.org/tutorials/advanced/

Advanced Internet Users, School of Continuing Education ...
www3.uwm.edu/sce/course.cfm?id=6835

Msen Advanced Internet Users Links Page
www.msen.com/1997/adv_links.html

Internet Guidebooks
www.cln.org/guidebooks.html

ADVANCED
www.biu.ac.il/HU/ef/home/weaving/Advanced.html

Copernic: Advanced internet users

Advanced Internet Users Tutorial - CIESE
www.k12science.org/tutorials/advanced/

Designing for advanced usershttp://eserver.org/courses/w01/tc510/orange/advanced_users.pdf

pressbox - uk press - release distribution - press store - copywriting services http://www.pressbox.co.uk/

Advancedhttp://www.lowpriceshopper.com/mkt.xpml?mkt_id=152176042

First bite of the apple
http://firstbite.co.nz

Copernic: Advanced internet users "inverted comas"

Advanced Internet Users Tutorial - CIESE
www.k12science.org/tutorials/advanced/

Advanced internet users school of continuing education
http://www3.uwm.edu/sce/course.cfm?id=6835

Internet resources
http://www.chemistrycoach.com/internet_resources.htm

Job oppitunities
http://www.uk.realmedia.com/contact/job-opportunities.html

Advanced Internet Users Tutorial - CIESE
www.k12science.org/tutorials/advanced/