Monday, January 31, 2011

Internet Searching Assignment

Determine keywords and search terms for the following scenario:
You have been given the task of preparing a presentation for your class about kangaroos.

Think about the various pieces of information that you would want to include in your presentation: habitat, food, species, pictures, sounds, etc.

List the keywords and search terms you used.
Bookmark your findings on Delicious (TAG AS: kangaroos). You must bookmark sources from each search engine listed below..


Do a search or your keyworks and search terms using EACH search engine (Google, Bing, Yahoo).

Screen print your search results (just like we did when we screen printed the Delicious screens). Copy the screen prints into a Word document and save. You will turn this in on Thursday.

For this posting, comment on the following:

What search engine worked best and why?
What are the differences in the search results for each search engine?

27 comments:

  1. 1. Google worked best because it had more relevant results.

    2. Yahoo and Bing are directories, Google is an index.

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  2. Google worked best. It features the advanced search, which makes searching for this topic much easier.

    Yahoo is a directory. Google is anindex, making it easier to find specific information.

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  3. google worked the best for me because it was more specific and had more ways to narrow down your search.

    Google works as an index while Yahoo an Bing work as directories. Also Google lets you do an advanced search but Yahoo and Bing do not.

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  4. 1. For me, Google worked better than Yahoo and Bing because I got less search results because I could narrow down my results.
    2. Google gives me the option of doing an advance search, where Bing and Yahoo do not.

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  5. Google worked the best for me. With google i could narrow down my search unlike yahoo or bing.

    Google allowed me to do an advanced search unlike bing or yahoo.

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  6. Google worked the best because my searches were narrowed down.

    Bing and Yahoo are directories and cannot do Advanced Searches.

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  7. Google narrowed my searches down the most.

    Bing and Yahoo are directories and do not have the Advanced Search feature.

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  8. Google worked the best because it has an advance search function.

    Bing and Yahoo are directories and can't narrow down your results as much.

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  9. Google worked best for me because it wss more specific, and had better results.

    Google gave me the option to do advance search, and it works as a index. Yahoo and Bing work as directories.

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  10. Google worked the best for me, it alowed me to narrow down my search in the "advance search" due to goole is an index.

    Bing and yahoo, i could not get and advance search,and there directories.

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  11. Google worked best for me. The information was more detailed and easier to find. It allowed me to use an advanced search, which helped me narrow down the results.

    Google is an index search engine, while both Yahoo and Bing are directories.

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  12. Using Google worked best for me. Google has advanced searching feilds that narrow down the search results. The information was easier to access becuase you didnt have to link in between multiple sites.

    Bing and Yahoo are search directories while Google is a search index. Google also has an advance search option, while Bing and Yahoo do not.

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  13. From my experience, I would say Googles search engine would be the best. It is more specific than the other search engines such as Bing and Yahoo.

    I think Bing and Yahoo aren't that good of serach engines. I'd say they are search directions, while Google is a search index.

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  14. I thought that Google worked best for me and Yahoo and Bing didn't. Google has advance search and it narrows down my search results and Yahoo and Bing don't do that.

    While Yahoo and Bing were directories and Google was is a search index engine.

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  15. Google works the best. The advanced search promotes more specific results, therefore making it easier to find certain things.

    Yahoo and Bing work as directories, searching only for general information. Google is an index and finds more specific results.

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  16. 1. Google works the best mainly because of the advanced search feature that narrow search results.

    2. Sites such as Bing and Yahoo are directories while Google is an index

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  17. Google was the best search engine for me. Google has a app that lets you narrow down your search and get the results you wanted. Many different sites you went to through Bing and Yahoo had many links thay you would have to follow to get to differnet results.
    Bing and Yahoo are search directories while Google on the other hand is a search index. Google also has a advance search option while Bing and Yahoo do not.

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  18. Google worked the best for me.By using google you have the choice of using an advanced search or regular. By using the advanced search you can type in keywords, unwanted words,and quotes.

    Google is an index while Bing and yahoo are used as directories and do not include advanced search.

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  19. Google worked best because you can do an advanced search so you can narrow down your results.

    Other search engines like Bing and Yahoo dont allow you to do an advanced search therefore you may get things you dont want.

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  20. Google worked the best for me because I got alot of results for the animal and its habitat, food, and species.

    Google is an index with an advanced search. Bing and Yahoo are just directories and do not include an advanced search.

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  21. Google worked better because you can advance search to narrow down your results.

    Yahoo and Bing do not offer an advanced search so you get things not relevent to what your searching.

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  22. google was the best search engine I used because of the advanced serching tool helped me minus things i didnt want and narrowed it down to exactly what i needed.

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  23. yahoo and bing dont offer the advanced serch tool witch made it hared for me to find excactly what i wanted

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  24. Google worked the best for me. By using google you can do advanced searches to narrow down your results.

    Search engines such as Bing and Yahoo do not give you the opportunity to do advanced searches, and their answers are broader. Yahoo and Bing are directories while Google is an index.

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  25. Goggle worked best because its simple and it has the advance search

    Yahoo is a directory. Google is anindex, making it easier to find specific information.

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  26. Google worked the best for me because it gave more details and was more specific on its results.

    Google works as an index while Yahoo an Bing work as directories. making google an more advanced search.

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