Tuesday, February 13, 2007

Karen, Resources

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search_engine
This wikipedia site describes what a search engine is and how search engines work. It also gives examples of popular search engines including: Google, Yahoo!search, Microsoft, and Charity search engines. It also outlines the history of search engines and the difficulties that search engines have faced throughout the years. This website does a good job of not being biased towards one search engine over the next and it provides the reader with knowledge on the advantages and disadvantages of using a search engine. This website also includes links to other informative websites on search engines.
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http://what-is-what.com/what_is/wikipedia.html

This website describes what wikipedia is. It starts off by showing where the word "wikipedia" originated. What-is-what.com also goes into what the purpose of wikipedia is and how it exists. It discusses the pros and cons of wikipedia. I think that this website provides the reader with a good perspective of what goes on "behind the scenes" with wikipedia. I also think that it does a good job of posing both the good and bad of using wikipedia for a source of information.
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http://searchenginewatch.com/
This website does various things involving search engines. On this website, you can find out the best way to use specific search engines, for example, how to correctly type things in for a math search engine. Also it discusses search engine marketing. It also has current articles posted on search engines. The link bar on the left has a lot of resources including: web searching tips, search engine listings, and search ratings and stats (to name a few). I would describe this website as a search engine for search engines.
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4 comments:

Angela said...

Karen, I also looked at your last resource. I found it to be a resource as well, and was going to use it until i saw it mentioned in your blog, you are just too quick for me obviously.

Chun-Yi said...

The two wikipedia resources are helpful too. Interesting! Join the discussion about wikipedia tomorrow.

Brian said...

These are good sites that explain what a search engine is and what are some of the bad things about wikipedia.

Dotan Cohen said...

The what-is-what website is interesting. And of course, wikipedia is invaluable for research.