SEARCH ENGINES
What will I learn?
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You will learn how to use the search engine Mamma.
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You will learn how to use another search engine.
Instructions
1. Answer the following questions, using the following website.
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Uneven Internet: How Search Engines and Directories Work. http://www.uneven.com/searchengines/howtheywork.html
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Does a search engine list all the sites on the Internet with that subject
listed?
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How do Search Engines work?
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Does the Search Engine only take into account one thing?
2. Answer the following questions, using the following website.
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Uneven Internet: Search Engine Ranking Basics http://www.uneven.com/searchengines/rankingbasics.html
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Why are search engines great?
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What do search engines look for?
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Why will people using different search
engines get difference results?
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Do search engines have the same collection
of pages to search through?
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What is "popularity" in regards to
search engines?
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What do search engines do to sites
that have cheated?
3. Answer the following questions about
Mamma, The Mother of All Search Engines.
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Mamma: The Mother of All Search Engines
- http://www.mamma.com
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Go to the Mamma site.
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Click on "About Mamma."
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What is Mamma recognized as?
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What does Mamma query?
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Who do you contact for more information
on Mamma?
4. Go back to the main page of Mamma.
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Click on "Power Search."
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Click on "Search Tip."
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Read this page and summarize it.
5. Start searching!
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Find the best way to search for "search
engines."
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Print off one page of results from
Mamma.
6. Find another search engine and make
a list of instructions on how to search it. Use your imagination on how
to give instructions for your search engine.
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You can use the Mamma search engine
to find other search engines.
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Find a search engine other than Mamma!
Congratulations: You can search effectively
on the Internet!