11/19/2008 We discuss several different ways to find out information about people through their Web presence. Class structure Go through “At beginning of class” information Go through diagram…
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Description of what the course is about, what we'll do in the class, why students should take it, why all their friends should take it. Class held on 09/09/2009. (student notes; possible questions)….
Description of what the course is about, what we'll do in the class, why students should take it, why all their friends should take it. Class held on 09/03/2008. Student notes are available on this…
Discuss basics of Web search and why students should use multiple search tools (rather than just Google). Class held on 09/08/2008. Student notes are available on this page. Possible questions are…
Short Answer Topics 1. How can a search engine's performance be evaluated? 2. List three ways search engines are different from each other?
Class #2: Google is not enough! This class is an overview of search - what is there to use other than google? People look for information all the time - for class, for personal reasons, and in job…
Discuss basics of Web search and why students should use multiple search tools (rather than just Google). Class held on 09/14/2009. (student notes; possible questions). At beginning of class Someone…
BIT 330 Class Notes – September 14, 2009 I. Signing Up for Assignments Login to Wikidot, then return to www.howcanifindit.com Direct your browser to the bottom of the assignment page and click…
1. Which of the Following is the Only Search Engine that Can Find Pages Containing Pages Related to a Page? a. Google b. Yahoo c. Bing d. Ask 2. Which of the Following Represents "Precision" as…
Created on 1252946255|%a, %b %e at %I:%M%p by samoore For Yahoo, I got 434,000,000. There are many ads that come up addressing climate change, what people can do to "live green," as well as some news…
Created on 1252946465|%a, %b %e at %I:%M%p by tfornero For Bloglines I got 583,800 For Technorati I got 66,191. Also gives a suggestion to check out the Green Channel page with a link. Let's you know…
Created on 1252946732|%a, %b %e at %I:%M%p by kfreels For Silobreaker, news results are categorized by the 'entity' it came from, such as a keyphrase of Global Warming/Climate Change or a specific…
Created on 1252946688|%a, %b %e at %I:%M%p by bavidar Answers: When I searched Google for Gerald Ford, 3,250,000 searches were returned. They consisted of 10 links, video results, images, related…
Created on 1252946425|%a, %b %e at %I:%M%p by ranfan Google: 6,140,000 for intitle:"climate change" Bing: 196,000 results Ask.com: 208,500 results dir.yahoo.com: 57 results www.yahoo.com: 7,130,000…
Created on 1252946658|%a, %b %e at %I:%M%p by jenmmart "climate change" site:epa.gov For Google, I got 67,800 results. For Bing, I got 255,000 results. For Ask, I got 12,300 results. I got 55,500…
Created on 1252946636|%a, %b %e at %I:%M%p by rolay117 In google, I got 3,390,000 For Google, I got 12,700,000. My search was "climate change inurl:.gov" Was this too broad? aegreen For some reason,…
Created on 1252946538|%a, %b %e at %I:%M%p by aegreen There were about 1,490,000 results. aegreen For google, I got 13,700 results. Google produced 1,490,000 for [climate change inurl:library] in 0.28…
Created on 1252946648|%a, %b %e at %I:%M%p by joshuaaa 1,180 results for Google I got 1,110,000 using this query: "link: http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/" Did I do something wrong here? Yup, you…
Created on 1252946695|%a, %b %e at %I:%M%p by robo24wolverine Google and Bing provide stock price charts, and a couple of links to Yahoo Finance, Google Finance and MSN Money. Ask.com, on the other…
