Name_____________________________ Date______________ Period __________

The purpose of this activity is to explore the uses of search engines. By completing this activity you will become more familiar with how to conduct a web search and you will know if all of the search engines are the same. Type the following URL into the address box at the top of your browser and press enter. Then answer the following questions.

http://searchenginewatch.internet.com/links/Major_Search_Engines/The_Major_Search_Engines/index.html

  1. How many different search engines are listed on this page? ___________
  2. Which search engine is the oldest? This means the first one started? ________________________________
  3. How is Ask Jeeves different from other search engines? _____________________

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4. Click on a few of the sites listed on this page then answer. You will have to use the back button on you browser to get back to this page. Do you find direction for how to do a search on most of the search engines? __________________________

Click on "How do search engines work" to answer the following question.

  1. Can a search engine find changes made in a web page? ________________
  2. Can directories like Yahoo find changes made in a web page? ________________
  3. What is the name of the part of a search engine which looks for changes in web pages? __________________
  4. Will all search engines report the same thing when you use them? ______________________

    5. Type in the following URL and answer the following questions.

    http://www.directhit.com/help/search.html

  5. Should you type in whole sentences when doing a search? _____________________
  6. Do you need to put words in like "and", "or", "at"? _________________________
  7. Does it make any difference which order you type in the words you are searching for when you are using more than one word? ________________________________
  8. Do you always have to spell the words correctly when doing a search? ___________
  9. Do you have to capitalize words when doing a search? ________________
  10. Do you have to leave a space between words when doing a search? _____________
  11. Should you try searching for a synonym? ____________________
  12. From which search engine are you getting this information? ____________________

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    Type in the following address and complete the following questions.

    http://www.go.com/Help/help.html?key=HELP_T00008_SRCHQUIK

  13. Look at the directions for doing a search here. Are they the same as the last directions? ___________________________
  14. What is the purpose for using a comma between words when doing a search here? __________________________________________________________________
  15. Why would you use a + sign when doing a search here? ____________________________________________________________________
  16. What is the name of the search engine that you are using now? __________________
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