Module 4 Tasks - Search Engine Task

1. Choose your most commonly used internet search engine and do a search for the words: advanced internet users.

• record the first hit and number of hits in your learning log:

I used Google to do the search and it came up with 118 000 000 hits. The first hit listed was:

Advanced Internet Users Tutorial - CIESE
www.k12science.org/tutorials/advanced/

2. Using copernicus or similar, set it up to search at least three search engines (including one that will search the 'deep web') and repeat eactly the same search

• record the number of hits in your learning log, and compare to your first search. What differences did you notice? Why? Which search, on first glance gave you the most promising results?

Using Copernic for this search I came up with only 55 hits. I only have the free version which doesn't allow you to nominate search engines.
The difference in result to the Google search is astounding. 18 million on Google down to 55 on Copernic is amazing. The Copernic program runs a meta search, which is much more refined than Google which trawls billions of sites listing words.
I think the Copernic i s most promising because the results are in a managable number.
The first hit listed was:

1.	Global Advanced Media WeBlog » Internet Users http://weblog.globaladvancedmedia.com/category/internet-users [Wisenut, Ask.com]

3. Save at least the first 5 hits of both searches.

Google search:
Advanced Internet Users Tutorial - CIESE
www.k12science.org/tutorials/advanced/

Advanced Internet Users Tutorial - CIESE - Keyboard Shortcuts
www.k12science.org/tutorials/advanced/shortcut.html

Advanced User's Internet Training Resources
www.vicnet.net.au/training/advance.html

Advanced Internet Users, School of Continuing Education
www3.uwm.edu/sce/course.cfm?id=6835

News @ Cisco: China Supports Advanced Applications for Internet
newsroom.cisco.com/dlls/global/asiapac/news/2005/pr_09-21.html


Copernic Search:

1.	Global Advanced Media WeBlog » Internet Users http://weblog.globaladvancedmedia.com/category/internet-users

2.	Advanced Internet Users Tutorial - CIESE http://www.k12science.org/tutorials/advanced [Ask.com]

3.	Advanced Internet Users Tutorial - CIESE - Saving Web Pages http://www.k12science.org/tutorials/advanced/saveweb.html [Ask.com]

4.	Finding People on the Internet? http://netforbeginners.about.com/od/findingpeople/Finding_Pe... [About.com]

5.	Msen Advanced Internet Users Links Page http://www.msen.com/1997/adv_links.html [Ask.com]