Module 4: Search Engine Task
Wednesday, April 18, 2007
I searched for 'advanced internet users' on my most frequently used search engine, Google.
The first hit: Advanced Internet Users Tutorial - CIESE
The number of hits: 114,000,000
Next I tried the same search 'advanced internet users' using Copernic set to search 15 engines.
The first hit: Advanced Internet Users Tutorial - CIESE
The number of hits: 55
Comparison:
Google found a lot more results than Copernic, however my settings on Copernic specified that it was to only return 10 links from each engine, therefore using 15 engines limited my results to just 55.
Getting 55 more specific results is a lot less intimidating than getting 114,000,000 or so that may contain the words 'advanced internet users' ! :)
However, even though it returned only 55 results, Copernic did not perform best for me in this task. I feel that Google gave me the best results when searching for 'advanced internet users'.
The first hit: Advanced Internet Users Tutorial - CIESE
The number of hits: 114,000,000
Next I tried the same search 'advanced internet users' using Copernic set to search 15 engines.
The first hit: Advanced Internet Users Tutorial - CIESE
The number of hits: 55
Comparison:
Google found a lot more results than Copernic, however my settings on Copernic specified that it was to only return 10 links from each engine, therefore using 15 engines limited my results to just 55.
Getting 55 more specific results is a lot less intimidating than getting 114,000,000 or so that may contain the words 'advanced internet users' ! :)
However, even though it returned only 55 results, Copernic did not perform best for me in this task. I feel that Google gave me the best results when searching for 'advanced internet users'.
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