WEEK 5

TUTORIAL

TASK:
1) Four strategies that will you help you conduct a good search are:

1. Always use key phrases, try to use as little words as you can in your search
2. Using " " and the words 'and ', and so forth speed up your search and minimise the sources that will show up
3. Using simple words in between the main key words you are searching in your search engine
4. Google and Yahoo are recommended on being the two best search engines to use

2) After doing the trivia quiz on the website “http://www.siteseen.co.uk/questions/historytrivia/" I received my results and I got all my questions right. Due to the tips I used when using a search engine to find the information I am looking for. Below is a screen shot of my results page from the trivia website.















The strategies I used in order to retrieve the information I was looking for in relation to the questions from the trivia game. I used question marks after I type in my key phrases within my search engine. I used Google mostly but when Google could not give me the information i required i then used yahoo. I used simple words like 'and', 'the' and other punctuation forms to make my search provide me with the information I want as quickly as possible without having to go through several websites.

LECTURE
What was mentioned during week 5's lecture was all information on search engines and the different types. Briefly discussed was the three types of categories of information on the web which are; visible, invisible and paid databases were informed that most people use Google or yahoo as search engines in most cases. We also now know the problems that associate with search engines and the interaction of the many search engines available. The lecturer summed up by giving us some search tips and places in which we will find useful search tips such as in the readings provided.

READINGS
The readings for week 5 basically demonstrate particular internet search tips and strategies. These tips are meant to help us students to use the World Wide Web in a resourceful way because the web has a large quantity of information and it should be used in certain ways in order to receive useful and narrowed down information that suits the student’s needs.

The second reading was more based on search engines. Similar readings were viewed in week four. The "search engines" readings provides information on how to use directories on the net and how to find particular information on the net and vibrant databases that will provide people/students with research information.

In the third reading the site informs the readers of the SEO ( Search Engine Optimisation) analysis which constantly monitors information such as web addresses that are generated, and fine tunes them making them higher ranking thus appearing in search engines as compared to some sites that are left out.