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Finding Information on the Internet

Finding Information on the Internet. Irwansyah. Why Search the Web?. A simple answer is that the Web is too large and unorganized to find much useful information. Typing in the web address of a known page (URL) Search engines Directories (or web catalogues) Browsing.

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Finding Information on the Internet

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  1. Finding Information on the Internet Irwansyah

  2. Why Search the Web? A simple answer is that the Web is too large and unorganized to find much useful information.

  3. Typing in the web address of a known page (URL) Search engines Directories (or web catalogues) Browsing Alternative Methods for Finding Information

  4. Web ‘addresses’ or URLs The most efficient method of finding information on the internet is through typing the web address or URL directly into the web browser.

  5. A word of mouth recommendation From advertisement or company promotional literature Simply making a good guess How do We Know the URL?

  6. How Web Search Engine Work Search engines use special automatic tools known as spiders, crawler or robots to index web pages of registered sites.

  7. Content Tags Keyword Description Title Heading Links What Search Engines Search

  8. Frames Scripts Java Applets and Plug-Ins Server-Generated Pages Forms Images Deeply Linked Pages Reorganization and Broken Links What Search Engines Ignore

  9. Google – http://www.google.com Yahoo – http://search.yahoo.com MSN – http://search.msn.com AltaVista – http://www.altavista.com Alltheweb – http://www.alltheweb.com Major Search Engines

  10. Vivísimo – http://www.vivisimo.com Dogpile – http://www.dogpile.com Ask.com or AskJeeves.com – http://www.ask.com SurfWax – http://www.surfwax.com Ixquick – http://www.ixquick.com Alternative Search Engines

  11. http://mobile.google.com http://mobile.yahoo.com/search http://mobile.msn.com Mobile Search Engines

  12. Think “full text”war of 1812 economic causes Specify exact phrases“tom bates” Exclude or include a wordproliferation –nuclearobama +hussein Searching with Google

  13. Web page titleintitle:hybrid Website or domainsite:whitehouse.gov File typefiletype:ppt site:edu “global warming” Searching with Google

  14. Definitionsdefine:wireless LAN Calculator2+2 Phonebookphonebook: ansonia veterinary center NY Nine Very Cool Google Tricks

  15. Street Maps9 Princeton St Boston MA 02128 Stock Quotesstock quotes:MSFT Patents, Tracking IDs, and Other Numeric Goodiespatent 5123123 Nine Very Cool Google Tricks

  16. Weatherweather bloomington, indiana Q&AQ&A:population of south korea Moviesmovie: holy grail Nine Very Cool Google Tricks

  17. Interpreting the Results

  18. Google doesn't cluster results Google isn’t good enough to find a person's email address Google isn't the best place to find what an abbreviation stands for Some topic-specific directories are simply more fine-tuned than Google's regular full-text search When working on an in-depth research project (like a college thesis), Google doesn't help you catalog multiple search results, or let you take notes on interesting sites. When Not to Use Google

  19. Web Catalogues or Directories Massive online catalogs that are edited, sorted, and organized by humans

  20. http://directory.google.com http://dir.yahoo.com http://dmoz.org Major Web Directories

  21. Using bookmarks Printing information Saving text for subsequent reading or printing Saving an image or diagram Practical Tips for Managing Information

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