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Becoming an INTERNET DETECTIVE

Becoming an INTERNET DETECTIVE. How do they work? How do they rank their results? How do websites show up in the top ten?. Google – by popularity Yahoo – pre-assigned categories Others – by number of keyword entries. Search Engines. Search Engines.

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Becoming an INTERNET DETECTIVE

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  1. Becoming an INTERNET DETECTIVE

  2. How do they work? How do they rank their results? How do websites show up in the top ten? Google – by popularity Yahoo – pre-assigned categories Others – by number of keyword entries Search Engines

  3. Search Engines Being first in a list of search results does not indicate importance or validity.

  4. Getting your Website Up Front! METALINKS

  5. Zack’s Story Home page of Arthur R. Butz. http://pubweb.acns.nwu.edu/~abutz/di/intro.html

  6. Who owns this problem?

  7. Teaching students to use the Internet is much more complex than simply using a search engine to surf the Web. – Alan November Empowering Students with Technology.

  8. MAPping MAP by examining: • Meta Web Information • Authors • Purpose

  9. Meta Web Information Authors Purpose The structure of information on the Internet, including URLs, links, and search engines. MAPping

  10. Meta Web Information Authors Purpose Anyone can post information on the net; credentials such as professor or doctor should not be accepted without evaluation MAPping

  11. Meta Web Information Authors Purpose Most sites sell products or services, advocate ideas, entertain, and/or present information MAPping

  12. Meta Web Information Authors Purpose Web Address Links Search Engines MAPping

  13. What do these tell you? (615) 898-5976 (615) 459-2843 (615) 355-5748 (901) 847-6253 (502) 862-6495 (555) 247-5511

  14. .com .net .org .gov .k12 .edu Commercial or profit A network Non-Profit organization Government agency Schools Universities Can you identify theseweb domain names?

  15. Zack’s Story Home page of Arthur R. Butz. http://pubweb.acns.nwu.edu/~abutz/di/intro.html

  16. Meta Web Information Authors Purpose Web Address Links Search Engines MAPping

  17. Forward Links Controlled by webmaster Revealed by pausing mouse over hyperlink “Footnotes” May reveal credibility Digital Threads: The Structure of Linked Information

  18. Backward Links More revealing than forward links Gives perspective in relation to other sites Emphasizes the power of the Internet as a true web Are revealed by Link Command Digital Threads: The Structure of Linked Information

  19. Using the LINK comand • Go to www.AltaVista.com • Type in LINK: • Type in or copy and paste the site address • Search

  20. 17 Sites found who link to this site

  21. MAPping: Part 2 - Author • Investigate an author’s credentials • Ownership and authorship are not necessarily the same thing. • Speaking with authority does not necessarily mean you are one.

  22. Who owns this site? www.alltheweb.com Find the owner of a website!

  23. Type in any site or copy and paste the URL and do a search

  24. Click on who owns

  25. Now you have the complete owner information

  26. MAPping: Part 3 -Purpose • Advocacy vs. Objectivity • Evaluate the site’s purpose • Look for the mission statement • What is the site trying to do? • Why was it created? • May not be obvious

  27. Search Engine Tricks Search www.AltaVista.com for Early Childhood information

  28. 622,942 sites found of all types

  29. Refine your search After Early Childhood type in HOST:K12 and search

  30. 27,551 sites and all are school sites

  31. Another search engine for refined searching www.TEOMA.com

  32. Again, search for early childhood

  33. CHOICES

  34. 1 More (last one) www.findspot.com

  35. Uses Popular Search Engines Opens all in the same format NO ADS!!!

  36. DO YOUR RESEARCH!! INVESTIGATE

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