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The Internet Web Basics

The Internet Web Basics. Dr. Dania Bilal IS 587 Fall 2007. The Internet. Beginning Internet without content Used for email and FTP Internet with content Usenet newsgroups Directory: Gopher. Gopher. Menu-driven content Used by universities Gopher was indexed by Jughead Veronica.

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The Internet Web Basics

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  1. The InternetWeb Basics Dr. Dania Bilal IS 587 Fall 2007

  2. The Internet • Beginning • Internet without content • Used for email and FTP • Internet with content • Usenet newsgroups • Directory: Gopher

  3. Gopher • Menu-driven content • Used by universities • Gopher was indexed by • Jughead • Veronica

  4. WWW • 1991, Tim-Berners Lee created WWW • GUI interface • Hypertext navigation of content • Multimedia (text, sound, graphics) • 1995, Web has become popular and search engines were developed

  5. Web • Web interfaces took over text-based interfaces such as ftp • Search engines spread • Web directories • Search engines have become portals • Multi-functions

  6. Internet History • See Timeline in Text, chap. 1 • See URLs for Internet history and growth, chap. 1 • http://www.extremesearcher.com/handbooklinks.html#chap1

  7. Searching the Web • General search engines • Specialized search engines • Engines vs. portals • Meta-search engines • Directories • Meta-directories All is found at http://searchenginewatch.com/showPage.html?page=2156221

  8. Use of Engines & Directories • Engines • To search by keyword, phrase, etc. • Topic is specific • Complex searches • Lots of information is retrieved • Searching is done in billions of pages • Directories • To browse by categories • From broad to specific • Simple searches • Less information is retrieved • Searching is done in millions of pages

  9. Basic Search Strategy • Identify information need • Extract basic concepts • Formulate strategy using concepts and appropriate search parameters • Boolean, proximity, search limiting, as appropriate • Select appropriate engine, directory, meta- engine, or meta-directory

  10. Basic Search Strategy • Conduct the search (pay attention to spelling) • Examine first page of results for relevance • Revise search based on results retrieved • If not satisfied, use another search engines or directory Note: Meta-engines and meta-directories are used when lots of information is needed for research purposes.

  11. The Question of Quality • Criteria for evaluating information quality • Source domain (.com, .edu, .gov, etc.) • Authority • Purpose or motivation • Quality of writing • Balanced views • Currency of information • Sources cited

  12. The Question of Quality • Accuracy • Factual information (check against two or more authoritative sources) • Currency http://www.virtualchase.com/quality http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/Evaluate.html http://epress.lib.uh.edu/pr/v8/n3/smit8n3.html (content quality and design/navigation)

  13. The Invisible Web • Search engines don’t index all web pages • Reasons: • Page are password-protected • Pages are too deep (too much to index) • Pages not picked up by spiders or crawlers • See sites for finding information on the IW in Text.

  14. Overview of Web 2.0 • Web 2.0: The machine is us/ing usvideo found at http://www.youtube.com • Search under • Web 2.0 (video) • What is web 2.0 (video) • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_2 • Definition, characteristics of Web 2.0, and other information

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