2nd Sem. Quarter 1 Lesson 3: Contextualized Online Search and Research

is a service that allows internet users to search for content via the World Wide Web (WWW). A user enters keywords or key phrases into a search engine and receives a list of Web content results in the form of websites, images, videos or other online data. The list of content returned via a search engine to a user is known as a search engine results page (SERP) (Search Engine 2019).

Google

is using sophisticated algorithms to present the most accurate results to the users.

87.35%

According to recent statistics, Google is the most popular search engine with a stunning _____ market share.

Bing

Is the best alternative search engine to Google. ________ is Microsoft's attempt to challenge Google in search, but despite their efforts, they still did not manage to convince users that their search engine can be as reliable as Google.

Bing

originated from Microsoft's previous search engines (MSN Search, Windows Live Search, Live Search).

MSN Search, Windows Live Search, Live Search

Bing originated from Microsoft's previous search engines?

Yahoo

is one of the most popular email providers and its web search engine holds third place in search with an average of 2% market share.

2%

Yahoo, web search engine holds third place in search with an average of ____ market share.

CC Search

(creative commons) searches across more than 300 million images from open APIs and the Common Crawl dataset.

CC Search

It goes beyond simple search to aggregate results across multiple public repositories into a single catalog, and facilitates reuse through features like machine-generated tags and one-click attribution.

1. Think before you search.

Think about the topic or question you would like to search. Think about how you would describe the topic and choose 3 or 4 keywords.

2. Keep it simple.

Describe what you want in as few terms as possible.

3. Be specific.

The more precise your search terms are, the more precise your search results will be. Avoid general or common words.

5. Capitalization, punctuation and spelling don't really matter.

In most cases, search engines will ignore capitalization and punctuation in a search and will generally auto-correct your spelling mistakes.

6. Narrow your search results.

-The 6th basic search techniques to follow
-There are several ways to help you narrow your search results to find exactly what you're looking for:

-quotation marks
-Boolean Operators
-Apply filters
-Search a specific site
-Search for a specific filetype
-Search for a definition
-Search for a time
-Search for social media
-Search for a price
-Search hashtags
-Search for wildcards or unknown words
-Search within a range of numbers

what are the several ways to help you narrow your search results?

quotation marks

· Use ____________ __________ to find exact phrases or names. Put a word or phrase inside quotes.

Boolean Operators

· Use _____________ __________ (AND, OR, and NOT) to broaden or narrow your search.

OR

broadens the search because either term (or both) will be in the returned items. ( ____ gives you more!)

NOT

(- in Google) narrows your search because it will eliminate any results with the second term.

Search for a time

If you are searching for a time in specific country, use time.
Example: time Dubai

Search for a price

Put $ in front of a number. Example: camera $400

Search for wildcards or unknown words

Put a * in your word or phrase where you want to leave a placeholder.
Example: "largest * in the world".

Search within a range of numbers

Put .. between two numbers.
Example: camera $50..$100.

Online search

is the process of interactively searching for and retrieving requested information via a computer from databases that are online. Today, searches through web search engines constitute the majority of online searches (Search n.d.).

Search engine results page

The list of content returned via a search engine to a user is known as a (SERP) or?

websites, images, videos or other online data

A user enters keywords or key phrases into a search engine and receives a list of Web content results in the form of ?

-Google
-Bing
-Yahoo

what are the top three search engines?

Google

-is the best search engine worldwide.

Google

What made _______ the most popular and trusted search engine is the quality of its search results.

2.55% and 12.61%

Bing's search engine share is between ____________ and _________ market share.

1. Think before you search.
2. Keep it simple.
3. Be specific.
4. Imagine how the webpage you are hoping to find will be written.
5. Capitalization, punctuation and spelling don't really matter.
6. Narrow your search results.

What are the few basic search techniques to follow?

4. Imagine how the webpage you are hoping to find will be written.

Use words that are likely to appear on that page.

AND

(+ in Google) narrows the search because it requires both terms to be in each item returned.

Apply filters

After you search, most search engines have filters available that will refine you search to a specific type of contact.

Search a specific site

If you're looking for a specific topic on a particular website, you can use site: to limit your search results to that site.
Example: site:youtube.com or site:.gov

Search for a specific filetype

If you know that you're searching for a particular type of file use filetype: to narrow your search results to a certain type of file.
Example: filetype:ppt

Search for a definition

If you are looking for a definition of a term, you can use define.
Example: define communication

Search for social media

Put @ in front of a word to search social media.
Example: @twitter

Search hashtags

Put # in front of a word.
Example: #throwbackthursday