Web Design Lesson 4

Intro to Web Design Lesson 4 - Search Engines

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Search Engines

When you look for information on the Web, you generally have to do a search for it using a search engine. Search Engines are part
of what makes the Web so useful. Have you ever wondered how they work? For this lesson you will learn about search engines: what they do, how they work, and how to submit your site.

Assignment: There are two parts to this assignment. Make sure you submit BOTH parts!

Part 1: Click on the links to read the suggested articles or do research on your own, then answer the questions below.
Suggested Articles and Sites:

How Internet Search Engines Work

Search Engine Showdown

UC Berkeley Internet Research Guide

Answer the following questions. Please post each question along with your answer.

1. What are "web spiders," and what do they do?

2. What are meta tags, and how do search engines use them?

3. What are Boolean operators?

4. Name a search engine that uses Natural Language Queries.

5. What are meta (or multiple) search engines? Name two meta search engines. What are the advantages and disadvantages of meta search engines?

6. What are sponsor matches (Yahoo)?

Part 2: For this part, you need to submit your website to Yahoo, Altavista, and Google. Don't be fooled by advertisers who want to charge you to submit your site! It is free to submit your site, but you may have to look around to figure out how to do it. Submit your site to the search engines and describe exactly how you did it.

Grading for this lesson

To get a 10: All answers are correct, all lesson requirements have been met, and proper English is used within one revision.

To get a 9: All answers are correct, all lesson requirements have been met, and proper English is used within two revisions.

To get an 8: All answers are correct, all lesson requirements have been met, and proper English is used after three or more revisions.

To get a 7: Reserved for administrative use.

To get a 6: Reserved for administrative use.

To get a 5: Plagiarism - purposely or mistaken, which will lower your final grade for the course (so be very careful when posting your work!); lack of effort, disrespect, or attitude (we are here to communicate with you if you don't understand something); all lesson requirements have been met.

Also be aware that you will have a chance to revise your work. More than one revision will result in a lower grade. So read the directions carefully and make sure you meet the requirements.