What is a Search Engine

1. Form a group of two. You will choose your own partner. Your group will submit the report within the due date.

2. The activities that you will perform will include: a written report and a power point presentation.

3. Use the worksheet attached to find information about search engines. Attach the completed worksheet with the report.

4. You will prepare the written report it before the presentations. In the report you will compare different search engines and then will list the data and information in tables to show the comparison. This will help you to understand what a search engines is and what are the differences that they have. It will help you to understand different search engines and which one is good for you.

5. Once you create the reports and submit it, then you will create a 10 minutes Power Point presentation. You will present the presentation in the class. The presentation should be detailed and should include graphics and illustrations. Once you complete the report, you will choose one search engines and will explain about it in the presentation. Your presentation should include basic details, why you have chosen it, differences with other search engines and why you think it is good.

6. Answer the questions in the attachment "Assignment". Include the answers in your report.



For finding information, you can use the following resources. The tutorial provided here will help you to learn how to use searche engines.


Use the following links to complete the task

Basics

What is a search engine ?(This link will help you understand what is a search engine)

How Search engines work

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search_engine (It will help you to understand the procedure how search engines work)

Web search engine (This link will help you understand about search engines and web search history)

Search Engine History

http://www.seoconsultants.com/search-engines/history/ (Know Search Engines Historical Timeline from 1990)

http://www.searchengineguide.com/pages/Arts/Humanities/History/ (History Search Engines)

http://www.searchenginehistory.com/ (History of Search Engines: From 1945 to Google 2007)

http://www.webreference.com/authoring/search_history/ (A Brief History of Search Engines)

Books

Books on Search Engines (FInd out some books on search engines)

Tutorials

Using Search Engines- A Tutorial (This is a tutorial to help you learn how to use a search engine for a better result)

Recommended Search Engines
www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/SearchEngines.html

Videos

Search, Google, and Life: Sergey Brin - Google (YouTube Video) (Find out about web search engines in general and Google in particular)

Search Engines (ucberkeley) (Have a general idea about search engines)