Search Engine
There are many good search engines to use for searching information you want. And these search engines need to be fast, accurate and also user-friendly. Some of the common ones used are Yahoo or Google. For today's lesson, we are supposed to research on 3 types of search engines and compare & contrast between them.
Search Engines
Google Search Engine: http://www.observerindia.com/analysis/A410.htm
Keyword used: Impact of terrorism, economy
Purpose of resource: Information
I used google for this and it is easily available and relevant to my topic. It is a full report on economic impact of terrorism by B. Raman. He talked about the oil and tourism industries that is being affected by terrorism. You can check the website for more information. Google is popular because of its large hit size and the convenient function "Google Suggest"- It allows you to type a phrase of part of a word and the function will auto generate a few possible searches you might want.
IxQuick Search Engine: http://www.watchblog.com/democrats/
Keyword used: Impact of terrorism, economy
Purpose of resource: News
This is used by a meta search engine known as "ixquick". It is much different from other engines because it provides ranking of search results. It has also the same features as Yahoo search engine which categorized groups of topics so as to enable easier search.
Yahoo Search Engine: http://www.ict.org.il/institute/Conferencedet.cfm?ConferenceID=8
Keyword used: impact of terrorism, economy
Purpose of resource: Personal
This is a personal website by Herzliya where she puts down the daily events of the economic affected by terrorism. The search engine i used for it is Yahoo search engine, Yahoo is good to sue for searching as it classified lots of topics to make search easier. It even have latest current event news which is put on at the front page so that if the topic you are searching for is there, you can just click it.
Overall Reflection
I feel that among these 3 search engines, I'd probably use Google more often because of its popularity defintely. Not to mention the fabulous "Google suggest" function it has to offer. It is unique and really enhances the search for all users. Thus i find it most usefull among the 3 search engines.
Search Engines
Google Search Engine: http://www.observerindia.com/analysis/A410.htm
Keyword used: Impact of terrorism, economy
Purpose of resource: Information
I used google for this and it is easily available and relevant to my topic. It is a full report on economic impact of terrorism by B. Raman. He talked about the oil and tourism industries that is being affected by terrorism. You can check the website for more information. Google is popular because of its large hit size and the convenient function "Google Suggest"- It allows you to type a phrase of part of a word and the function will auto generate a few possible searches you might want.
IxQuick Search Engine: http://www.watchblog.com/democrats/
Keyword used: Impact of terrorism, economy
Purpose of resource: News
This is used by a meta search engine known as "ixquick". It is much different from other engines because it provides ranking of search results. It has also the same features as Yahoo search engine which categorized groups of topics so as to enable easier search.
Yahoo Search Engine: http://www.ict.org.il/institute/Conferencedet.cfm?ConferenceID=8
Keyword used: impact of terrorism, economy
Purpose of resource: Personal
This is a personal website by Herzliya where she puts down the daily events of the economic affected by terrorism. The search engine i used for it is Yahoo search engine, Yahoo is good to sue for searching as it classified lots of topics to make search easier. It even have latest current event news which is put on at the front page so that if the topic you are searching for is there, you can just click it.
Overall Reflection
I feel that among these 3 search engines, I'd probably use Google more often because of its popularity defintely. Not to mention the fabulous "Google suggest" function it has to offer. It is unique and really enhances the search for all users. Thus i find it most usefull among the 3 search engines.
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