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ARTIFACT Excel search engine analysis---Excel Search Engine Comparison Work

NAME:
COMPONENTS:  Traditional Search Engine
 Directory Site
 Meta-search Engine
FILE NAMES: Search Engine Comparison Work—choose three search engines, compare their function.
ISTE NETS Standard 1 - Technology Operations & Concepts: Teachers demonstrate a sound understanding of
STANDARD(s): technology operations and concepts.
BRIEF Look at the table above which uploaded by the “Scribd”, I use the word “fluency” to search:
OVERVIEW OF  The row has “Traditional search engine”, “directory site”, and “Meta-search engine” three parts.
WHAT THE  The column has “Name of Website”, “What to search”, “what’s the result” three parts.
REVIEWER  Use the overall rating to makes this search clearer.
WILL SEE:
CONTEXT IN  I use www.ask.com as traditional search engine, http://clusty.com as directory site, www.live.com as
WHICH THE Meta search engine to search the same word.
WORK WAS  I use the word “Fluency” as a same word for search.
COMPLETED:  I compared with their addition tool they have shown above.
 I compared with their sponsored result, top result and their second result information.
 I compared that how they use the number to indicate the result or not.
 I compared with their related searches.
 At the end, my overall shown the detail of the search. Explain some unclear parts.
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REFLECTION: Pre-project skills:
I can use excel when I was in High school, I can use excel to make the table, to wrote down the information
clearly. This is my first time to compare three search engines. I was challenging for me to do that well.

Resources Used:
 Search engines and meta-search engines
 Delicious
 Microsoft excel
 Screenshot

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New Skills Practiced:
 I use the description to help some unclear aspect, just like
 For this excel, I was expected to use color to shown if they have the same function or not.
 I use the print screen to copy and paste the pictures.
 I know how to search and looking for the most useful aspect to compare.
 I know how to use the overall rating to make a conclusion for my search.

Next Steps:
I have learned a lot after I finished the search engine comparison.
 I have learned that the http://clusty.com shows us the rating of the result, so if I need search the
rating, I can use this website.
 I have learned that these entire three search engine give us additional tools, just like Images,
News. If I would like to use these additional tools, I can use any of these three search engines.
 I have learned I need use overall rating as much as possible in the future, because it gives reader
a clear direction.

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