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Introduction
What this research paper is all about
As a student and future employee, researching is one of the methods to know more about
the latest trends and news that will be useful in making decisions for the organization. The
emergence of Information Technology made researching a lot easier - people can now
communicate and exchange information faster.
This research paper is all about search engines. It includes the three different kinds of
search engines used primarily by users in accessing the Web. I am assigned to evaluate
the search engines based on twelve criteria to determine the similarities as well as the
differences between these search engines. The findings are compared to one another to
weigh which search engine is better. My conclusion at the end of this paper reflects my
own opinions -based on my observation on the time of evaluation.
Furthermore, the outcome of this research paper may help me in choosing the right online
search tool in making research studies not in the academe, but also in the workplace in
the near future.
Who I am
Name
John Carlo G. Agasang
Academic Information
DEGREE PROGRAM, YEAR IN COLLEGE
BS Business Management, IV
FACE-TO-FACE INTERVIEWS
In-person interview is a common way to obtain first-hand information. There is a direct
connection between the researcher and the interviewee. Questions are asked by the
interviewer, and the interviewee is expected to answers the questions. It is helpful in
extracting private information from the interviewee, e.g. private practices of the
SURVEYS
Surveys are useful in obtaining specific first-hand data. Basically, the purpose is to get
measurable data, and surveys are typically done physically or online. The availability of
online surveying tools like Google Forms and Survey Monkeys makes surveying faster
and easier. It contains templates and advanced capabilities to automatically calculate
statistical data. This kind of research is mainly used in Marketing classes to know a
customers preference towards a product or service based on different factors.
Search Engines
What is a search engine?
Definition
A web search engine looks for data that match the criteria in a query. Specifically,
search engines procure information and organize it in a variety of unique ways. At a
basic level, a search engine is one of two things: a Robot or a Directory. A Robot uses
a software program to search, catalog, and then organize information on the Internet,
while a Directory search engines do not search on the Internet for information but
rather obtain it from individuals who enter it into the search engines database.
In case the user misspelled a word, Google shows results of corrected spelling of the
word.
Users can also search by voice. To activate this feature, the user should setup the
browsers microphone settings.
AVAILABILITY OF HELP
Google offers help to aid users in their search problems. Search Help is categorized
based on Popular Articles, Troubleshoot and Request Removals, Settings, Image
search, Mobile, Type of Search results, and Filter and Refine your results.
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In the Search Help page, Google enumerated the punctuations and search operators
that users can use to make complex search parameters to further filter results.
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ABILITY TO LOCATE IMAGES, AUDIO AND VIDEO CLIPS, PDFS AND OTHER FILE FORMATS
Google can locate other file formats like audios, images, clips, and PDFs. In the search
bar, users can select the kind of file they looking for. In searching for PDF files, users
must include the word PDF in their search.
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Metasearch Engines
What is a metasearch engine?
Definition
A Metasearch engine is a search engine that queries other search engines and then
combines the results that are received from all. Once a search is done in a metasearch
engine, it gets results from other search engines (Google, Yahoo!, Lycos) and displays
it to the users.
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However, its major drawback is showing advertisements first before the search results.
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AVAILABILITY OF HELP
Dogpiles help is located in the About link located in the bottom part of the homepage.
It contains Frequently Asked Questions about Metasearch, Search Preferences, and
other features of Dogpile.
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Under Using Dogpile Search, it explains the different sections of the search results
page, how to make results more accurate, and discuss the distinct feature of
Dogpile.
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However, it still highlights all the words in the phrase provided in the search.
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However, it does not particularly remove word or phrases with a minus operator to
make search more refined.
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ABILITY TO LOCATE IMAGES, AUDIO AND VIDEO CLIPS, PDFS AND OTHER FILE FORMATS
Dogpile offers corresponding links on what kind of file (images and videos, in
particular) is needed by the user.
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However, Dogpile has a limitation in locating other file types like PDF.
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Wayback Machine search bar, on the other hand, is mainly used in searching web
links. Billions of links (including dead links) can be accessed in the Wayback Machine
search bar.
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AVAILABILITY OF HELP
On the Help page of Internet Archive, it contains FAQs about the site, search tips, and
many other popular questions about Archive.
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The Advance Search page also contains an advance search for websites based on
formats (xml, JSON).
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At the lower part of the page, it contains notes on how to use the feature.
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Results returned in Internet Archive are deeply refined based on relevance, views, date
archived, and creator. Results based on file types, collections, and topics are also
numbered.
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ABILITY TO LOCATE IMAGES, AUDIO AND VIDEO CLIPS, PDFS AND OTHER FILE FORMATS
In every search made, Internet archives can locate file formats like audios, videos,
PDFs and other file formats.
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How this Deep Web search engine compares with my favorite search
engine
Google and Internet Archive have lots of similarities. Both have a clean homepage, sort
search results based on different categories and relevance, ability to show the number
of results retrieved, ability to categorize files according to formats. Despite these good
characteristics, based on my observation, Google can retrieve more information than
Internet Archive. I was surprised that Google can show millions of results than Archive.
I guess it is because of the search topics provided all are recent topics in Business.
Archive developers continuously build the libraries, and I think that is a factor why it
shows fewer results than what Google can retrieve.
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Search Engine
A web search engine looks for data that match the criteria
in a query. Specifically, search engines procure information
and organize it in a variety of unique ways. At a basic level,
a search engine is one of two things: a Robot or a
Directory. A Robot uses a software program to search,
catalog, and then organize information on the Internet,
while a Directory search engines do not search on the
Internet for information but rather obtain it from individuals
who enter it into the search engines database.
Metasearch Engine
Features that made my assigned metasearch engine and deep web search
engine perform better than my favorite search engine
Dogpiles Features that made it perform better than Google:
Recent Searches
IntelliFind technology
Internet Archives Features that made it perform better than Google:
Wayback Machine
Sorting results by collections
Number of results based on file formats
Features that made my assigned metasearch engine and deep web search
engine perform worse than my favorite search engine
Dogpiles Features that made it perform worse than Google:
Prioritizing advertisements before web results
Lack of Advance Search feature
Limited use of Boolean operators in making searches
Inability to easily locate PDF files and other file formats
Internet Archives Features that made it perform worse than Google:
Low number of search hits
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Conclusion
Will I begin using the metasearch engine or the deep web search engine I
evaluated instead of my favorite search engine for research?
No. I will definitely stick to Google as my primary online search tool. Based on my
evaluation, the people behind Google are having a lot of studies and tests different
algorithms to make test even more reliable. However, I am not closing my doors in
using Dogpile and Internet Archive. Both are useful in research - Dogpile in saving
time and Internet Archive for accessing large collection of scholarly articles and
journals.
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