Internet Search
Finding Information on the Internet

My Journey

Why do I care about this?

Milestones in Web Growth

I’ll be going through...
•Directories
•Search Engines (indexing)
•Search Math
•Meta Search Engines
•Social Bookmarks

Directories
Compiled by humans

Directories

Search Engines (Indexing)
Compiled by Computers

Search Engines (Indexing)

Search Engines (Indexing)
9%
3%
6%
Google Yahoo MSN
10% AOL Ask Others
49%
24%
Source: Nielsen NetRatings - July 2006

Importance of the “TOP 10”

Search Math: Get this nerd out of here

“ ”
Quotes: “Rosa Parks”

Pluses: \"red cross\" +flag

Minuses: bambi disney animated -movie

Combining: “moon landing” apollo -“john young”

Boolean Operators: (AND, NOT, OR)

Synonyms: Harvard ~University (college, school, etc)

File Types: “brown v. board of education” filetype:ppt

Title Search: intitle:“Elevator Up”

URL Search: inurl:badger

Define Search: define: agitprop

Site Search: pirates site:disney.com

Link Search: link:imagegroup.com

Phonebook Search: for the stalkers in the group

Stock Reports: stocks: aapl

Calculator: 2+2=4 or teaspoons in a gallon

Meta Search Engines
Searching the search engines

Dogpile.com - a meta crawler

6 Step to Searching the Internet
You’re going to hate this, but give it a try.

6 Steps to Searching the Internet
• Summarize your topic
1
• Identify your key concepts
2
• Choose your keywords
3
• Choose your search tool
4
• Search until you find
5
• Evaluate the resources
6

Example 1
Mark is a truck driver. His brother recently gave him
a used Compaq Presario running Windows ME.
Mark is kind of new to computers -- he mostly uses
his computer to surf the Internet and play games.
Recently, when trying to run Windows Update,
Mark's computer threw up an error message that
said IExplore has caused a problem in mshtml.dll.
Iexplore will now close.

Example 1
Mark is a truck driver. His brother recently gave him
a used Compaq Presario running Windows ME.
Mark is kind of new to computers -- he mostly uses
his computer to surf the Internet and play games.
Recently, when trying to run Windows Update,
Mark's computer threw up an error message that
said IExplore has caused a problem in mshtml.dll.
Iexplore will now close.

Example 1
IExplore has caused a problem in mshtml.dll
“Windows Update” “Windows ME”

Example 2
I want to find a list of search strategies
recommended by college libraries.

Example 2
I want to find a list of search strategies
recommended by college libraries.
Option 1: “search strategies” college libraries

Example 2
I want to find a list of search strategies
recommended by college libraries.
Option 1: “search strategies” college libraries
Option 2: “search strategies” inurl:library site:edu

Social Bookmarking
How to remember things that are useful.

del.icio.us

ma.gnolia.com

beta.bookmarks.yahoo.com

Questions?

http://www.elevatorup.com/presentation/