There are billions of web pages on the internet, making finding accurate information challenging. When searching, it is important to consider the trustworthiness of the website and author. Popular search engines like Google, Bing, and Yahoo can help locate information, with Google being best for general searches. Keywords are critical for search engines to understand the topic and provide relevant results. The document provides an example of using Google to research an athlete, answering questions about their name, age, birthdate, education, team, and birthplace in a new online post.

1. Searching Finding a needle in a hay-stack

2. Billions... There are literally billions and billions of web pages on the Internet Finding accurate information can be tricky

3. Things to Consider Who owns the web site? Who wrote the content? Are they trustworthy?

4. Places to Search Google ( www.google.com ) Bing ( www.bing.com ) Yahoo ( www.yahoo.com ) Thousands of others....

5. Google The most popular search engine Good for most general searches

6. Keywords The words you search for are very important to finding accurate results Google indexes the Internet and gives results based on “keywords” Keywords are specific words that define a particular topic

7. Try Searching Using Google, search for information about your favorite professional athlete. Write a new post about this person and answer the following questions:

8. Your Favorite Athlete What is their name? How old are they and what is their birthdate? What school(s) did they go to? What team do they play for? What city were they born in?

9. Publish It Publish your new post on the web site.