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- 1. Internet Search Tool Yippy.Com Lori Quirk October 7, 2011
- 2. Internet Search Safety Concerns 3 C’s of Digital Citizenship Appropriate • Contact • Content • Conduct (Internet Keep Safe Coalition)
- 3. Internet Search Safety Concerns CIPA • Children’s Internet Protection Act • Federal law 2001 • Internet safety policy required • Block or filter inappropriate content (Internet Keep Safe Coalition)
- 5. Safe Searching Option “ I view this as similar to being in a walled garden with windows to the Internet.” – Yippy.com
- 6. About Yippy “Secure Internet Launched in 2010 Environment for the Whole Family” Formerly Clusty (Yippy.com) Family friendly browser Metasearch Engine (Pitr) Specialized searches
- 7. Features Web News Images Wikipedia Shakespeare or Ben
- 8. Search Ranked results Search syntax Advanced link Preferences link
- 9. Search Results - Clouds Clouds tab Sources tab Sites tab Remix button + or - More or All Clouds
- 10. Search Results - Preview Opens URL in new window Shows page in preview window Highlights site in cloud structure
- 11. Disadvantages of yippy.com Metasearch structure does not give extensive results Limited search syntax Largest search engine, Google, is not used.
- 12. Uses of yippy.com Elementary and Middle School Clusters aid initial research Safeguards against harmful content Specialized search tools
- 13. Conclusions Yippy.com Addresses internet safety concerns: • CIPA’s safety standards • 3 C’s of Digital Citizenship Provides a unique searching experience: • Cloud structure • Specialized search tools
- 14. Sources Works Cited Federal Communications Commission. Guide: Children’s Internet Protection Act. Federal Communications Commission, n.d. Web. 8 Oct. 2011. <http://www.fcc.gov/guides/childrens-internet-protection-act>. Garden gate. 4 Oct. 2011. Personal photograph by author. Internet Keep Safe Coalition. “Welcome, Educators!” IKeepSafe. IkeepSafe, 2011. Web. 8 Oct. 2011. <http://www.ikeepsafe.org/for-educators/>. Pitr. Window Icon. 15 Mar. 2009. Open Clip Art Library. Jon Phillips and Bryce Harrington, n.d. Web. 8 Oct. 2011. <http://openclipart.org/>. Yippy, Inc. “FAQ - Yippy Client.” About Yippy. Yippy, Inc., 2011. Web. 8 Oct. 2011. <http://search.yippy.com/faq-yippy-client>.
Editor's Notes
- When using yippy as your browser it blocks inappropriate content on any search engine you might use. It is also private, meaning it doesn’t track your internet activity or store any research history. The browser option also allows you to have private email.
- WebUses Ask, MSN, Gigablast, Open Directory Project, Wisenut, WikipediaNewsUses own crawl of sites including NY Times, Associated Press, & ReutersImagesUses PicsearchWikipediaUses own crawl of the siteShakespeare or Ben FranklinSearches within each of their writingsOther interesting search tools and features:Blogs Search Tool is the first metasearch of blogsphere using Blogdigger, BlogPulse, Feedster, TechnoratiJobs tool is powered by Indeed and searches 500 websites and job boards, 200 newspapers, and hundreds of other assocation and company career pages.Games and Videos links provide a collection of classic video games, and TV or movie clips. Football search tool searches and combines the results from the most popular sports websites.
- Combines search results from queried search engines using comparative ranking. The details button will show what engines were queried. Sponsored results are listed first, followed by other search results. Relevant encyclopedia clips are often listed at the top of the search results page, with a link to more encyclopedia information. Search syntax is limited to the syntax that the queried search engines supports. According to their help pages, yippy supports boolean, phrase, qualifying, and file type searches.“Advanced” link allows refining search by query, host, language, file type, and cloud.“Preferences” link allows changing the number of results, changing the number of clouds, changing the location of the results window, as well as customizing tabs.
- Clouds tabClusters similar results togetherAllows reader to find results that might be hidden on later results pagesAllows readers to see a topical overview and refine results easilySources tabLists the search engines used to find each resultSites tabIdentifies results as .com, .org, .edu, .gov, .net, and so on.Remix buttonResorts the cluster results to see a new version+ sign or – signExpand or collapse thesubtopics beneath each cloudMore or All CloudsView a more comprehensive list or each cloud
- Screen icon allows you to open the page in a new windowMagnifying glass icon gives a great preview page. Instead of just a summary of the page’s contents, the preview gives a scrolling box that allows you to look at the page itself without leaving the results page. However, not every page allows you to preview in this manner. Cloud icon allows you highlight where that result occurs in the cloud structure. If you like this page and want to find others similar to it, you can easily identify the cloud containing those results.
- Though I would recommend this search tool primarily for elementary and middle school students, I do think that high school students would benefit from the special features as well. For example, the Shakespeare and Ben Franklin search tools would be helpful for high school English classes. Also, the cloud feature would help people of any age refine their research with an unknown topic.