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INVESTIGATING SEARCH ENGINES AND DIRECTORIES
ACTIVITY SHEETS
6th-8th Grade
WHAT SEARCH SITES DO YOU USE?
What are some features you like about them?
Is there one you do not like to use? Why?
You may think a little differently about search engines after this…
WHAT DOES A SPIDER HAVE TO DO WITH IT?
Search engines use a computer program called a spider to roam the World Wide. Web exploring Web pages and their links. The spider collects information and then a second
computer program indexes all the information. Each search engine’s
spider and index organizes Web pages a bit differently.
WHY DO WE GET DIFFERENT RESULTS USING DIFFERENT SEARCH ENGINES
WITH THE SAME KEYWORDS?
HOW IS A DIRECTORY DIFFERENT FROM A SEARCH ENGINE?
WHEN IS IT BEST TO USE A META-SEARCH ENGINE?
WHY SHOULDN’T YOU STICK WITH ONE SITE TO SEARCH FOR
INFORMATION?
SEARCH ENGINES
Ask.com Google
Live.com Quintura for Kids
Clusty
DIRECTORY SITES
About Open Directory Project
Lycos Yahoo! Directory
META-SEARCH ENGINES
Dogpile MetaCrawler
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