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3.1.5 WEB SEARCHING/SEARCH TOOLS - Coggle Diagram
3.1.5 WEB SEARCHING/SEARCH TOOLS
DEFINITION
Is a program available on the Internet to help you find the information among the millions of documents on the Web
People use search tools to search for specific information on the Web
TYPES
SEARCH ENGINE
Finds website, webpages, images, video, news, maps and other information related to specific topic
Requires the users to enter a word or phrase which is known as keyword
It uses the keywords to search for documents that relates to these keywords and then put the results (hits) in order of relevance to the topic that was searched for
Examples:
Google
Bing
Yahoo
Yandex
Baidu
DuckDuckGo
Ask
Aoi
Internet Archive
Search Engine ft. Subject Directories
Classifies Web pages in an organized set of categories and subcategories
Find information related to a specific topic
Useful for finding information on a topic when you don't have precise ideas of what you need
Users knows what to search by using keywords
SUBJECT DIRECTORY
Classifies webpages in an organized set or categories and subcategories
User can locate webpage or information by clicking the links through different levels, moving from the general to the specific
Directories are useful for finding information on a topic when you don't have precise ideas of what you need
When click on the category link, the subject directory displays a list of subcategory links
Examples:
Google Directory
Yahoo! Directory
Looksmart Directory
Best of the Web Directory
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