Exam 3: Searching the Web

As shown in the accompanying figure, Yahoo! Screen is a(n) _________________________ search engine.

A(n) ____ search seeks specific information using keyword combinations.

When evaluating search tools, avoid tools that ____.

Write three keyword queries to satisfy the following searches. Your queries should include the appropriate Boolean operators; use the + symbol for the AND operator and the - symbol for the NOT operator. a) Find pages that contain information about Wales or Scotland but not England b) Find pages in the government domain that contain information about the food pyramid c) Find the name of the state flower for your state

Online versions of newspapers include headlines and articles distributed through major news wire services, such as the Associated Press (AP), United Press International (UPI), and ____.

Shopping search engines are also known as shopping bots or shopping  wikis . 

A(n) ____ source is any document, item, or other data that provides firsthand information about a particular topic.

____ are descriptive keywords coded into a webpage's HTML code that are readable by a web crawler but invisible to the user.

When performing a natural language search, a search engine generally includes stop terms.

A(n) _________________________ is a conjunction used in a logical expression.

A hashtag is a word or phrase (with spaces removed), preceded by the @ sign.

Jerry's Guide, one of the first directories, was renamed ____ in 1995.

People typically look at the first 30 or 40 hits in a search results list before reformulating the search query and searching again.

The _____, as shown in the accompanying figure of the Internet Explorer Find bar, allows a user to specify a match for whole words only and case.

____ is an example of a search engine that specializes in indexing websites that offer video clips.

A(n) _________________________ search query seeks specific information using keyword combinations.

A search engine lists the hits in a search results list in a certain order, usually with more relevant hits at or near the top of the list.

Using the phrase "Grand Canyon National Park" returns more relevant hits than the keyword  park .

Webpages with grammar or spelling errors, poor organization, missing images, or ____ at best indicate poor attention to detail, and at worst might indicate the page is a poor-quality source.

When given multiple keywords in a query, a search engine uses the AND, OR, and NOT ____ operators to specify which keywords should be included or excluded from the search results.