Search Engines

Question 1

What is a search Engine?

Answer 1

A search engine is a computer program that searches for web content that contains, or is tagged with, the key words you have entered into the search box.

Question 2

Name 5 search techniques?

Answer 2

• Add more key words to narrow down the search
• Search by the type of object you are searching, for example image, a web page, news, maps, or videos
• Use the advanced search facilities of the search engine
• Search by date/language
• Use more than one search engine. Different search engines give different results

Question 3

Name the 4 search terms?

Answer 3

‘Hello World’ - Find the exact phrase

Hello AND World / Hello + World - Finds both Hello and World

Hello OR World - Finds either Hello or World

Hello NOT World / Hello – World - Finds Hello nut not World