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Articles about search engines
Interesting online articles regarding search engines. Most were accessed most recently on September 29, 2010, but the first was accessed April 26, 2011.
- Web's 'Content Farms' Grow Audiences For AdsPosted April 21, 2011, this npr article discusses the proliferation of content farms and what Google is doing about its ranking system.
- Searching for Better Research HabitsThis is an excellent article about the need to educate students to think critically about sources and how they search the Internet. Posted September 29, 2010.
- How Internet Search Engines WorkAlthough posted in 2000, many of the basics still apply.
- Pew Internet study of Search Engine UsersA January 2005 study of users who search the Internet. It would be interesting to compare these results with the same study done today.
- Best Search Tools ChartA comparison of selected search engines in February 2010.
- A Short Synopsis of Advanced SEOA somewhat techie article regarding search engine optimization, or SEO, posted September 29, 2010. Good overview of Google's recent search improvements.
- SEO Starter Guide UpdatedIf you want to learn more about search engine optimization, this starter guide is ideal. New edition published online September 28, 2010.
- Our New Search Index: CaffeineGoogle posted this article on the Google blog June 8, 2010 to explain its new search system, Caffeine.
- How Google WorksA brief video from Google about how Google works. Although I'm not sure of the creation date, the video was linked from a June 8, 2010 Google blog post.
- Top Ten Search Engines for StudentsHave kids or grandkids? This April 8, 2010 article describes ten selected search engines for kids in grades K-12.
- Keyword Basics Part 1: How Search Engines WorkPosted May 28, 2010 - beware of ads. However, this article is a good basic introduction to how search engines work.
- Top Five Google AlternativesJanuary 5, 2010. Try the search engines suggested in this article and see if you like any of them better than Google!
- Top 7 Semantic Search Engines as an Alternative to GoogleThis article, posted May 2, 2010, has excellent suggestions for search engines that will yield more relevant results based on the type of search function.
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