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SEARCH ENGINE

Objectives
At the end of the day, the learners should
be able to:
a. define what search engine is
b. explain the effective use of search
engine
Skillful searches are essential for 21st century learning
and information literacy. With abundant information at our
fingertips, it is important to teach and reinforce good
searching.

INTRODUCTION: Search Engine


Understanding Search Engines
There are a lot of names and terms associated with the internet,
the web, browsers, and search engines. Sorting them out can be
confusing! Check this out and read each carefully for better
understanding.
1 What is Internet?

The Internet, sometimes called simply “the Net,” is a worldwide


system of computer networks – a network of networks in which users a
any one computer can, if they have permission, get information from
any other computer.
Understanding Search Engines
2 What is the Web?
People often use the words ‘the Internet’ and ‘the web’
interchangeably.
The World Wide Web is just one part of the internet. The World
Wide Web also known as, WWW or W3 – refers to all the public
websites or pages that users can access on their local computers and
other devices through the internet.
These pages and documents are interconnected by means of
hyperlinks that users click for information.
Understanding Search Engines
3 What is a Browser?
A browser is a tool to help you access the World Wide Web
Understanding Search Engines
4 Websites vs Webpages?
A website is a collection of webpages that are linked together.
They usually share a common domain name, like
https://writingexplained.org/ . This website has many web pages,
which are all different, but they are still part of the Writing Explained
website.
A webpage is a single document (which can include images,
videos, charts, etc.) Each web page is an online location mapped to a
specific address, or URL, like
https://writingexplained.org/free-ebook-35-mistakes
Understanding Search Engines
5 What is a Web Address?
A web address is the identifying address for a file, or webpage,
on the internet. Typing a web address into the browser bar, or address
bar, allows you to access this file on the internet. Another word for
“web address” is URL.

An example of a web address is http://www.google.com


Understanding Search Engines
6 What is a Search Engine?
A search engine is a program to help you find webpages on the
internet. It does not search the whole web, but only an index of the
web. Example,
Understanding Search Engines
7 Deep Web vs. Visible Web?
When you use a search engine,
you only have access to visible web –
the part of the web your search engine
has indexed.
The deep web include web pages
that are not linked to by other pages,
password-protected sites, and private
databases (such as library catalogs)

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