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SOS Workshop Internet Searching

SOS Workshop Internet Searching. Searching the Internet for Information 2009 Presented by Guy Inaba. Keywords and Background Research. Understand your assignment or research goals. Find background information. Create a list of keywords to use in your searching strategies.

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SOS Workshop Internet Searching

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  1. SOS WorkshopInternet Searching Searching the Internet for Information 2009 Presented by Guy Inaba

  2. Keywords and Background Research • Understand your assignment or research goals. • Find background information. • Create a list of keywords to use in your searching strategies.

  3. What is the Internet? • A network of networks, linking computers to computers • Each computer either serves or access and views information • The transport vehicle for the information stored in files or documents on another computer

  4. How Does it All Work? • Each computer talks to each other via the same language (protocols) • With the correct software your computer will be able understand and process (translate) the information so you can understand it.

  5. Brief History of the Internet • 1957: USSR launches Sputnik • 1962: RAND Corporation commissioned by the US Air Force to do a study on how it could maintain its command and control over its missiles and bomber after a nuclear attack. • 1968/1969: ARPANET linking 4 nodes, UC at LA, SRI (Stanford), UC at Santa Barbara, and University of Utah.

  6. Brief History of the Internet • 1972: First email program • 1979: USENET, 56 Kbpd (Dial-up speed) • 1993: Mosaic (first graphical browser) --> Netscape • 1998: Microsoft Explorer Released (June)

  7. What Are Browsers • Simple Explanation: Browsers are the software on your computer to view the Internet / Word Wide Web (WWW).

  8. 20 Browsers • 01)      Amaya02)      AOL Explorer03)      Avant04)      Camino • 05)      Epiphany 06)      Firefox07)      Flock08)      Galeon • 09)      iCab10)      IE711)      IE512)      K-Meleon • 13)      Konqueror 14)      Maxthon15)      Netscape16)      Omniweb • 17)      Opera18)      Safari19)      Seamonkey20)      Shiira • Chrome

  9. Popular and New

  10. Browser Watch Resources • Link

  11. Search Tools - Background • Popular: • Nielsen NetRatings • World Ranking • Type of Results • Crawlers VS Human VS Paid and Results Database • Search Engine Relationship Chart

  12. Search Engines • Rest of the presentation online

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