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Understanding Search Engines: An Internet Scavenger Hunt Adventure

Dive into the world of search engines with this Internet Scavenger Hunt! Learn what search engines are, how they work, and explore examples like Google and Alta Vista. Discover how to search for emails, games, and more. Don't forget to complete your Computer Buying Project and Internet Scavenger Hunt worksheet!

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Understanding Search Engines: An Internet Scavenger Hunt Adventure

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  1. Search Engines? September 26, 2011

  2. For Today: • Define Search Engines • Internet Scavenger Hunt!

  3. What is a Search Engine? • A program that searches documents for specified keywords and returns a list of the documents where the keywords were found. • like Google,  Alta Vistaand Excitethat enable users to search for documents on the World Wide Web.

  4. How it works? • Those wishing to locate something would enter a query about what they’d like to find and the engine provides links to content that matches what they want.

  5. Examples of Search Engines

  6. More Examples:

  7. Searching for E-mails!

  8. Searching for games?

  9. Due before you leave: • If you did not turn in your Computer Buying Project – Do so today and you can still get partical credit! • Worksheet – Internet Scavenger Hunt!

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