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Web Searching Advanced

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Assessed Activity 4.2 (2016) Web Searching - Advanced [2 marks]
  1. In your web site, Create another page called search.html. Create a three column table that shows the "Search Performed", "Number of Matches" and "Advanced Searching".
  2. Go to http://www.google.com and then click on the Advanced Search link located at the right. For the following always use the advanced search. In the "Number of Matches" column, write the number of results you get. Your goal is to get less than 500 results!
  3. Complete the searches and for the results of the final two searches (under "Record Results"), cut the URL link from your web browser and paste this as a link under the heading "Advanced Searching". Hyperlink the searches.

Queries

  • Practice
    1. WITH ALL: Internet Security
      • This search is bad because it will search for every web page that contains Internet OR Security
      • You will get different results if you capitalize Internet Security
    2. EXACT PHRASE: Internet Security
      • The exact phrase is the best way to search because it only finds web pages with the phrase “Internet Security” . Use quotes around a phrase in a normal search to achieve the same result.
      • WITH ALL: Internet Security
    3. WITHOUT: books or movies
      • This gets rid of all the web pages that are selling books or movies
      • EXACT PHRASE: Internet Security; WITHOUT: books or movies; OCCURENCES: Choose in the Title
      • This only finds web pages with Internet Security in the title of the page.
    4. EXACT PHRASE: Internet Security
      • WITHOUT: books or movies; OCCURENCES: Choose in the URL; Notice that all the results have Internet Security in the web page!
    5. EXACT PHRASE: Internet Risks
      • WITHOUT: books or movies; OCCURENCES: Choose in the Title
      • Use words that best describe what you are trying to find! If you get less than 500 results, you have done an excellent search!
  • Record Results
    1. EXACT PHRASE: Internet Risks
      • WITHOUT: books or movies; OCCURENCES: Choose in the Title
      • Use words that best describe what you are trying to find! If you get less than 500 results, you have done an excellent search!
    2. EXACT PHRASE: Internet Risks; WITHOUT: books or movies
      • OCCURENCES: Choose in the URL
      • This only finds webpages that have Internet Risks in the address name

Marking

  • Marks will be awarded based on the completeness of your submission