Answers to Module 1

Question #1

1. The title is Google. The URL is https://www.google.com/
2. This appeared because I made Google my home page, so when I open Firefox, Google appears instead of a blank page. I can change this default setting so that another web page automatically loads when I launch Firefox, by changing the settings in Firefox Preferences (mac).

Question #2

I can change the appearance of web pages within my browser by changing the preference of Firefox (mac). I would want to change the font size and type to something that is comfortable for me to view.

Question #3

The default search engine associated with my web browser is Google. I get to it by the search box that comes after the address bar.

Question #4

• Google:

  1. I got about 321,000,000 results when I typed in learning to make web pages.
  2. I got about 24,500 results when I typed in "learning to make web pages". When I typed this in below the ads, the first search was the link to this class module 1-2.

• Bing:

  1. I got 124,000,000 results.
  2. I got 12,700 results.

• AltaVista:

  AltaVista is rerouted to Yahoo! and does not specify about how many results are yielded. Therfore, the question does not apply.

• Teoma:

  Teoma is rerouted to Ask and does not specify about how many results are yielded. Therfore, the question does not apply.

• BlowSearch:

  1. I got 50 results. Even though it shows that there are 10 pages of results pages 6-10 are blank.
  2. This time I got only 10 results. Once again it shows that there are more pages, but they are all blank.

• Kartoo:

  Kartoo doesn't exist anymore, therefore the question does not apply.

Question #5

No, the number of hits are not consistent across search engines. I think that the age of the search engine plays a big part as well as the resources available to a given search engine. One reason that I would use a search engine that is not my current default would be if that search engine is down. Another would be if I didn't find what I was looking for.

Question #6

No, I would not call Wolfram Alpha a search engine, I would call it an answering engine.

Question #7

1. The main difference between a metasite and a regular search site is that a metasite uses search results from other search sites. Regular search sites have their own algorithms and their own databases.
2. I looked at Dogpile. It does not tell me how many search results come up, however there are a lot of pages of search results. The matches are organized very similar to the results that would come from Google.
3. I looked at the first six results and none of them really helped. I would estimate that a small percentage of the search results actually relate to what I was looking for.

Question #8

1. It does not tell me how many search results come up, however there are a lot of pages of search results. The matches are organized very much like Google results.
2. It really doesn't differ that much. It looks very similar to the results found previously.

Question #9

I went to DuckDuckGo

1. No, there is not a way to search specifically for multimedia.

I went to Yahoo!

1. No, there is not a way to search specifically for multimedia.

I went to Yandex

1. Yes, there is a way to search specifically for multimedia.
2. You can search for images and videos.
3. I searched for a picture of Tinkerbell. I got a lot of pictures, there was no result quantity .
4. No, there are no warnings, disclaimers, or other information provided about using the results of my multimedia searches embedded in the search interface?

Question #10

I would choose GoDaddy to host my website.

• Cost: GoDaddy starts as low as $4.99 per month. You can choose different levels (i.e. Economy, Deluxe, and Ultimate)
• Features: All three feature free domain hosting. The only differences are the amount of websites and emails you can have and the amount of disk space and MYSQL databases. The ultimate is the only one that has DNS and a SSL certificate.
• Benefits: The benefits of have using a hosting service is that you don't have to worry about the technical aspects of a web server. You pay the company to have it for you and all you have to worry about is the actual website.