a) http://bl162w.blu162.mail.live.com/mail/home.mvc?n=1860367511&livecom=1. An Incredibly old Hotmail address I made my homepage an eternity ago.
b) Because this is the homepage of this browser. I can change it by going into the settings of the browser.
Question 2Yes. Well, I could zoom or change the settings of the browser. If I had bad eyesight I might want to make things bigger so they are easier to read.
Question 3Google. I use google chrome, so simply typing something that isn’t a url into the url box automatically searches google.
Question 4a) About 7,730,000 results. It is difficult to estimate, but everything on the first page is relevant.
b) 16,000 results. This time it seems to be mostly links to assignments that give the same task I’m performing right now. Not so helpful for making websites.
i. Bing: 32,000,000 and 3,840,000
ii. Altavista: 329,000,000 and 3,840,000
iii. Duck Duck Go: Can’t find how many results
iv. Kartoo: Kartoo stopped operation in 2010
Question 5The engines other than Google returned far more results. This probably has to do with Google filtering way more results with whatever algorithm they use. I’m sticking with google.
Question 6I would not call wolfram alpha a search engine. To me, that means it helps you search the web. Not sure what I would call it though. Maybe, like, a smart calculator? It’s the only reason I survived stats.
Question 7a) They aggregate results from other search engines.
b) It doesn’t say the number of results, lots of ads tho.
c) It seems helpful and on topic, I still prefer google though.
Question 8I couldn’t get Mamma to return any results.
Question 9Google won’t let you do it from the front page, but once you search you can filter all kinds of results.
a) 2,250,000,000 results. No warnings.
Question 10I’ll see what places are al generally regarded as good, then pick the cheapest option.