Donna Sherwood

RR2 Box 2283

Dushore, Pa 18614

Turnpike Elementary School 

Visit my website: http://www.sulcosd.k12.pa.us/538370822104751/site/default.asp

          What is the text entered into the search box?  Dinosaurs

1. For the basic search, how many results are returned? Yahoo "Dinosaurs"  18,600,000, Ask "Dinosaurs" 4,153,000, Google, "Dinosaurs" 16,100.000
    
2. Using the first 10 results, how many appear to be useful? 90% Same Results for all search engines.
3. Make links to three sites that appear to be useful. Yahoo http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/dinosaurs/
    
   Ask Google, http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/dinosaurs/allabout/
    
   Ask: http://photo2.si.edu/dino/dino.html
    
4. Refine your search by using the advanced search features.  What did you do to refine your search? T-Rex
5. Are the results returned significantly different in number or content? Yahoo 6,330,000,Ask 1,173,00
   Google, 3,230,000 Yahoo had most.
6. Compare and contrast the homepages for each of the search engines.  What features do you like/dislike about them?
   I like Yahoo.:) Just because I's familar with it.
7. Compare and contrast the results pages for each of the search engines.  What features do you like/dislike about them?
   Google and Ask are nice because they don't have advertisements.
8. Which of the three do you find best?  Yahoo because I am more familiar with it.
    
   Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/educ463
    
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   Wequest.org for Dinosaurs 
    
   Webquest for Hawaii:
    
   Webquest for volcanoes: