UIR BLOGGING ASSIGNMENT
Search Engine
Example used : google.com
Impact of drug abuse on youths
http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=impact%20of
%20drug%20abuse%20on%20youths&hl=en&lr=&oi=scholart
purpose ; news Hits: 24500
Meta Search Engine
Example used : dog pile.com
Impact of drug abuse on youths
http://www.gdcada.org/dii/i/i.htm
purpose : infomation Hits: 82
Subject Directory
Example used : www.galaxy.com/
Impact of drug abuse on youths
http://www.samhsa.gov/
purpose : information + news Hits: 735
Compare the search results. Identify 2 characteristics that make all 3 search facilities similar or different from one another.
The search engine for google returned the most amount of hits as compared to meta search engine and the subject directory. The meta search engine dogpile.com returned least amount of hits, but the search returned more relevant resuts. Finally, the subject directory returned the midrange amount of hits, and the results are mostly relevant, and provide the best information if the correct keywords are used. Also, google is the easiest to use, followed by the meta search engine, and finally, the subject directory.
Do you find any strength/weakness of each of them, in terms of search capability?
Yes.
Search engine-
Strengths : easy to use, most popular as compared to the other 2.
Weakness: some results that are returned may not be relevant.
Meta Search Engine –
Strengths : fairly easy to use, Results returned are relevant.
Weakness : The popularity is lower, resulting in less usage, and the amount of results returned are fairly low.
Subject Directories –
Strengths : Can let use do very detailed searches.
Weakness : hard to use, and least popular.
Overall, which search facility best meet your searching needs? Why?
I thought google was the best for me. Because its easy to use and it always gives me the widest range of relevant amount of websites. Even if it is not as relevant as the other 2, even though the searches return more relevant results, they are harder to use, and therefore, I choose google, for its ease of use and the stability of search results.
Comment whether your research topic has any co-relation to the purposes of the resources retrieved.
Mostly yes. My research topic is the impact of drug abuse on youths, and the resources that I found were mostly related to my topic. However, when using google, some irrelevant search results were returned. But using the meta search engines and subject directories, the results were all accurate and good. So overall, I found the results to be useful for my understanding of the topic.
My reflection : I had learnt that other then the normal search engines that we always use, there are actually other kinds that we can use to find out more detailed and relevant infomation if need, however, those websites can be somewhat harder to use, and the interfaces are less user-friendly.
Example used : google.com
Impact of drug abuse on youths
http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=impact%20of
%20drug%20abuse%20on%20youths&hl=en&lr=&oi=scholart
purpose ; news Hits: 24500
Meta Search Engine
Example used : dog pile.com
Impact of drug abuse on youths
http://www.gdcada.org/dii/i/i.htm
purpose : infomation Hits: 82
Subject Directory
Example used : www.galaxy.com/
Impact of drug abuse on youths
http://www.samhsa.gov/
purpose : information + news Hits: 735
Compare the search results. Identify 2 characteristics that make all 3 search facilities similar or different from one another.
The search engine for google returned the most amount of hits as compared to meta search engine and the subject directory. The meta search engine dogpile.com returned least amount of hits, but the search returned more relevant resuts. Finally, the subject directory returned the midrange amount of hits, and the results are mostly relevant, and provide the best information if the correct keywords are used. Also, google is the easiest to use, followed by the meta search engine, and finally, the subject directory.
Do you find any strength/weakness of each of them, in terms of search capability?
Yes.
Search engine-
Strengths : easy to use, most popular as compared to the other 2.
Weakness: some results that are returned may not be relevant.
Meta Search Engine –
Strengths : fairly easy to use, Results returned are relevant.
Weakness : The popularity is lower, resulting in less usage, and the amount of results returned are fairly low.
Subject Directories –
Strengths : Can let use do very detailed searches.
Weakness : hard to use, and least popular.
Overall, which search facility best meet your searching needs? Why?
I thought google was the best for me. Because its easy to use and it always gives me the widest range of relevant amount of websites. Even if it is not as relevant as the other 2, even though the searches return more relevant results, they are harder to use, and therefore, I choose google, for its ease of use and the stability of search results.
Comment whether your research topic has any co-relation to the purposes of the resources retrieved.
Mostly yes. My research topic is the impact of drug abuse on youths, and the resources that I found were mostly related to my topic. However, when using google, some irrelevant search results were returned. But using the meta search engines and subject directories, the results were all accurate and good. So overall, I found the results to be useful for my understanding of the topic.
My reflection : I had learnt that other then the normal search engines that we always use, there are actually other kinds that we can use to find out more detailed and relevant infomation if need, however, those websites can be somewhat harder to use, and the interfaces are less user-friendly.
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