Week 4 & 5 Stuff

What are the keywords that you would use?
Keywords:
music, trends, industry, teenagers

List the variations to your keywords.
Keyword: music
Keyword variation: song

Keyword: trends
Keyword variation: pattern/development

Keyword: industry
Keyword variation: business

Keyword: teenagers
Keyword variation: youths

Write down the search phrases that include the keyword and variations as identified above.
1. latest song development on the music industry on youths
2. trends of the song industry on teenagers
3. latest trends on the song business on youths

Search engine: http://www.google.com/
Keywords used: latest song development music industry youths
URL: http://digitalyouth.ischool.berkeley.edu/node/44
Hits: 350,000

Meta search engine: http://www.mamma.com/
Keywords used: trends song industry teenagers
URL: http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/11/25/1069522572623.html
Hits: 40

Subject directory: http://www.lii.org
Keywords use: music teenagers
URL: http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Home
Hits: 4

Comparison and Evaluation on search effectiveness
Compare the search results. Identify 2 characteristics that make all 3 search facilities similar or different from one another.
- Database
- Speed

Do you find any strength/weakness of each of them, in terms of search capability?
The amount of searches from the subject directories and meta search engine differs from search engines as they have lesser results. With less results specific sites can be found from the keywords however subject directories may not give the information you need. Search engines tend to search faster as they have a big database so speed is crucial.

Overall, which search facility best meet your searching needs? Why?
Meta search engines because they give specific results with variations of a reasonable amount.

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Had fun in Week 4!