Sunday, September 14, 2014

Project #15 Search Engines

1) WolframAlpha- http://www.wolframalpha.com/
The Search engine WolframAlpha seems to be more useful for topics involving math or other computable operations you are seeking to find. I typed in a few different equations and it showed me a step by step process of how to get final result instead of just giving the answer with no explanation.
2)Yahoo!- https://www.yahoo.com/
Yahoo in my opinion is one of the worst search engines. I never have any luck with searching for answers to my questions on yahoo. It always seems to pop up answers for information irrelevant and off topic for that of which I am searching. I simply type something in the search bar and it brings up related topics or recent news about the subject instead of definitions or directions, etc.
3)bing- http://www.bing.com/
Bing is a very useful search engine for many different resources. I use Bing more for directions or recommendations of places. Bing is not as helpful for subject dealing with school, but more for everyday matter, and wallpapers of course.
4)MSN- http://www.msn.com/
I really like MSN for finding definitions, synonyms, antonyms, things of that matter. It is usually always accurate for searching anything to do with grammatical questions, good definitions, and I even use it for directions sometimes because it provides a map from the place I am leaving to where I am going.
5)Ask Jeeves- http://www.ask.com/?l=dir&qsrc=999&o=2746&q=ask+for+jeeves&askid=59472f8e-8cf1-4dc2-8d5f-be01174782a8-0-us_mse&kwid=ask%20jeeves&cid=2055273481
Ask Jeeves is not a search engine I normally use. When I went to this site to me it appears a little less sophisticated than the other search engines I use on a daily basis. The site is not as "dressed up" and doesn't contain a lot f initial information. Other than that it seemed like a useful search engine for almost anything. It gave a lot of related searches on the side which can be helpful.
6)AOL- http://www.aol.com/
AOL is another site I don't use that often. When I visited this site however, it was very eye-catching, and had many interesting topics scrolling through that caught my attention. I think this site would be useful for someone who is just wanting to check on different news around the world; to use it as a newspaper so to speak.
7)Earth Link-http://www.earthlink.net/
Earth Link would be more useful to someone searching for business solution products or equipment. Earth Link is a good search engine when dealing with references on things related to business.
8)Lycos- http://www.lycos.com/
Lycos is a good search engine for many different resources. It has a very attractive and sophisticated site and also has some great images along side of the search you are doing.

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