Search Engines

Search engines help to ________ the number of web pages you need to browse.

• Sort

• Reduce

• Increase

If you accidentally type "copcake recipes" into a search engine, which results will you most likely get?

• Recipes to make a cake for a cop

• No results

• Recipes for cupcakes

Searching for "wild desert dogs" will return results that:

• Contain either "wild", "desert", or "dogs"

• Contain any two of the words "wild", "desert", and "dogs"

• Contain the phrase "wild desert dogs"

What are the three most important keywords in the search (query), "What is the length of a football field?"

• what, length, and field

• length, football, and field

• field, football, and the

Web pages near the top of your search results usually are the most:

• likely to have advertising

• recently updated

• relevant to your search

What does it mean when a search engine tries to complete your query (search)?

• A lot of people have recently used that query

• It's the best way to word your query

• A company paid for advertising

How can you improve your search engine query?

• Re-order the keywords

• Write it as a complete sentence

• Add more search terms