Monday, May 11, 2009

Module 4_Search Engine Task

Search Engine: Google
Search Term: Peacock habitat
First site: http://www.gotpetsonline.com/peacock/information-peacock/peacock-habitat.html
No. hits: 888,000
p.s. Very ordinary quality site. The page repeats the same sentence 3 times. boo!
Next 4 hits: http://www.bird-breeds.com/Peacock.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peacock
http://www.tonyhill.net/peacockfeathers.ivnu
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_natural_habitat_of_a_peacock

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Search Engine: Copernic
Search Term: Peacock habitat
First site: http://www.gcamerica.org/scholarship/peacock.html
No. hits: 20
p.s Very obscure choice. Someone who's surname is Peacock offers scolarship on bird habitat. doh!
Next 4 hits: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peacock
http://www.gamebird.com/peacock.html
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_habitat_of_a_peacock
http://www.peacock-birds.com/

On first glance I was happier with google, but now that I look at the first 5 sites of each search, I believe Copernicus gave results which seemed to stay closer to the topic, despite the first one being an unusual selection for an advanced search engine.

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