This week we learnt how to search the internet using keyword searches. Basically a keyword search is when you use the keywords of your question. Keywords are main words in a sentence so if you use a keyword search it will be easier to find. Using keyword searches makes finding exactly what you need easier.
In the web there is something called a spider and the spider roams around the “web” to find what you need. The spider studies what your searching for and then The spider checks for websites that include the words of your search. If you type the entire question the spiders will look for websites that have the word “the” or “a” and ANY website can have those words so it is worthless trying that. That's why keyword searches exist.
If you type in “What is the largest spider” the spiders will search the web for websites that include one of those words. Instead use keyword searches and type “largest spider” because the spiders will only search for largest and spider and that makes the spiders job easier.
This makes things easier and I liked that but the teacher regrets teaching us how to smart surf this late in the term.
Have you ever keyword searched before
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