Internet Search Brainpop

Search engines are designed to ___________ which web pages you can browse to find information.

• increase

• decide

• remember

• delete

What are the two most important keywords in the query, "What is the capital of Florida?"

• What, capital

• Capital, of

• is, the

• Capital, Florida

Which strategy is most likely to improve a search engine query?

• Only use complete sentence

• Put the keywords in a different order

• Use proper punctuation

• Add more search terms

If you accidentally type "chicken noodle soap" into a search engine, which results are most likely to show?

• Chicken scented hand soap

• Recipes for chicken noodle soup

• Tips for how to clean chickens

• How to cook with soap

What can you infer about a term that a search engine automatically completes for you?

• Many people have been looking it up recently

• The search engine is smarter than you

• Parrots told Siri to put it there.

• The search engine doesn't have clue what you are looking up

Searching for "outer solar system," quotation marks included, will return results that:

• Only shows Star Wars movies

• Have no results at all

• Contains the whole phrase, "outer solar system"

• Only shows pictures of the outer solar system

In search queries, what do "+" and "-" have in common?

• They help specify important keywords

• They erase all keywords

• They search for only math problems

• They pay you money to use those words

Which search term will return the most hits about Mr. Rogers on the TV?

• Fred Rogers

• "Fred Rogers"

• "Fred Rogers" +television

• "Fred Rogers" -television

Which search term will return results about when George W. Bush was a Texas governor, but not when he was President?

• "George W. Bush" +Texas +President

• George W. Bush Texas not President

• "George W. Bush" +Texas -President

• George W. Bush -Texas -President

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

• likely what you are searching for

• Only updated websites

• Likely searched for by a kangaroo

• Likely to only include dog and cat pictures