Credible Searches and Lateral Reading

a program that searches the web and reads sites to determine and update the index of results

• spider

• index

• search engine

• page rank

the tendency to forget information that can be easily found online

• SEO

• the google effect

• index

• search engine

categorized list of results that can be scanned by a search engine to determine results

• the google effect

• spider

• index

• search engine

how Google determines the order of results they give; depends on how many times a specific site is linked elsewhere on the Internet

• page rank

• index

• spider

• SEO

What does SEO stand for?

• Search Engine Optimization

• Self Employment Opportunity

• South Eastern Ohio

• Special Engine Optimization

a program that searches for and identifies items in a database that correspond to keywords or characters specified by the user, used especially for finding particular sites on the World Wide Web

• page rank

• index

• the google effect

• search engine

Which is NOT an example of a trustworthy domain?

• .gov

• .edu

• .org

• .biz

the process of ensuring a page appears near the top of the results, maximizing the amount of people who visit that page

• page rank

• Search Engine Optimization

• ad sponsoring

• index

false or inaccurate information, especially that which is meant to deceive

• bad sources

• lateral searching

• .org

• misinformation

a method of determining the credibility of online sources by opening multiple tabs to search for other information

• vertical reading

• fact checking

• lateral reading

• the google effect