Search Examples

Try these different searches in different search engines.

1. Oakwood
2. Oakwood, OH
3. Oakwood Ohio city (Which search gets Oakwood, Ohio closest to the top of the results list?)
   
4. great American ball park
5. "Great American Ball Park" (Is there a difference in results for 4 and 5? In every search engine?)
6. recipes OR food morroc*
7. travel Upper Pennisula (How can you make this more specific?)
8. Internet tutorial
9. grass snake
10. snake grass (Which of 9 and 10 have more results on grass and which on snakes?)
11. "snake in the grass"
12. Make up your own.

When doing these searches, take a look at the results. What can you tell about the Web site from the information given? Look at a variety of the sites? Why would you be more comfortable using information from one site as opposed to another?