Mining the Internet

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Mining the Internet

• High School InTech

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Using Bookmarks

• Bookmark good sites
• Organize your bookmarks
• Create folders and subfolders
• Delete unwanted bookmarks
• Clear history to remove undesirable sites.

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Searching the Web

• Choosing a Search Engine
• Accuracy
• Ease of Use
• Advanced search tools

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Searching the Web

• CNET Recommends (https//www.cnet.com)
• HotBot
• www.hotbot.com
• Infoseek
• www.infoseek.com
• Alta Vista
• www.altavista.digital.com

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Searching the Web

• Quick Tips
• Narrow use quotations to match an exact phrase
• dwarf hamster
• Broaden use wildcards
• Dwarfhamstercolor

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Searching the Web

• Quick Tips
• to include a term
• dwarf hamsterbreeding
• -to exclude a term
• dwarf hamster-snake

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Searching the Web

• Alta Vista
• www.altavista.com
• Set preferences
• Refine a search graph view
• Advanced search options