activity #3!

1. Using Google, devise a search strategy for your research statement that uses both phrase searching and the Boolean AND. Be specific, i.e., list the exact search statement and indicate how many Web sites were found. (1 point)
answer:"planning and flexibility" search statement found 20,800,000 Web sites on January 31 2007.

2. Using Google, devise a search strategy for your research statement that uses a title field search in addition to a domain search. Be specific, i.e., list the exact search statement and indicate how many Web sites were found. (1 point)
answer: intitle:"planning and flexibility" site: org found 632 Websites on January 31, 2007

3. Did one search retrieve more relevant information than the other? If so, why? (1 point)
answer:yes! because in other search engine could not have an exactly information and answer.

4. Did the searches retrieve other than HTML Web sites? i.e., Word or pdf documents? (1 point)
answer:YeS!

5. Which key terms from your thesis statement retrieved the most relevant information? (1 point).
answer:The key with phrase searching and the Boolean AND.

6. Discuss the relative merits of phrase searching, Boolean AND searching and field searching. (1 point).
answer: The relatives merits of phrase searching and Boolean AND searching are they the same gives you a statement that retrieved a complete and most relevant information while field searching gives you a less information about your search...

7. Select one of the following Meta Search Engines. Devise a search strategy for your research statement that uses both phrase searching and the Boolean AND. Be specific, i.e., list the Meta Search Engine used, the exact search statement and indicate how many Web sites were found. (1 point).
answer:In Vivisimo,"planning and flexibility" retrieved 2,503 Web sites.

8. Were some of the same sites retrieved by Google and the Meta Search Engine? (1 point).
answer: yEs.

9. What differences did you notice between the results of this search and the results of the Google searches? (1 point).
answer:The difference between the google search and the Vivisimo is that google has many websites that has been found while the Vivisimo is have only few websites.

10. What impact might this have on the validity of the search results? (1 point)
answer:The impact is that the google search has the greater merit, and has the most relevant information and you've found the exactly answer of this search engine...........