Search Engine Web Quest - Organizer

Name: ___________________________ Search Engine: __________________________

(Slide 1 in your Power Point presentation will be a title slide with you name and the name of the search engine)

1. The front page -(This will be Slide 2 in your Power Point presentation)

What features are available on the front page?

Describe the front page. Is there news and other information?

Is there too much information?

Do you like the way the front page looks?

Is this a metasearch engine, does it combine results from several other search engines?

Do at least 2 searches.

How are the results displayed? Are the results displayed with summaries?

Are you given suggestions for other topics or search terms?

Are the first 2 or 3 pages in the results highly relevant?

Notes about the front page:

2. The help or tips feature- (This will be Slide 3 in your Power Point presentation)

Is it easy to find help? What is it called?

Is there information to help you search more effectively?

Was it easy to find this information?

Write down two search tips:

Notes about the help feature:

3. Special search features -(This will be Slide 4 in your Power Point presentation)

Is there any easy way to search for images, music, and videos?

Were these tools available from the home page?

Notes about special search features available with your search engine:

4.Advanced Search -(This will be Slide 5 in your Power Point presentation)

Was it easy to find the advanced search?

What ways can you customize your search?

Can you search specific domains (.edu, .gov)?

Can you search specific languages?

Dates?

Can you search for a phrase?

Notes about advanced search:

5. Overall impressions-(This will be Slide 6 in your Power Point presentation)

What are the best features of your search engine?

What things didn't you like?

Notes: