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Test Review: Essay Questions: What is a search engine and how is it created? If you wanted to start your own website what do you need to do that? How does the Internet work? What makes Google's search technology different than other sites? What should you consider before putting information on the web? What should you consider when evaluating a website? When you use a search engine are you searching the world wide web? If not what are you searching?
 * A search engine is a software program that is used to to search the internet using keywords.
 * The search engine is a software program that resides on a server. From the server the software programs sent out spiders or crawlers to search the internet for the keywords. These spiders or crawlers bring the found information back. The information that is brought is fed into an index, and is put into the database of the search engine.
 * Google's search technology is different thatn the other search engines because it also relies on the popularity of the websites and whether or not those that used the pages thought they were helpful.
 * You should consider if what you are putting on the internet is appropriate, if that information is private, or if someone would be able to take the information. You should also take into consideration the server, the load up the speed, the quality of the graphics, and how updated the information is.
 * Does the page take a long time to load, are the pictures/videos related to the information on the website, are the sections on the website labeled, who wrote the information that is on the website, can you communicate with the author, when was the page lasted updated, are there appropriate links, is it easy to follow the links, can you tell what the page is about from the information, is the info useful, how old is the information, does the info contradict any info found somewhere else, the wording of the author?
 * look for bias
 * No you are not searching the the world wide web, rather you are searching the search engines databases.

Evaluating Electronic Info: Why do we need to have reasons for evaluating Internet resources? What are the criteria for evaluating electronic information? What is software piracy? What are different types of Internet Resources? What is a copyright? How do you cite Internet sources?
 * Have reasons to evaluate sources allows us to tell whether or not the website that we are trying to get information from is reliable. It is also goood toknow if the website is reliable if you are putting your own information onto the website.
 * bias, quality of the website, how fast the page loads, how old the information is, does the information contradict info found elsewhere.
 * Software piracy is the unauthorized copying of software.
 * Some sources are journals, magazines, newspapers, email, mailing lists, commercial sites, organizational sites, and subject-based sites.
 * A copyright is the exclusive right, granted by law for a certain number of years, to make and dispose of literary, music, or artistic work.
 * You provide all of the information that is found on the webpage.
 * there are different formats in which the information can be organized: MLA, APA

Vocab:
 * Copyright- an exclusive right, granted by law for a certain number of years
 * Currency- the age of the information found on the website
 * Navigation- the ability to use links to move through a website
 * Public Domain- once the copyright has expired the information is available to anyone
 * Shareware- software that is usually downloadable from the internet is normally free for a free-trial period