What's a keyword?
The most important words related to a subject, which you can then type into a search engine to find the information you want.
Keywords should be precise - clear and exact.
The search engine will give you a results page that shows what it has found in response to your keyword search.
Turn to your partner and take turns answering the question - How do you think search engines, like Google, work?
The most important words related to a subject, which you can then type into a search engine to find the information you want.
Keywords should be precise - clear and exact.
The search engine will give you a results page that shows what it has found in response to your keyword search.
Turn to your partner and take turns answering the question - How do you think search engines, like Google, work?
The Key to Keyworks
When it comes to keyword searches, it is important to choose accurate and precise words.Adding more keywords can narrow a search. A search for a single word may fetch a million sites to display on their result page. Adding more words fetches fewer sites that are closer to what you need.
Put words that belong together, such as a phrase, a full name, or lyrics of a song, in quotation marks. The search engine looks only for instances where these words are grouped together.
When it comes to keyword searches, it is important to choose accurate and precise words.Adding more keywords can narrow a search. A search for a single word may fetch a million sites to display on their result page. Adding more words fetches fewer sites that are closer to what you need.
Put words that belong together, such as a phrase, a full name, or lyrics of a song, in quotation marks. The search engine looks only for instances where these words are grouped together.
Activity 1 - Go Fetch!
In some ways, a search engine is like a well trained dog. It will fetch what you want, but only if you use the right commands. Although single words are better commands for dogs, more words are better for search engines.
What happens when you search online with precise keywords?
In some ways, a search engine is like a well trained dog. It will fetch what you want, but only if you use the right commands. Although single words are better commands for dogs, more words are better for search engines.
What happens when you search online with precise keywords?
Refine your Search
When you use multiple keywords you are refining your search - that means you are narrowing it down, getting closer to what you really want.
The people that input data onto the web, come from many countries and cultures within those countries. Depending where you live in Australia or where you have moved around, the word for swimsuits changes. These are the synonyms for swimsuits in Australia - swimmers, bathers, togs, cossie, swimsuit, boardies, budgie smugglers just to name a few. For your interest this map of Australia, is included to show the distribution of swimsuit synonyms.
All this means that the word(s) you may use to name an object may only give you limited information so try some synonyms.
There is always an alternative way to say or do something.
The people that input data onto the web, come from many countries and cultures within those countries. Depending where you live in Australia or where you have moved around, the word for swimsuits changes. These are the synonyms for swimsuits in Australia - swimmers, bathers, togs, cossie, swimsuit, boardies, budgie smugglers just to name a few. For your interest this map of Australia, is included to show the distribution of swimsuit synonyms.
All this means that the word(s) you may use to name an object may only give you limited information so try some synonyms.
There is always an alternative way to say or do something.
Activity 2
Try refining your search techniques by digging up a little Doggy Data. Download the worksheet and save it in your class folder using your name(s)and doggy data. Don't print the page until you are finished and you have your teacher's permission.
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File Type: | docx |
Activity 3
The five words you need to answer this crossword can be found on this page.
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