Assignment
Identifying WWW sites – Using Internet Search Tools
Name______________________________________
Complete the questions. Submit the assignment to your instructor by the required date.
The Minnesota West website has –
Protocol: http:// Host Computer name: www. Second Level Domain: mnwest.
Top level Domain: edu
1. What are the parts of the URL of the Red Cross Organization?
Protocol / Host Computer / Domain____________________________________
(Red Cross Organization)?
2. About.com is an example of a Subject Directory. This search engine has humans reviewing the
content- “We have hundreds of Expert writers creating content across 1,000 different topics.” Using
this Subject Directory, (www.about.com), find the categories if you’re looking for information about
how many cups of vegetables you should have daily.
Which sub-categories? Scroll to the bottom lists to find find_Health______, __Nutrition,
_?_______________? ______________ How many cups of vegetables per day? (what’s the
answer to the question?) _______
(Fill in these categories)
3. What is the URL of the website for the page _____________________________________
4. Now try the same search for information on www.google.com as the search engine. Be sure to put
quotes around the search phrase. “how many cups of vegetables you should have daily”
5. How many “Results” did you get on Google? _____________________________________
6. Now search for information on what the (United States) Secret Service does, using Google and again
using .gov (Government site) Secretservice.gov
Which search was more accurate?
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