Susan Busche
SLM 521
Best
Search Engines
Kid Safe Search
Engines:
This is my #1 kid
safe search engine. It combines school
related topics with other categories that kids enjoy. It has art and games, sports, and computers
as well as a dictionary, thesaurus, and encyclopedia. Kids can also look up information about their
favorite singers and actors as well as movies that are currently in
theaters. This search engine also has a
special section for teens and teen life.
This is my #1 kids website because it is a good combination of school
related material and general topics that all kids enjoy. There is something for everyone.
http://www.kids.net.au/
This is my second favorite search engine for kids. It has a great news resource section but it
mostly is school related subjects. It is
organized with a stack of books on one side listed on the books are study tools
including a dictionary, a thesaurus, an almanac, and an atlas among other
things.
http://www.ajkids.com/
Travel Search Engines:
Orbitz is my #1 travel search engine. I have actually used this site to book travel
plans. The easy to use format of the
website is what makes it a winner in my book.
The site helps find the best prices on airline flights. The site can also book hotel rooms, rental
cars, and cruises. All of the quotes
given from Orbitz include sales tax and surcharges so you are not scammed at
the end paying more for these things.
All of these amenities that they offer can be paid for online.
http://www.orbitz.com
Expedia is my second choice for travel search engines. It is very similar to Orbitz but to me is not
quite as easy to navigate. It has many
of the same options as Orbitz such as booking an airline flight, rental car,
hotel, and even a cruise. The site also
has discounted package deals that can be booked through the site. The prices that I have encountered when using
this site are not quite as low as Orbitz so this is why it is my #2 choice for
travel search engine.
http://www.expedia.com/
Shopping Search Engines:
This is my first choice for shopping search engines. This website, powered by EBay, is a great
place to find cheap books, movies, CD’s, video games, sporting goods, and even
computers. My experience with this
search engine has always been very positive.
Unlike the traditional EBay items, you do not need to bid on items and
wait to see if you win the auction. The
items are all just for regular sale. It
is possible to find new and used items on this site. You can also buy textbooks
on half.com. It is easy to register and
easy to navigate.
http://half.ebay.com/index.jsp
My second choice for shopping search engines is
Amazon.com. This site also has new and
used items for sale. The site is easy to
navigate and find what you are looking for but the sellers on this site are not
always reliable. I have had experiences
where my form of payment cannot be accepted by the seller therefore I cannot
buy the item I am looking for, it can get frustrating.
http://www.amazon.com/
General Search Engines:
Yahoo is my favorite search engine. It is my most frequently used search
engine. I have always received great
results when searching with Yahoo. Some
of the other features of Yahoo are the yellow pages, being able to search for
pictures, the weather, and feature news stories. Yahoo finds the most relevant websites to
what I am searching for and most of the time what I am looking for is the first
site listed. The way Yahoo ranks the
results is great.
http://www.yahoo.com/
I use Dogpile when completing searches as well. Dogpile does not give as many results as
Yahoo typically does, but the search is more refined and to the point, but
there is a need to look through all of the results because there is not a very
good ranking system. There are not as
many “extras” on Dogpile. Some of them
include the yellow and white pages, weather, and “Favorite Fetches”, some of
the most common recent searches. Still,
this is a good search engine so I rank it as #2.
http://www.dogpile.com/
News Search Engines:
CNN is my first choice when it comes to finding news online. The layout of the material is very easy to
read and navigate through. Avid news
readers can sign up for e-mailed news updates.
This site is updated continuously so the news is always up to date. The stock quotes are always updating
throughout the day as well. This is the
best search engine for finding news on the web.
www.cnn.com/
This is a great news site.
It contains over 4,500 news sources that are updated every day. There are quick links to the top stories in
many fields including world news, sports, science, and business. It includes summaries of top news stories of
the day so you can decide weather or not to read the entire article. Google news is offered in many languages as
well.
ttp://news.google.com