Practical 4&5


Type of Search Facility : Search Engine

Search Engine : www.google.com.sg

Keywords used : "alcoholism on youth"

URL : http://dpic.sgh.com.sg/SpecialTopics/Alcohol/

Purpose : News

Comments on search result :
Results 1 - 10 of about 3,900,000 for alcoholism on youth were displayed.The first few results displayed are mostly on news which meets my requirements.


Type of Search Facility : Search Engine

Search Engine : www.yahoo.com.sg

Keywords used : "alcoholism amongst youth"

URL : http://www.health.org/govpubs/rpo990/

Purpose : News

Comments on search result :
Results 1 - 10 of about 126,0000 for alcoholism on youth were displayed.MOst of the results are based on topics in news.


Comparsion

Comparing the 2 search engine, both are quite similiar in the displaying of results. The priotisze news results before displaying the different type of results. But as compared to the results, google search engine has more results than yahoo and it is more global.



Keywords used:
alcoholism, alcohol, drinking, youth, entertainment, clubbing, beer, liquor



Type of Search Facility : Meta Search Engine

Meta Search Engine : www.mamma.com

Keywords used : Alcoholism on youth
URL : http://www.ncadd.org/facts/youthalc.html

Purpose : Information/ News/ Advocacy
Comments:
Results displayed 49 for alcoholism on youth.Most of the results showed are from the government websites.

Type of Search Facility : Meta Search Engine

Meta Search Engine : .http://www.metacrawler.com/

Keywords used : Alcoholism on youth
URL :

Purpose : Information/ News/ Advocacy
Comments:
Results displayed 49 for alcoholism on youth.Most of the results showed are from the government websites.

Comparsion:
BOth used simliar type of searching format and the results found are very limited. But metacrawler.com produced better and relevant results as compared to mamma.com


Type of Search Facility : Subject Directory

Subject Directory : Yahoo Web Directory

Keywords Used : Alcoholism on Youth

URL : web.missouri.edu/~marc/
Purpose : Information/ News

Comments on Search Result :
Results 1 - 4 of about 4 for alcoholism on youth. The results are more general and reults are few.


Both Google and Yahoo Search engine has a larger variety of results as they search for the more general results as according to the keywords entered. Results from googles are more compared to yahoo.com

Meta Search Engine-
Strength- It produces a more detailed results which means it narrow the research area for results that are closest to the keywords keyed.
Weakness- The results produced are very limited.
Subject Directory
Strength- The searching tool is just by clicking the subdirectories which is easier and faster finding the results according to the category the user need to search on.
Weakness- Thought the results are the closest to the keywords keyed, the results produced are few.

I preferred search engine even though it has more redundant results as it did not narrow down the results. They just searched in general according to the keywords. In this way, there are more options opened to the user though it might waste time looking for the appropriate result. It is more user friendly for new users.