Discussion 2.2: Zee Web

Chapter 6 talks about types of search engines – I had no idea there were different modes of searching the web! I knew only about one kind of engine (e.g. Yahoo, google, lycos, etc.), and whichever one I used would give me all the websites I needed for my research. Turns out there is a plethora of information that escapes these engines. Aside from the normal metasearch and search engines there are the specialized search engines that tap into the “deep web,” specialty databases like medical or governmental information, which are inaccessible otherwise. These types of search engines could definitely help me draw enough information for my speech. Also using more than one search engine is definitely advised too, because each one will yield different results.