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Billions...

❖ There are literally billions and billions of web pages on the Internet

❖ Finding accurate information can be tricky

Things to Consider

❖ Who owns the web site?

❖ Who wrote the content?

❖ Are they trustworthy?

Places to Search

❖ Google (www.google.com)

❖ Bing (www.bing.com)

❖ Yahoo (www.yahoo.com)

❖ Thousands of others....

Google

❖ The most popular search engine

❖ Good for most general searches

Keywords

❖ The words you search for are very important to finding accurate results

❖ Google indexes the Internet and gives results based on “keywords”

❖ Keywords are specific words that define a particular topic

Try Searching

❖ Using Google, search for information about your favorite professional athlete.

❖ Write a new post about this person and answer the following questions:

Your Favorite Athlete

❖ What is their name?

❖ How old are they and what is their birthdate?

❖ What school(s) did they go to?

❖ What team do they play for?

❖ What city were they born in?

Publish It

❖ Publish your new post on the web site.