17 Custom Search Engines
We discuss custom search engines, and how you can build your own.
Class held on 11/03/2008. Student notes are available on this page. Possible questions are available on this page.
Class structure
- Go through “At beginning of class” information
- Explain what custom search engines are
- Work on exercises
At beginning of class
- No new grades
- Be sure to vote tomorrow.
- I'll be watching Indecision 2008.
- The exam is one week from today (i.e., November 10).
- Check the class notes page to see who is taking notes today and who is coming up with questions.
- Go over any other announcements you might have missed since last class.
- Check the start page for any blogs you might be interested in that you might have missed.
- There are three more opportunities to write a blog entry.
- Let's look over the upcoming industry updates.
- For this class:
- Google update: Caitlin (
Caitd)
- Google update: Caitlin (
- Next class:
- Yahoo update: Bryan (
bryblum)
- Yahoo update: Bryan (
- For this class:
My notes
- What is it
- A search tool that (usually) uses Google's search engine (as the back end) but that you can instruct the following ways:
- Look in a certain list of URLs
- Avoid a certain list of URLs
- Append a set of terms to any user-supplied query
- A search tool that (usually) uses Google's search engine (as the back end) but that you can instruct the following ways:
- How can it be used
- Its own Web page
- An iGoogle widget
- Embedded in random Web page
- Why would you use it
- Captures creator's knowledge of the field
Blog topics
- Describe how useful or not Google Custom Search Engine is for your site.
- Describe how you chose the sites to include in your custom search engine.
- Compare and contrast 2 (or more) different custom search engines.
Resources
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