Schedule
Date Title To do
09/03 01-introduction
09/08 02-Web search
Search tool data gathering Start working on assignment
09/10 03-Wiki instruction day
Search tool overlap data gathering Start working on assignment
09/15 04-Search techniques and strategies
Search tool data Turn in data
09/17 05-More search techniques and strategies
Search tool overlap data Turn in data
Search techniques 1 exercise write-up Blog entry
09/22 06-Web directories
Search techniques 2 exercise write-up Blog entry
Search tool data analysis Start working on analysis
09/24 07-RSS introduction
Web directories exercise write-up Blog entry
09/29 08-RSS lab
Search tool analysis Turn in analysis
Project part 1
Date Title To do
10/01 09-News search
RSS lab exercise write-up Blog entry
10/06 10-Cancelled
News search exercise write-up Blog entry
10/08 11-The Deep Web
Random search write-up Blog entry
10/13 12-Project day
Project part 2
The Deep Web exercise write-up Blog entry
10/15 13-Email alerts
10/20 Fall Break
10/22 14-Page monitors
Email alerts exercise write-up Blog entry
10/27 15-Tag-based sites
Page monitors exercise write-up Blog entry
10/29 16-Image search
Tag-based sites exercise write-up Blog entry
Date Title To do
11/03 17-Custom search engines
Image search exercise write-up Blog entry
11/05 18-Exploring connections
Custom search exercise write-up Blog entry
11/10 19-Test
11/12 20-Geography based
11/17 21-People search
Project part 3
11/19 22-Videos and music search
11/24 23-Google
Videos & music sites exercise write-up Blog entry
11/26 24-Other search sites
12/01 25-Metasearch engines
Other search sites exercise write-up Blog entry
12/03 26-Yahoo
12/08 27-Wrap up
Project (all)

Other assignments not listed on a specific date

  • Search industry update
  • Class notes or test question
  • You don't have to do all of the blog entries — only eight of them.
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