mini assignment

Mini Assignment

“Bing Challenge”

ENGL 90 @ UW-Stout

Task

Read this article (searchengineland.com) on search engine market share.

Check out the list of search engines and their types on Wikipedia here.

Write a 300 word compare/contrast essay using search results from Google and Bing. Consider featured ads presented, which results are returned, how results are ordered, what other information is presented, and—of course—the relevance to your query. What you query is up to you, but you need to include the query, verbatim, in this assignment. I recommend querying something pertinent to the course content. It helps to open separate browser windows for each engine.

Lesson

Not all search engines are created equal. Some people still use Yahoo! or Ask.com, while others are loyal to Microsoft’s Bing. Google is still the giant, though. Developing critical information literacies is imperative in the digital age, and growing your familiarity with search engines and how they operate differently is an important part of your literacy.

Query

[Note: Your query in each engine should be identical. Include your query here]

Essay

[Note: The 300 word-length doesn’t include the words above. Type your essay below, or paste it from another word processor]

Due

by May 5th at 11:59pm.