How search results can be influenced
I can recognise why the order of results is important and to whom.
How search results can be influenced
I can recognise why the order of results is important and to whom.
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Key learning points
- Search results can be influenced in different ways.
- Search engines can make money for their owners.
- Search engines have limitations.
Keywords
Index - the location of items or elements in a list, array or string
Rank - the order search results appear in, based on how useful and relevant they are
Limitations - something that restricts what is possible or prevents something from working perfectly
Common misconception
Search engines do not prioritise any results.
Search engines order results by ranking them using an algorithm.
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Lesson video
Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
a big catalogue storing web page information
a program that collects information for an index
the order search results appear in
a precise set of steps to organise results
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
a database of stored web pages
the order of search results by relevance
search engines not always showing relevant results
steps used to decide which result appears first