Module 4 - Search engine task

Have installed Copernic as per previous task and will perform my search with it and Google. The keywords will be file transfer protocol , as this is one of the concepts that I will be using in my concepts assignment.

Google results -

• first hit = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_Transfer_Protocol
• number of hits = Results 1 - 10 of about 32,400,000 for file transfer protocol

First five Google results -

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_Transfer_Protocol
2. http://searchenterprisewan.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid200_gci213976,00.html
3. http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc959.html
4. http://www.imagescape.com/helpweb/ftp/ftptop.html
5. http://www.filetransferplanet.com/ftp-guides-resources/

Copernic results -

• first hit = http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_Transfer_Protocol
• number of hits = 44/252 (10 results per engine/100 results per engine)
  

First five Copernic results -

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_Transfer_Protocol
   
2. http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc959.html
3. http://www.filetransferplanet.com/ftp-guides-resources/
4. http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/
5. http://searchenterprisewan.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid200_gci213976,00.html

Ok, comparing the two searches on the results above show the top 5 results almost identical, but number of results are radically different. I suspect this is a part configuration and part that the Google engine is not included the Copernic free software. Copernic is a bit overwhelming on first use, especially when you are used to Google. However I suspect that the full version in the hands of an experienced user would yield good results. Google scholar looked promising as well, led me to the SAGE Journals site, which I will register with for more research options. As Copernic had the only University result http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/ in the list, on this quick assesment I give it the honours. I think this task is sort of like getting new users to compare Windows photo editor and Photoshop. Similar but very different, I look forward to improving my searching techniques. (Not just in this unit but in my use of the web/net overall.)