Oct 19 2007
Congratulations! It’s a baby search engine!
Ok – a short post but it’s a good one.
Flashback: The last time you took students to the computer lab to research a topic. What happened? “Where do we go for the information?” “I can’t find anything!” “Can I use ebay as a source?”
Solution? Google’s custom search engine!
Enter Google’s latest tool to help people create a search engine that will narrow down options and limit hits to those sites which are specifically listed.
Try mine out.
The really cool part that sold me on this tool is the option to “opt out” of advertising on the search results page. This option is only available to government and non-profit entities (such as schools). I LOVE it! I don’t have to worry if there is going to be an ad asking my students if they want to register for a dating website while they are researching topics for my class.
Best of all? It’s FREE! And no sur-charge to make it “advertisement free” either!
These are the directions I’ve written in a word document to help you get started in making your very own baby search engine. Enjoy!
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