The Similarities and Differences between Search Engines

I was struggling to find the number of minutes students at a particular high school spent doing PE for another class and decided to use this assignment to see if I had better results. In the end, I never got my answer and had to change my topic, but I did get to compare results of typing in Eau Gallie High School Physical Education Minutes (not in bold) amongst 6 search engines.

Final-1-image1From the individual search engines Bing, Google, and Yahoo, as well as the meta search engines Webcrawler, Dogpile, and Zoo.com, I got some similarities and differences. All six returned the school’s home page on edline.net as the first result.

No2-bigTwo of each type of search engine returned the school’s athletics page on edline.net as the 2nd result, and the other 2 had it as the third.

Card-WildNow, here is where things got a little more interesting. The reason I was searching this particular school was to learn more about teacher Barbara Berry’s physical education program. The original webpage that I found her on came up next on four out of the six search engines. On Google, she was fifth to appear, and on Webcrawler, second!

MapQuest_Tall_Logo_LargeMapquest’s link to the school was popular for the fourth and fifth spots, but Google was the only engine to return an article from Shape.org about Barbara Berry. Similarly, Webcrawler was alone in producing a Pakistani news page about Eau Gallie’s recent football win. Less eventful, Yahoo returned a yellowpages.com link to the school.

In summary, it seems the most relevant information appeared in results 1-3 on all six search engines. Google returned something relevant the others did not. The other five all returned a generic directory-type link within the first five results. Google wins again. google-logo

Search Engine Used Top Five Results for searching Eau Gallie High School physical education minutes
Individual Search Engines:
Bing Eau Gallie High School: Home Page
http://www.edline.net/pages/Eau_Gallie_High_School
… Quarterly Newsletters Collegiate High School Digital Design Drafting and Design Early Childhood Education Engineering Tech Fine … SAC Minutes School Advisory …
Eau Gallie’s Berry named PE Teacher of the Year
http://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/local/2015/03/13/eau-gallies-berry…
Eau Gallie High school PE teacher, … has been named Southern District High School Physical Education Teacher of the Year by the Society of Health and Physical …
Eau Gallie High School: EGHS Athletics: Home Page
http://www.edline.net/pages/Eau_Gallie_High_School/Athletics/EGHS…
Eau Gallie High School … Quarterly Newsletters Collegiate High School Digital Design Drafting and Design Early Childhood Education … SAC Minutes School …
Eau Gallie High School – MapQuest
http://www.mapquest.com/…/schools-melbourne/eau-gallie-high-school-4262089
Eau Gallie High School is a college preparatory school located in Melbourne, Fla. It offers classes from grades nine through 12 and enrolls more than 2,400 students …
Eau Gallie High School in Melbourne, FL | Education.com
http://www.education.com › SchoolFinder › Florida › Melbourne
Eau Gallie High School located in Melbourne, … Physical Science Earth and Space Science … 2015 Education.com, Inc.
Google Eau Gallie High School: Home Page – Edline
http://www.edline.net/pages/Eau_Gallie_High_School/
Edline
Girls Golf @ Viera Boys Golf vs Viera JV Football vs Rockledge Swimming vs Space Coast Volleyball vs Heritage. 09/11/15 Fri. Varsity Football vs Rockledge.
Brevard County Schools: Excellence in Physical Education …
http://www.edline.net/…Schools/…/Physical_Education…/Excellence_in_…
Edline
The Excellence in Physical Education Award (EPEA) was created to honor … 2015-2018 Eau Gallie High School: Barbara Berry, Tim Powers, Bob Collins, …
Eau Gallie High School: EGHS Athletics: Home Page – Edline
http://www.edline.net/…/Eau_Gallie_High_School/…/EGHS_Athletics__…
Edline
SIGN IN. Eau Gallie High School. : Athletics … Parents & Students. |. Faculty & … Pink “Physical” Packets Available. ’15 – ’16 Athletic Physical Packet. Fall Sports …
Eau Gallie Teacher Honored as Southern District High …
http://www.shapeamerica.org/recognition/awards/…/Barbara-Berry-Southerm.p…
High School Physical Education Teacher of the Year. RESTON, VA, March 2, 2015 – Melbourne, FL, resident Barbara Berry of Eau Gallie High School will.
Eau Gallie’s Berry named PE Teacher of the Year
http://www.floridatoday.com/…/eau-gallies…pe…/24694217/
Florida Today
Mar 13, 2015 – Eau Gallie High school PE teacher, Barbara Berry, has been named Southern District High School Physical Education Teacher of the Year by …
yahoo! Eau Gallie High School: Home Page
http://www.edline.net/pages/Eau_Gallie_High_School
… Quarterly Newsletters Collegiate High School Digital Design Drafting and Design Early Childhood Education Engineering Tech Fine … SAC Minutes School Advisory …
Eau Gallie High School: EGHS Athletics: Home Page
http://www.edline.net/pages/Eau_Gallie_High_School/Athletics/…
Eau Gallie High School … Quarterly Newsletters Collegiate High School Digital Design Drafting and Design Early Childhood Education … SAC Minutes School …
Eau Gallie’s Berry named PE Teacher of the Year
http://www.floridatoday.com/…/03/13/eau-gallies-berry…/24694217
Eau Gallie High school PE teacher, … has been named Southern District High School Physical Education Teacher of the Year by the Society of Health and Physical …
1400 Commodore Blvd Melbourne FL | Eau Gallie High…
http://www.mapquest.com/…/eau-gallie-high-school-4262089
Eau Gallie High School is a college preparatory school located in Melbourne, Fla. It offers classes from grades nine through 12 and enrolls more than 2,400 students …
Eau Gallie High School Melbourne, FL, 32935 -…
http://www.yellowpages.com/…/mip/eau-gallie-high-school-453351383
Eau Gallie High School is a college … and performing arts, physical education and … because of my grades i will be leaving Eau Gallie …
Meta Search Engines
webcrawler Eau Gallie High School: Home Page
http://www.edline.net/pages/Eau_Gallie_High_School
… Quarterly Newsletters Collegiate High School Digital Design Drafting and Design Early Childhood Education Engineering Tech Fine … SAC Minutes School Advisory …
Eau Gallie’s Berry named PE Teacher of the Year – Florida Today
http://www.floridatoday.com/…/news/local/2015/03/13/eau…
Eau Gallie’s Berry named … District High School Physical Education Teacher of the Year by the … the last 22 years teaching PE at Eau Gallie High.
Eau Gallie High School: EGHS Athletics: Home Page
http://www.edline.net/…au_Gallie_High_School/Athletics/…
Eau Gallie High School … Quarterly Newsletters Collegiate High School Digital Design Drafting and Design Early Childhood Education … SAC Minutes School …
Eau Gallie sinks Satellite | USA Today High School Sports …
http://www.pakstatus.com/…/eau-gallie…high-school-sports
Eau Gallie High head … scored from four yards out with less than five minutes remaining … Video: Heritage football player Daeshawn Mills | USA Today High School …
Eau Gallie High School – MapQuest
http://www.mapquest.com/…../eau-gallie-high-school-4262089
Eau Gallie High School is a college preparatory school located in Melbourne, Fla. It offers classes from grades nine through 12 and enrolls more than 2,400 students …
dogpile.com Eau Gallie High School: Home Page
http://www.edline.net/pages/Eau_Gallie_High_School
… Quarterly Newsletters Collegiate High School Digital Design Drafting and Design Early Childhood Education Engineering Tech Fine … SAC Minutes School Advisory …
Eau Gallie High School: EGHS Athletics: Home Page
http://www.edline.net/…au_Gallie_High_School/Athletics/…
Eau Gallie High School … Quarterly Newsletters Collegiate High School Digital Design Drafting and Design Early Childhood Education … SAC Minutes School …
Eau Gallie’s Berry named PE Teacher of the Year
http://www.floridatoday.com/…eau-gallies-berry…/24694217
Eau Gallie High school PE teacher, … has been named Southern District High School Physical Education Teacher of the Year by the Society of Health and Physical …
1400 Commodore Blvd Melbourne FL | Eau Gallie High School …
http://www.mapquest.com/…../eau-gallie-high-school-4262089
Eau Gallie High School is a college preparatory school located in Melbourne, Fla. It offers classes from grades nine through 12 and enrolls more than 2,400 students …
Eau Gallie High School in Melbourne, FL | Education.com
http://www.education.com/…melbourne/eau-gallie-high-school
Eau Gallie High School located in Melbourne, … Physical Science Earth and Space Science … 2015 Education.com, Inc.
zoo.com Eau Gallie High School: Home Page
http://www.edline.net/pages/Eau_Gallie_High_School
… Quarterly Newsletters Collegiate High School Digital Design Drafting and Design Early Childhood Education Engineering Tech Fine … SAC Minutes School Advisory …
Eau Gallie High School: EGHS Athletics: Home Page
http://www.edline.net/…au_Gallie_High_School/Athletics/…
Eau Gallie High School … Quarterly Newsletters Collegiate High School Digital Design Drafting and Design Early Childhood Education … SAC Minutes School …
Eau Gallie’s Berry named PE Teacher of the Year
http://www.floridatoday.com/…eau-gallies-berry…/24694217
Eau Gallie High school PE teacher, … has been named Southern District High School Physical Education Teacher of the Year by the Society of Health and Physical …
1400 Commodore Blvd Melbourne FL | Eau Gallie High School …
http://www.mapquest.com/…../eau-gallie-high-school-4262089
Eau Gallie High School is a college preparatory school located in Melbourne, Fla. It offers classes from grades nine through 12 and enrolls more than 2,400 students …
Eau Gallie High School in Melbourne, FL | Education.com
http://www.education.com/…melbourne/eau-gallie-high-school
Eau Gallie High School located in Melbourne, … Physical Science Earth and Space Science … 2015 Education.com, Inc.  

 

 

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