Well as I'm on a desperate hunt to organise a family holiday I've used our assignment to see whether different search engines provide any new results - the answer is no. Now this may be because a holiday is fairly generic - there are a limited number of companies that offer self-catering accommodation. However, AskJeeves did have some interesting asides in its 'Popular Q&A' section, which although not strictly helpful to my search did provide some pause for thought.
After using metacrawler I felt that the search results returned were actually less relevant and for my holiday search had actually listed irrelevant items and more 'sponsered' links.
Now to see how famous I am!!! After searching for my name I discovered that Metacrawler and Dogpile returned very similiar results - 192.com, facebook, linkedin etc. However, Zuula returned more results that were less relevant - i.e. had the words Helen and Precious but not linked as a name, which would clearly returned a wider breadth of 'or' results. Google for ease and comfort would probably still be my favourite - just familiarity!
Love the Let me google that link - although not sure how great it would be from a customer service stand point!
Sunday 22 January 2012
Sunday 8 January 2012
Week 8 - Multimedia
So the wonders of YouTube eh!
The library videos are entertaining and in particular the first video from Sydney is informative and clear without trying to be too gimmicky, you definitely come away with an idea of how to search effectively. I'd imagine that some students might find the Dalek one confusing as it mixes Dewey information with trying to be jokey about what subjects the Daleks deem necessary.
I think the duration of the clips is important - probably not more than 5 minutes would hold your attention without drifting off and thinking about lunch, your next task etc.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaWv5S50Zww This is sooooooo dull, the narrator put me to sleep and I tuned out before reaching the end - does she also do the plane safety briefings?
I have come to the conclusion that music plays a vital role in the tutorials available online and where possible don't use real people as many seem to personify the 'librarian stereotype'.
The library videos are entertaining and in particular the first video from Sydney is informative and clear without trying to be too gimmicky, you definitely come away with an idea of how to search effectively. I'd imagine that some students might find the Dalek one confusing as it mixes Dewey information with trying to be jokey about what subjects the Daleks deem necessary.
I think the duration of the clips is important - probably not more than 5 minutes would hold your attention without drifting off and thinking about lunch, your next task etc.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaWv5S50Zww This is sooooooo dull, the narrator put me to sleep and I tuned out before reaching the end - does she also do the plane safety briefings?
I have come to the conclusion that music plays a vital role in the tutorials available online and where possible don't use real people as many seem to personify the 'librarian stereotype'.
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