Question: Wanna take a quick quiz and see how much you learned about searching (or already knew)?

Answer: Give it a shot - it's not too bad.

1. I can use Altavista to see how pages are linked to my web page.
2. On Altavista, you would type a ____ before a word to ensure that the word is on the pages.
3. On Altavista, typing a ____ right after a word - returns different variations of that word (wildcard).
4. All search engines work the same.
5. On Altavista, the search is case sensitive.
6. On Altavista, searching for 
recipe oatmeal cookie and
+recipe +oatmeal +cookie return the same information. 
7. If you did the above search and keep running across recipes that called for raisins, you could type in the _______ followed by the word raisins to exclude pages that contain the word raisins.
8. On Altavista, if you were looking for lyrics to one of Elvis' songs, which would give you better results? 
"you ain't nothing but a hound dog" or 
you ain't nothing but a hound dog
9. Altavista is FREE!
10. If you read the instructions - you will be a better searcher!
 

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