Response to Chris Nolan

Unfortunately I was not in class when Chris Nolan gave his lecture on search engines, but I have looked through my classmates blog’s and notes. I learned several new things. I did not know about Google Scholar or the define feature, I think that both of these tools will help me in the future. I often need to find scholarly sites for papers and this will definitely help. I do not find it hard to believe that Google has become the most dominant search tool. I find Google to be very convenient. I have always been curious how Google makes money! Now, I know that it makes money from the ads that are always on the side of the page. I also never knew about the “Catched” link that Google has. Instead of going to the site, you get Google’s copy of the page. This would be very helpful if I needed to view a site that was down. Another fact I learned is that National Geographic would not be considered a scholarly source. I always thought it would be considered scholarly. It could however lead you to good scholarly sources. I really wish I had not have missed his lecture, because there are a lot of things I have learned from just looking at my classmate’s blogs and notes, and I know if I had been there I would have learned even more.