Info 101 Homework Assignment 2 Part 1: Web Search

1info 101 Homework Assignment 2namepart 1 is A Web Search Assignment

Suppose I am a biologist and I want to do some research about tigers living in the woods. Now, I want to find some Web pages that satisfy the following conditions: (10 points) · containing the word "tiger"; · containing the word "woods" or "forests"; · not containing the proper name "Tiger Woods"; and · not containing the word "golf" How can I combine these search conditions to create one query in Google to find these pages?

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The task involves constructing a Google search query to efficiently find web pages about tigers in the woods, excluding irrelevant results related to Tiger Woods or golf. To accomplish this, one must combine multiple search operators and keywords to satisfy the specified conditions. The key is using logical operators such as "AND," "OR," and "NOT" (represented in Google by minus signs or the "OR" operator) to refine search results.

The search query begins with identifying pages that mention "tiger" and either "woods" or "forests." In Google, this can be represented by the expression:

tiger ("woods" OR "forests")

Next, to exclude pages mentioning the proper name "Tiger Woods," which contains the phrase "Tiger Woods," the minus operator is employed: -"Tiger Woods". Similarly, to exclude pages containing the word "golf," the minus operator is used: -golf. Combining these conditions, the complete query becomes:

tiger ("woods" OR "forests") -"Tiger Woods" -golf

This query instructs Google to find pages that contain the word "tiger" and either "woods" or "forests," but not the phrase "Tiger Woods" or the word "golf," ensuring the search results are relevant to the biological context. By constructing the query this way, the researcher can efficiently narrow down the search results to relevant pages about tigers in their natural habitats, avoiding unrelated content about golf or the celebrity golfer Tiger Woods.

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