# Web Search and Evaluation **Google Search** What would you query to see how many pages on the English Wikipedia site mention “Northeastern University”? How many results did you get? * I used [Google Advanced Search engine](https://i.imgur.com/gos8JyN.png) and typed "Northeastern University" in all the "words and phrases" boxes. In order to see how many pages mentioned Northeastern University on the English Wikipedia site, I included https://en.wikipedia.org in the "site or domain" box. * I got **5,340** search results that referenced Northeastern. What would you query to see Web pages about the skate fish but no pages about an “ice rink”? * In order to see web pages about skate fish, I typed "skate fish" on all the "words and phrases" boxes in [Google Advanced Search](https://i.imgur.com/rmAEyne.png). And, to exclude pages about an "ice rink", I typed -ice and -rink in the "none of these words" box. What would you query to see Web pages about the Northeastern Huskies from the first day of 2001 through the last day of 2002? * To find web pages about the Northeastern Huskies from the first day of 2001 to the last day of 2002, I used Google Advanced Search and typed "Northeastern Huskies" in all the "words and phrases" boxes. Then, I typed the custom dates that I wanted my news to be from, in the "tools" hyperlink on the main page, (In this case 01/01/2001 and 12/31/2002). Find me the top image of a pair of penguins with a “free to use, share or modify, even commercially” license, sometimes referred to as “labeled for reuse with modification". ![](https://i.imgur.com/ZNxLE1Y.jpg) * In Google Advanced Search engine, I searched for "pair of penguins" and then selected "free to use, share or modify, even commercially" in the usage rights box. **Web credibility** Find a Web page of questionable credibility and apply some of the criteria discussed by Valenza and Berkley Library. * According to Berkley Library, there are 6 criteria to determine web credibility * Authority * Purpose * Publication and format * Relevance * Date of Publication * Documentation One website with questionable credibility is https://www.fulkerson.org/ancestors/buyanancestor.html. ![](https://i.imgur.com/xjzrWd2.png) * For starters, there is no author, as well as date and place of publication. There are also no cited sources and multiple exaggerated headlines and tag clickbaits. **Wikipedia Evaluation** A version of the “Joseph Reagle” Wikipedia article stated (a) I worked at the World Wide Web Consortium and (b) my book Good Faith Collaboration was “bestselling.” How does these claims relate to the policy of Wikipedia:Verifiability? Would you suggest any changes to the page? * The policy of Wikipedia:Verifiability suggests that published materials must contain sources "available to the public in some form". The book "Good Faith Collaboration" does not contain any source that confirms the book was, indeed, bestselling. According to its history, when was this article first created? According to Wikipedia history, this article was first created August 1st in 2011 by [Tom Morris](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Joseph_M._Reagle_Jr.&dir=prev&action=history).