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** creating and academic blog at evergreen [[http://blogs.evergreen.edu]]
 
* [http://academic.evergreen.edu/ academic.evergreen.edu] - to find your program webpage
 
* [http://academic.evergreen.edu/ academic.evergreen.edu] - to find your program webpage
 
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===How do search engines work?===
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*html tags of interest: <nowiki><title>, <meta>, <h1>, <h2></nowiki>
 
**what ever happened to the meta tag?
 
**what ever happened to the meta tag?
 
** Check a page using [http://www.seomoz.org/term-target SEOmoz]
 
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*Why do you care? Google yourself and marvel at the results.
  
  
  
 
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Revision as of 09:48, 7 October 2008

What you need to know about Evergreen's technology resources

What are some additional technology tools that you should know about as a student?

  • Questions about iGoogle demo?
  • Delicious - everybody sign up for an account
  • RSS - what is this, how can I read RSS feeds?

Technology fundamentals

How does the internet work

All these tools are on the web. Do you really know how the internet works?

  • What does a web browser actually do.
  • Anatomy of a URL
    • protocol > domain > directory > filename
    • deep links, how do I navigate a website when there's no navigation?

How do search engines work?

  • html tags of interest: <title>, <meta>, <h1>, <h2>
    • what ever happened to the meta tag?
    • Check a page using SEOmoz
  • Why do you care? Google yourself and marvel at the results.