Chris Nolan Visits CS1300

Chris Nolan, Assistant University Librarian, came to our class on Tuesday to talk to us about searching on the web. Although I thought that I knew plenty about how to search for things online he provided us with a plethora of new information about Google and other search engines. One thing I always had wondered was how Google made money. We learned that they make the billions of dollars they make every year off the many little advertisements on the side of your searches. Something that surprised me was that companies try to find ways to manipulate search engines to display the hits for their site by making lots of blogs or sub-sites that connect to their website. Google has taken steps to prevent this with different search algorithms. Google also uses algorithms to refine your search to give you the most efficient search experience they can.