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Searchme Simplifies Searching: By Kaya Hardin

Compared to the perhaps overly broad search of a search engine like Google, a tool like Searchme helps to categorize possible search results. Hardin uses the example of tiger, which could be used by students intending to search for the anime, Tiger Woods, or various sports teams. Searchme allows the search to be limited by catarogies, such as "wildlife, gold, computer and video games, music, computer hardware, scouting" and so on. In the case of s student doing a report on tigers then, would simply have to select the "wildlife" option.

Furthermore, the Searchme search engine allows users to view a screenshot of the website without having to visit it, bypassing long load times for sites which otherwise may have turned out to be fruitless.

Hardin explains that while the search engine is easy to use and excellent for students, particularly those not used to navigating larger search engine like Google, it does lack the number fo search results that these other more stablished ones have.

I could easily see using this in the classroom as an excelent way to introduce search engine to students, and for use for research projects. After all, from personal experience I know that a search engine such as Google can be difficult to navigate to the inexperienced. Therefore, using a more user friendly and downscaled version such as Searchme would be an excellent first step for those not familiar with the interface. All the more so when the search is being done on a topic which has numerous related topics of the same or similar name.