1.7 How to add a URL to your favourites
1. Right click and choose add to favourites
2. Type in what you wish to save it as
3. Click on favourites and there it is :)
1.4 Find out about WLANs
Where are these projects mainly located?
These projects are mainly located in large areas of the UK such as Bath, Bristol and Essex.
Why have they been created?
They have been created to enable people to get wireless internet access with a low cost and so you don't need a license.
What groups do they serve and in what way?
People with low-income and those who cannot affored the high cost of internet.
Have they, and/or will they have, any impact on the digital divide?
Yes
These projects are mainly located in large areas of the UK such as Bath, Bristol and Essex.
Why have they been created?
They have been created to enable people to get wireless internet access with a low cost and so you don't need a license.
What groups do they serve and in what way?
People with low-income and those who cannot affored the high cost of internet.
Have they, and/or will they have, any impact on the digital divide?
Yes
1.4 Research your local community ICT access
In my home town, the groups that could beneift more from ICT are those with low income. However, there is a library which has free internet access. The library is in the town centre which is close to those in the area of low-income.
1.4 Research initiatives to fund the digital divide
Homeless activity
What is it's purpose?
To find out the impact of homeless people not having the internet and how it could change their lives.
How does it relate to the digital divide?
Because it involoves needing or wanting the internet.
Who are it's main target clients?
People who are homeless and people who may be interested in the digital divide.
What is it's purpose?
To find out the impact of homeless people not having the internet and how it could change their lives.
How does it relate to the digital divide?
Because it involoves needing or wanting the internet.
Who are it's main target clients?
People who are homeless and people who may be interested in the digital divide.
1.7 Compare search engines
Key:
Google
MSN
All the web
Lycos
Yahoo
Ask Jeeves
Hotbot
Web Fetch
How many results does each find? Are more or fewer results better?
I believe that fewer results are better because it gives it a more defined search and gets to the point of what your looking for and not just random sites.
5,130,000
9,560,000
28,500,000
Lycos has been blocked
38,600,000
1,880,000
Can't find how many results have been found
5
Is the results page easy to read?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Lycos has been blocked
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Is the results page clogged up with sponsers?
Google has three sponsers but they are at the right hand side, out of the way.
MSN has two sponsers which are out of the way on the right hand side of the page.
All the web has two sponsers which come before the rest of the searches.
Lycos has been blocked
Yahoo has one sponser which is to the left hand side of the page and out of the way
Ask Jeeves has three sponsers which come beofre the rest of the searches.
HotBot has two sponsers before the rest of the searches.
There are no sponsers.
MSN
All the web
Lycos
Yahoo
Ask Jeeves
Hotbot
Web Fetch
How many results does each find? Are more or fewer results better?
I believe that fewer results are better because it gives it a more defined search and gets to the point of what your looking for and not just random sites.
5,130,000
9,560,000
28,500,000
Lycos has been blocked
38,600,000
1,880,000
Can't find how many results have been found
5
Is the results page easy to read?
Yes
Yes
Yes
Lycos has been blocked
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Is the results page clogged up with sponsers?
Google has three sponsers but they are at the right hand side, out of the way.
MSN has two sponsers which are out of the way on the right hand side of the page.
All the web has two sponsers which come before the rest of the searches.
Lycos has been blocked
Yahoo has one sponser which is to the left hand side of the page and out of the way
Ask Jeeves has three sponsers which come beofre the rest of the searches.
HotBot has two sponsers before the rest of the searches.
There are no sponsers.
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