Module 4: Evaluating The Web Task

Internet Tools for the Advanced Searcher
http://www.philb.com/adint.htm
Phil Bradley, last updated January 2005
(accessed May 22, 2007)

Phil Bradley's website provides us with an excellent resource of information. It's overall purpose is to help and guide us into furthering our advanced net skills. The main subjects discussed in this site is focused on Search Engines, how to find them, how to use them, how they work and the different kinds there is and in general how to maximise the most effective ways of using them.The site in itself is set out quite clear providing 'snapshots' on alot of the links and it's relaxed clean look makes it appealing to the eye. He provides us with search categories which include virtual libraries, weblogs, intelligent agents and the techniques used for each. Each topic is described in alot of detail. He also steers us in the directions to take when utilizing these search tools. The links provided for each topic blend well with the topic header and the information is therefore very viable... the site is mostly text based and also provides us with a host of external links to explore other topics that may be of interest.This page was last updated January 2005 with the main page last being updated February 2006 so the information is still valid and of great use and on par with today's search tools. Phil Bradley is an Internet Consultant and information specialist who writes various articles and publications. He is a speaker at conferences and can run courses for students and staff on Internet related Topics. He always designs websites and is a Search Engine Optimizer and travels around the world frequently.


In future i would use my own snapshot of the site to refer back to because it's familiar to me because i have visited the site before and got to know it fairly well, also in my Bookmark it is easily accessible.
For external users i more think my annotation would be a more appropriate source of reference because in one small chunk of information i have described the website, it's features, my thoughts on how useful i have found it and the basic contents in it and i have provided a link to the site as well as some background information on it's author.