Search and the World Wide Web
Course
offered at UW, Bothell by Sandeep Krishnamurthy, Summer 2006
COURSE DETAILS
LINKS WORTH EXPLORING
Beginner’s Guide to Search Engine
Optimization
Original Introduction
to PageRank
Search
Engine: Technology, Society and Business Class from UC, Berkeley (Graduate
Student Version- Recommended)
Blog Data Analysis
Class (Advanced)
CLASS BLOG POLICY
The class
blog is http://searchweb2006.blogspot.com.
I expect you to post relevant matter to the class blog. Expected content rate- 500-1000 words/week. Don’t just
post interesting links (which are welcome), tell us what your professional opinion of them are.
Blog
participation=20% of grade.
1-Tuesday,
To-do
List (10% of your grade)
2.
Sign up for Class Blog through invitation process.
3.
Create rudimentary web site on http://students.washington.edu.
Use web
site design document.
4.
Enable web stats using Catalyst’s SimpleSite.
2-Thursday,
Focus- Become an Advanced Searcher
To-do
List
Advanced
Search Guide (Read and practice)
The
Google Drill (will show up on Thursday- 10%
of your grade)
Search
Engine Optimization- I
Lecture
on Search Engine Basics and Page Rank.
3-Tuesday,
To-do
List
Google, My Way
(15% of your grade)
Initiate
planning for your blog.
4-Thursday,
To-do
List
Start work
on your blog.
5-Tuesday,
6-Thursday,
To-do
List
Mapping
Google’s Competition Project (15% of grade)
7-
To-Do
List
Search Word
Inventory Analysis Project (15% of grade)
8-
To-Do
List
Search
Engine Optimization- II (10% of grade)
9-
Final
Presentations (15% of grade)
STUDENT HOME PAGES
STUDENT BLOGS
Hurricane
Katrina Relief and Aid
The Official
Nathan MacDonald Fan Site
Jimi Hendrix -
the Voodoo Child behind the Purple Haze
Bruce Lee-
The Greatest Fighter of All Time