| Using the Internet as an Educational
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| | information on the costs associated with
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| Resource The internet is awash with
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| | hiring a plumber. With a directory they
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| information. Whether you are looking for
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| | could have a main category called
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| information on cars or tin can
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| | "Plumbers" and then sub-categories such
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| production, you can be sure that there is
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| | as "trade information", "plumbers in New
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| a website which caters to your every
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| | York" and "Information on Choosing a
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| need. Unlike the offline world, media
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| | Plumber". This therefore makes it much
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| outlets can cater for much smaller niches
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| | easier for a directory user to navigate
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| online. Because everyone from around the
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| | to the information they require than it
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| world can use the internet, coupled with
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| | does for a search engine user. With a
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| the low cost of internet publishing, it
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| | directory a human editor will be able to
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| is perfectly feasible for information to
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| | remove SPAM and unhelpful content from
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| be written on a wide variety of subjects
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| | their directory and therefore ensure that
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| which do not cater for the masses. Online
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| | users will only be offered web pages that
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| search engines and directories also make
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| | are genuinely helpful in yielding the
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| finding information online much easier.
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| | results they require. When someone is
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| Through using a search engine such as
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| | looking for educational resources then
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| Google or Yahoo you can perform a search
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| | they do not want to be presented with
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| for a page that contains a keyword or
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| | options from companies that are looking
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| phrase that is relevant to the
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| | to sell services, nor do they want to be
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| information that you are looking for. The
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| | manipulated into thinking they are
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| search engine will then present a list of
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| | getting information for free, then being
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| pages that are sorted by the relevance of
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| | asked to pay for it at the last minute.
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| the pages to the search query that you
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| | Such manipulative approaches to
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| entered. Directories are also a useful
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| | information retrieval plague the web in
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| resource for finding information, because
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| | some respects; however that is not to say
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| instead of finding information that is
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| | there should not be a way for media
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| sorted by an algorithm and gathered by a
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| | companies to earn revenue from sharing
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| web crawler, you can benefit from the
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| | information. However, options such as
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| human touch. A directory can often be
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| | clearly starting that there is a cost
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| more helpful, because human perception is
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| | associated with viewing the content, or
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| often much better at understanding user
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| | alternatively placing adverts along-side
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| intent than an algorithm. An example of
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| | (but clearly separated from) content are
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| this is that if someone typed in
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| | also a great way to allow information
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| "plumber" into a search engine, then the
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| | sharing as part of a viable business
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| search engine will have no means of
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| | model. With the evolution of the
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| knowing if the person requires trade
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| | internet, viewing educational resources
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| information for plumbers, a list of
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| | online will only get easier and more
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| plumbers in their local area or
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| | intuitive towards user demands.
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