The following information and results were obtained for the search on "Computer Graphics".

Below are the reasons for using this search engine.

• Yahoo has eleven international sites that can be accessed to let you get information for that area. (for example if you wanted australian sites with info, you would go to the australian Yahoo site)
  
• Yahoo was the very first search engine that I ever used, so I feel more comforable using it.
  
• Its very easy to use, you can search or you can just use it like a VL. (using views)
  

• For the following searches in Yahoo I did the following first:
  I went to the Yahoo site and followed the "option" link.
  Once I was in the option page I selected "Yahoo", my search method was "An exact phrase match", my search area was "Web Sites", and I was only finding new listings added during the past "6 months", as these sites would more than likely still be up & running.
  
  • So for my search I entered in "Computer Graphics", then pressed the search button, and here are my results.
    
  • I decided to do another search on VRML as it is a topic within "Computer Graphics"
    So my search was on t:VRML and here are my results.
    
  • I decided to do another search on Virtual Reality as it was also a topic within "Computer Graphics"
    So my search was "Virtual Reality" and here are my results.
    
  • I decided to do another one on OpenGL graphics as I felt that this was a topic within "Computer Graphics"
    I changed the option that says "find new listings within 6 months" to "3 years" as the result with the 6 months option was only 4 hits.
    So my search was t:OpenGL and here are my results.
    
  
  
• I also did the following to search for stuff on "Computer Graphics".
  
  I just simply followed the index.
  
  • I went to the "Computers and Internet" link, then to "Graphics", and there I had all of the topics or categories I needed to look for stuff on "Computer Graphics".
    There was "Clip art", "3D", "VRML", "Virtual Reality", "Computer Animation", and lots of others.
    Go here to see my result.
    
  • I went to the "Computers and Internet" link, then to "Graphics", then to "3D", then "software"
    Go here to see my result.
    It gave me a good idea of what to have in my VL.

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• Its easy to use, you can search or use it just like a VL. (using views)
  

• So for my search I entered in title:"Computer Graphics", then pressed the seek button, and here are my results.
  
• I decided to do a search on VRML as it is a topic within "Computer Graphics"
  So my search was title:VRML and here are my results.
  
• I decided to do another search on VRML as the previous result was to large.
  So my search was title:VRML | internet and here are my results.
  
• I did a search on Virtual Reality as it was also a topic within "Computer Graphics"
  So my search was title:Virtual Reality | Computer Graphics | VR and here are my results.
  
• I decided to do another one on Clip art as I felt that this was a topic within "Computer Graphics"
  So my search was title:Clip Art | pictures and here are my results.
  
• I also did the following to search for stuff on "Computer Graphics".
  
  I did a search on Computer Graphics, and from that search I went to a "Computer Graphics" link which was under the "Related Topics"menu on the left-hand side of the window.
  In the link I followed there were links to Computer Graphic related stuff, also I could have went down another directory structure in the view.
  Go here to see what I got.

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• To limit my search I went to the Australian AltaVista Search site. I also only used the advanced Search page, which looked like this
  
• So for my search I did the following
  • My first search was just on Computer Graphics.
    Selection Criteria: title:"Computer Graphics"
    Results Ranking Criteria: pictures
    and there was no dates entered into the search.
    I then pressed the Submit Advanced Query button, and here are my results.
    
  • I decided to do a search on VRML as it is a topic within "Computer Graphics"
    So my search was
    Selection Criteria: title:VRML
    Results Ranking Criteria: VRML
    A start date had to be entered because I had in excess of 30000 hits for no dates.
    So after I placed a start date of 30/july/97
    I got a result that looked like this
    
  • I decided to do another search but this time it was on OpenGL Graphics.
    So my search was Selection Criteria: title:OpenGL
    Results Ranking Criteria: 3D
    A start date had to be entered because I had in excess of 1000 hits for no dates.
    This start date helps reduce the number of incorrect or out of date sites.
    So after I placed a start date of 30/july/97
    here are my results.
    
  • I did a search on Virtual Reality as it was also a topic within "Computer Graphics"
    So my search was
    Selection Criteria: title:"Virtual Reality"
    Results Ranking Criteria: 3D
    I also had a start date of 30/july/97
    here are my results.
    
  • I decided to do another one on Clip Art as I felt that this was a topic within "Computer Graphics"
    So my search was
    Selection Criteria: title:"Clip Art"
    Results Ranking Criteria: pictures
    The start date was 30/july/97
    here are my results.
    

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