Chris Nolan Lecture

The lecture given on Tuesday by Chris Nolan regarding Internet search engines was very educational. I learned several things about Google that I didn’t previously know. I already knew that Google is the most popular search engine; however, I did not know exactly why. Mr. Nolan explained that Google is so popular because it is incredibly easy use and searches for the most relevant information regarding whatever someone might search for. Google ranks the results of a search by looking for key words in documents and document titles as well as by evaluating how many times other people have clicked on that specific link. One thing that surprised me about Google is that you can change the language of the site to made up languages such as pig Latin and pirate talk. Overall the lecture was informative and enjoyable.