Website purpose Task 1: Write about the most popular websites, their type and features

3. Dedicated server hosting - a type of Internet hosting in which the client leases an entire server not shared with anyone else. This is more flexible than shared hosting, as organizations have full control over the server(s), including choice of operating system, hardware, etc. There is also another level of dedicated or managed hosting commonly referred to as complex managed hosting.


LESSON 22


THEME: Search engine: The history of searching.
Task 1: Find out more information about Metasearch engines. Write about them.
A metasearch engine (or search aggregator) is an online information retrieval tool that uses the data of a web search engine to produce its own results. Metasearch engines take input from a user and immediately query search engines for results. Sufficient data is gathered, ranked, and presented to the users. Problems such as spamming reduces the accuracy and precision of results. The process of fusion aims to improve the engineering of a metasearch engine. Here is a list of some of the best Meta Search Engines, on the Internet, that can be used as Google alternatives. ... Nowadays, search engines have evolved dramatically. Earlier, we had Google, Bing, and Yahoo to search and get specific information. These do not perform well when it comes to the knowledge graph and some other smart features. But, now, you can find various alternative search engines as well as metasearch engines.
LESSON 23
THEME: Search engines: Google versus Yandex.


Task 1: Write about about 10 best search engines.


1.DuckDuckGo
2.Bing
3. Yahoo!
4. Google Search
5. Yandex
6. Baidu
7. Startpage
8. AOL
9. Ecosia
10. WolframAlpha

LESSON 24

THEME: Online encyclopedia: Wikipedia and Britanica


Task 1: Wikipedia vs Britannica: Compare them and write your ideas about Both Encyclopedia.


The articles in Britannica are written by authors both identifiable and credible. ... Wikipedia is "written collaboratively by volunteers from all around the world" and relies on the collective wisdom of its volunteers to get the facts right and to balance the opinions expressed. Wikipedia scored highest on all criteria except readability, and the authors concluded that Wikipedia is as good as or better than Britannica and a standard textbook. Wikipedia is a sea of information that is being contributed by readers present in all parts of the world, and the content on the site is growing by the minute. Encyclopedias are literary works that are definitive and authoritative, which cannot be said about Wikipedia.