Blog 6 part 2

Reading Response
Dvorak, John C. “A Threat to Web Search.” PC Magazine 26 (2007).
Summary
In the article, “A Threat to Web Search” states about future tasks that search engines plan to do. It says that the search engines, later along the way might file information according to which search engine pays the most money, not by the site that supplies the most accurate information. This is what people predicted will happen later to come. Google is the most neutral site, it does not alter the sites, it orders them by the site the provides the best information. Finally it talks about how people want net neutrality. Now that aspect was discussed, people need to think about search neutrality.
Importance
This article, is very important for students and anyone else that plans on doing any type of research now or in the near future. Search engines may change and people need to be more careful while researching a topic. After reading the article, “A Threat to Web Search”, I have come to the conclusion that Google is one of the best search engines to use, as of now. If the search engines begin posting information in this way it will twist information that people are trying to research about. Soon, supposing that this will come into affect, the Google, Wikipedia, and any other search engine will be albe to use for accurate information. People will have to depend on other sources, such as online libraries or books. The convince of looking things up in your own home and not dirving somewhere will now be eliminated. These large search engines need not to think of themselves alone, but the interest of the people considering that is who uses the data bases.
Connections
This article pertains to topics that have been discussed in mostly all of my classes when I had a major research paper to do. I would connect it to my last semester English class, we had a research paper and the each student was only allowed one internet source. The other five sources need to come from the library or the online library. My teacher did this to make sure that the information that we found was scholarly. She did not want the paper to be opinionated, rather factual. This also connects to my career path, one day I will have to research information and write a paper before I can graduate. Now, if I were to research something and the information did not come from a reputable site I could possibly not get my degree. This is why it is very important to know where the information is coming from and maybe keep researching and not stop after the first time, to make sure the information found is correct.
Supporting Sources
I could use this article because it talks about how information will be ordered, not by correct information, but by, which search engines pays the most money to be on the top. And as of now Google is neutral, but can change at anytime. For the most part this article supports my paper, but this would not be the only source that I will use.
Argument Source
I think that this author well discusses his topic, although I think that he could have gone in to greater explanation. He needed to explain more on other search engines besides Google.