Blog Post #6

We pages offer a variety of useful information in a number of ways, but a very reliable way is to look for a high ranking in SERPS, or search engine return pages.
Imagine you're looking up a certain subject and created a website for that subject. As a result, you've just created it and it's brand new and thus not listed on any SERPS yet so then you must submit your site to search engine such as Google or Yahoo.com. Include exciting information and photos and various links, other website footnotes on your website to guide new visitors to your site to other resources available to them. Even though you may have a lot of information, you're site won't appear as the top search thus they will be taken to inferior websites.
Search engines are very successful because of one secret, if they provide a user link to the best web sites related to your particular topic. If your site is the best source for that particular topic, it will really help search engines to list your website high on the SERP systems. The key is to find a way to show search engines that your site belongs in the top search profiles.
The key to this is through search engine optimization, or SEO, which is a collection of various ways and techniques that a webmaster can have access to to improve the SERPs on your site.
Two SEO are very handy:
The white hat and the black hat techniques
Strong content for your site is also a key to top search results. Content can make your site very high in SERP. However, there is no guarantee and a long wait for confirmation. Web advsetisements for products means more visitors and more money. Large companies spend lots of money on SEO consultants. It depends on how your engines work, legitimate methods include keywords, relevant words regardign your website and also use spiders and crawlers to search and analyze web pages They read sites according to terms and important sections. Keywords make all the difference, but be sure to include the title of your web page, place keywords in headers as section titles, and avoid spam when keywords are overused and use link anaylsis, a technique that allows you to determine website quality and how many links are in question. Keyword stuffing and invisible text cheat sites into ranking your higher than others

Kevin Bruehl

Blog Post #5

For my next blog, I will choose two internet sources for my chosen topic and compare the two, how one is better than the other and how you can reject them based on subtle differences.

We need to find who authorized the site, what their authority on it is, who published it, what's their authority on it, the purpose of the site, motives for publishing the site, who the intended audience is, and what the objective of the site is, is it treated fairly.

http://www.greekmythology.com/

http://www.theoi.com/

The first site is more of a "sell to students" type website that prays to those who need free essays, research papers, college essays, school essays. It is purely a commercial use website.

The first website treats the subject as more of a commercial site,and is more of a website with no authorized user, no name of a professional. With that then, there is no authorized user and thus no one who really published it. The purpose of this site is more a cheat sheet to students, offering them to pay for research papers made about Greek mythology. The intended audience is more those who haven't done any research on their own and need a quick paper to turn in without any research. Desperate people, especially students. The motive for publishing the site is to cheat college students out of learning on their own. As a result, it's not treated fairly.

The 2nd site however, though it isn't .com, is an educational site, created by Aaron J. Atsma as a certified user, and publisher, hence the Theoi Project title and in association with Amazon, a certified site, though a profit making one. Though there is no info on the creator of the site, there is a certified bibliography on site for educational purposes, which is the main objective of this site. The intended audience is those who love classic mythology, hence the style of the page, and who love researching this stuff, especially those interested in Greek mythology. The site is treated very fairly as a result.


Atsma, Aaron J. The Theoi Project : Greek Mythology, Auckland, New Zealand. Website copyright © 2000–2008

Blog Post #4

For both of my topics, if I were to use a newspaper as my offical source, I would use the LA Times review section of recently released movies, even taking a look at the box office results in the newspaper. If I were to use a newspaper for my topic, I would find the film review sections on the front page, but if I were looking for Greek mythology, the newspaper carries a museum events calnedar of events, usually dealing wuith museums and exhibit reviews, some dealing with Greek art via the Getty Center or Villa. The newspaper would carry a small snippet of mythology that may be associated with a particular piece of Greek artwork.
If my topic would be in books, any information on it that is, books would carry a broad subject of Mythology, several books deal with this concept alone, dealing with mythology in a lot of cultures ranging from Roman, Greek, Asian, etc. In books, I would find detailed, gathered information about ancient historical figures, classic heroes, epics, literature, actual recorded text from their respective time periods from certified experts in the field of ancient cultures, from history majors, university professors, people also interested in your particular topic, etc.
If you were to look for your particular topic in blogs, you would get personal opinion, not much historical references, mostly research that the person who owns the blog gathered themselves off the internet from professional sources. Blogs would usually be certified by professionals who post it mainly as educational purposes, could be certified by historical documents collected, that would include detailed info gathered on certain subjects in history, documented texts that existed at the time, and images and artwork associated with that particular person.

The most important information these cites offer include:
TV, Radio and Internet news sites report basic facts of a particular subject or event.
News media also includes professional and expert opinion.
Magazines publish analysis of the cause of the event or subject in question.
Social networking cites, in this case, blogs and chat rooms, feature discussion of facts and opinions mostly. As a result, all of the information found here are in a state of bias opinion.
Academics and experts in different fields begin research and experiments and studyign various aspects of a particular topic. These usually appear in scholarly journals, though it is more focused on analysis. Scholars often summarize their findings in books, according to the website <http://www.lib.uci.edu/how/tutorials/LibraryWorkshop/info_6.html>

General facts and overviews of a topic appear in print and online references such as encyclopedias, textbooks and dictionaries. >

Basic facts and overviews for reference material, interviews and details, editorials or opinions in newspapers amd magazines, books cover background and in-depth information, and academic articles have scholarly research and analysis
blog - facts and details at the time of event or topic
encyclopedia - analysis of trends because of topic
books - opinions about different aspects of topic
scholarly article - in depth info and historical analysis of topic
newspaper - definition and overview of event, key people involved

Kevin Bruehl

Blog Post #3

My research question is is actually now based off my research and my chosen topic of mythology.

One of my research questions is: Who is Greek mythology's most famous heroes and why?

Another optional research topic I chose is in the current trend of comic book/superhero movies and the question is: A review of comic book and superhero movies and how they are made. So in other words, How are comic book/superhero movies made? This is not the only research question that came to mind though, as I am still debating a certain question, however, this was one of a few I had considered.

My process for selecting these research questions came about by researching ancient Greek mythology and thinking to myself, there are so many famous Greek heroes and gods, who is the most famous one? I instantly thought about Achilles and Hercules, how both are ancient literary and epic heroes. I was always fascinated by Greek myths, creatures and tales I used to hear at the museums, stuff I read as a kid. All of the movies I've seen dealing with Greek mythology, from Hercules, Clash of the Titans, the remake of Clash of the Titans, video games like God of War, and so many others. I had seen this stuff so many times as a kid and just fell in love with it. The same thing with superheroes. I bet almost every kid on the planet growing up saw Spider-Man or Batman for the first time and thought to themselves, "I want to be a superhero." It's a huge trend in movies and among kids these days, when actually it's been that way ever since Superman was first created in 1938. Superheroes define true American values that we all hold dear to, and they keep making them into movies that do so well at the box office.

This concept came to me recently after seeing another addition to the superhero genre, Kick-A**, a real life comedic and violent approach to the superhero world, taking the turn of what would actually happen if someone were to become a superhero in real life.

Out of both of these topic, I think they are both very good because Greek mythology is a favorite topic of mine personally and plus I know both of these topics a very good deal, I have intimate knowledge of mythology, especially Greek and loads of trivia and behind-the-scenes looks at how movies are made. Plus these topics are interesting to me, they are both about enough information so as not to overwhelm too many people, why Greek mythology may seem large, narrowing to a single figure will do, plus both topics are very broad in scope, as many forms of media have been made on both topics and both are good forms of literature.

according to the website , a good topic is made with these in mind:

• It interests you! You'll enjoy it and do a better job.
• It meets the requirements of your assignment.
• It’s broad enough to give you several search options.
• It’s focused enough that you’re not overwhelmed with information.

This is what makes good research papers.

Kevin Bruehl

How can you focus your topic and create a research question?

• Continue background reading (e.g. using CredoReference or a search engine like Google) to identify a specific aspect of interest
• Turn that narrowed focus into a researchable question by asking How, Who, What, When, or Why
• Re-visit the Begin Your Research tutorial to walk through the steps of creating a research question

Instructions for your blog post:

1. What is your research question?
2. What was your process for selecting this research question?
3. Why do you think this is a good topic? (Hint: The Begin Your Research tutorial discusses what makes a “good” topic)

The topic I have chose is one of two actually, mythology and the supernatural. Both are Encyclopedic entries.

Mythology:

Wilkinson, Philip. Philip, Neil. Mythology. Eyewitness Companions, English 1st American Edition. London, New York, NY: DK Publishing, Copyright 2007

This is an example of many possible sources, more to come, and how to cite them for educational purposes for those unfamiliar with source citations and research.

This encyclopedia was very helpful with my topic, as it involved the whole broad aspect of mythology, mythology from different races and religions, but mostly it helped me to find Greek mythology, which is my favorite because of the legendary heroes and mythical creatures that they fight. They are the first major epics ever told and Greek made them heroes that when we were kids, we grew up with them and loved them for everything, strength, courage, them getting the girl in the end, and a happy ending. This book really helped me learn more about Greek mythology, more so classic Greek mythology involving famous stories. I have only been familiar with the narrow aspects of Greek and Roman mythology, but this book helped me narrow my topic to Greek mythology, my favorite mythology, as well as educate me on mythology on other religions and races, as stated before, helping me learn more about classic mythology, especially in Greek times.

Blog Post #1 ID130 Myself

I decided to take ID 130 because I thought it was associated with research papers, so I though I would get myself reaquainted with research papers, which I haven't done in a while. I could say that I took if becasue I needed one more unit, but then again that's why everyone else probably took the class, hahahaha. What I hope to learn by the end of the course is to make a more advanced research paper than previous papers, with more sources and more core related websites and books. I hope to get myself more motivated this time around to find more sources than previous attempts. Doing research can be very time consuming and frustrating, but can also be very fun. The fun comes from what you're researching, what are you interested in by that assigned topic, because everyone has an interest, what's yours? Try to make it more about what you learned and how to tell it like a story, like my research paper on the ancient gods of Egpyt. I love ancient mythology, that was the fun for me, so I took the research in a more fun way because I love learning about the gods and ancient creatures. My experience depends on what I'm researching, that way you can pour your heart into it because you love your topic and want to get your point across, the fun lies in the final presemntation, showing people how cool your topic and research is, making them interested in looking up that topic themselves, making them motivated to learn what you learned.