Friday, November 7, 2008

Muddiest Point 11

I keep wondering about the spaces in HTML and XML--Why is it that some spaces between words can remain blank, while others must be occupied by an underscore, or other type of symbol?

Week 11 Notes

The Deep Web has about 500 times the amount of info as the surface web. This is so interesting, as most people are unaware of this, operating strictly on the surface level. Most search engines 'crawl' over the surface of the web picking out and ranking the most popular pages. Pages under the surface are virtually invisible to the web crawlers, as they do not have the requisite links that would ensure their popularity.

Crawler algorithms have a 'politeness delay' so that websites/pages aren't bombarded . 

Friday, October 24, 2008

Muddiest Point 10

Is there a limit to the number of meta tags that can be applied to a website? And, can the number of meta tags influence how a web page is ranked on Google?

Friday, October 17, 2008

Week 9 Muddiest Point

Is it easier for people to hack into "secure" wireless networks--as opposed to networks connected by physical Ethernet cables? And, does the method of transmission influence how a firewall is constructed?