I know that SOS is just a way of signaling when somebody is in danger and needs help. I also know that the letters themsleves do not stand for anything, they just conventionally render the Morse code distress signal.
Nowadays, while searching the internet one might get distressed, too. Apart from useful inofrmation, the internet unfortunately contains a lot of garbage as well. That is why the specific search engines that are bound to redirect you to the links you might need are great time savers.
I would say that in my case, S.O.S. is actually an acronym of Specific Online Search.First of all, I would like to tell that google.com is the best search engine in my opinion. Whenever I google something I usually like what I get as a result. Besides, google has great Specialized Search, my favorite is google scholar.
Yet, it is good to be even more presice in your search. For this you need to know:
- what you are looking for;
- where exactly you can find this information;
- which is the best search engine that will help you.
What I am happy about is the fact that they will not go only to wikipedia now. I don't say that it is a bad site, just all the class, as a rule, comes with some information taken from that site. Now, there'll be more diversity. I hope.
Hi Vicky,
ReplyDeleteWhat a useful acronym indeed! I liked it! I might be using it in the future, quoting you of course.
Greetings!
Miguel.-
Hi Vicky!
ReplyDeleteI liked the actronym as well! Firstly, I would like to tell you that SOS means (at least as far as I know) Save Our Souls and it was used in the morse language when a ship was in danger... In order to be 100% sure though I will "google" it. Secondly, I will agree with you that Google is a very good and efficient search engine and it provides you with accurate results! However, this course is designed to provide us with as much "modern" information as possible, so it's really worth trying what they suggest.. I am not an expert... But I believe that when I finish this course I will have some "expertise"!! Nice "talking" to you!
Hi, guys!
ReplyDeleteThank you for your comments.
Miguel, you can definately use it, if it is of any help. I don't mind :) I'll be more than glad.
Georgia, I agree with you, we are here to get beyond google. I just said that this is one of the best search engines. Concerning SOS, as far as I know, 'save our soals' is the meaning assigned by people to these letters. Apart from this, there are such variants as 'save our ship', or 'send out succour'. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong.
Nice 'talking' to you too :)
You are right Vicky!! I googled it last night! It's not an acronym... Please forgive me...
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