Research by using LexisNexis

INFO 435 - Lab 3 - LexisNexis

Section 1 - Cover Sheet

Company : GOOGLE INC

Name (Your name

Tools /s Searched : LexisNexis Academic General and News

Recommendations : If using LexisNexis academic to carry out research on Google , it is better to use the general ' tab since it returns more results and a higher percentage of relevant results . The news ' tab can be used every couple of months to check for any latest updates However , since most of the results in news ' search are repeated in the general ' search , it is by far the

better option . Avoid using overly general search terms such as google . Google being a leader in search engines , it would help to understand what makes Google 's search the best . Hence the best search keywords are Google strength ' and Google business model

Section 2 - Search Terms Comparison Chart

General News

Search string /term 1

Google Not very successful . Results too generic Not very successful Returned more than 3000 searches . The most relevant 998 displayed were too generic

Search string /term 1

Google growth Results not relevant . Mostly financial news Only 24 hits in the last 3 months range . Mostly Financial . Not relevant

Search string /term 3

Google strength 25 relevant results in last 2 years range . Expanding search to include all dates gives up to 50 relevant results No results in 3 months range . Expanding search to include previous five years resulted in 10 hits relevant

Search string /term 4

Google Business Model About 25 relevant results , results become...