Altering Google For The Purpose Of Coursework (Part II)

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I wrote a few weeks ago about altering google for the purpose of coursework and last week I submitted that piece of coursework. The reference I used looked like this:


www.google.com (2004) Google: Perfect Pop Song Length [online] Available from http://www.google.com/search?q=perfect+pop+song+length [Accessed 26 April 2004]

Nobody pointed out that the reference should really point to the website, and not to the search engine that found it. Nobody even asked what website the search engine was pointing too. Google was seen to be the providing of my information, not some unqualified blogger.

I should say at this point, that I only used this method to back up something that is already generally held as true (that the best pop songs are around 2:30 to 3:30 minutes in length) but is not referenced anywhere. This fact was also not the hinge of my argument, it was merely supplementary evidence to prove that things can be effective because they are short (TV adverts, random speeches and psychological studies were other ones).

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Your Comments

Mr.Moony

Walley, please explain how to change this absoloute pants skin please.

Sheepie

http://iamsparticus.co.uk/design/

Sheepie

Forgot the quotes in the a-tag. Ah well.

The votey-thing goes wonky in the purple lines skin.

Sparticus

Oh yes, bug fixing time me thinks.


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