4-27+Search+1st+Period

=4-27 How We Search 1st Period= Remember that anyone in your group can edit this page and make it more "accurate" or "incorrect". Only one person can edit this page at a time so don't all go to the lab and try to write this page at once. However, the final answer to your question should be the result of every group member's input. You can use the discussion tab to help come to a consensus on what should be your final result below. Do not write the answer as a group and then post the answer here. All edits, revisions and changes of opinion should occur on this page.

QUESTION:
How different is Banana Slug from Google?

**ANSWER:**
Banana Slug is like a hybrid between the service "StumbleUpon" and Google. It seems like a much less straightforward approach to finding the answer to a question - what would throwing in a random word do except pull the search off track? However, if we consider the Internet as our main medium of information-gathering, a bit of randomness that Banana Slug offers can help keep things surprising and new. The theory is that the sources in the last pages of a Google search that are rarely ever noticed might actually be more useful than its placement gives it credit. This concept encourages a sense of creativity that is usually not required for other search engines. This stimulates a deeper thought process, steering us away from the notion that Google is making us stupid.