My Search Results Website
Assignment #1
Mary Hammond
MNGT 337
Topic: Tanning Beds
For this assignment, my topic involves the use of tanning beds. This is relevant to me, because I am going on a trip to the Bahamas in May and I am concerned about my skins getting burned while I am on vacation. I want to research to see if tanning beds are effective as well as necessary. I also would like to learn about whether tanning beds have short or long term problems that could affect my health in the future. This extensive research will help me to better make the decision of whether to go tanning. The research will also give me the names and locations of specific places to go tanning.
Search Engines
1. Google
2. MSN
3. Netscape
4. Yahoo
5. Excite
6. AOL
7. Hotbot
8. WebCrawler
Final Results
After performing extensive research of the above eight search engines, I realized that tanning beds are a huge fad in the United States today. Because of the great amount of women concerned with their physical attributes, they believe that tanning makes them more appealing and physically attractive. I even have a friend who has a tanning bed in her basement. Although it is sad to think this, it seems that the phrase "everybody is doing it" is becoming exceedingly obvious, regarding tanning, among women especially during the winter months.
After reviewing the facts and the long term effects of tanning, I have learned that it would be in my best interest not to go tanning. Although being tan now, could prevent me from being burnt on my vacation, the long term effects of tanning could be life threatening. You can get skin cancer extremely easily even from the UV rays that the body takes in during the summer time. There are also radiation issues that can cause detrimental problems to the body. Skin companies have tried their best to prevent the fad of "going tanning" by developing a new and improved lotion. If applied according to the directions, allows the body to become tan over a certain period of time without long term effects. I am going to use this lotion, instead of risking my health at a later period in my life. If I do eventually decide to go tanning a couple days before departure of my trip, I have a great amount of tanning facilities in the Towson area.
This assignment allowed me to learn about some new search engines that I did not know existed. Now I have an increased knowledge of specific search engines that can provide me with beneficial information when researching in the future. I am glad that I was able to learn the positive and negatives of each search engine so that I know which ones to use when I am in need of assistance.