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Finding primary sources

Finding primary sources

- You've created your list of questions to answer, now it's time to start developing your research. You may be surprised to learn that Google can be your most powerful tool to accomplish this goal. You see, Google is in the business of serving up the most reputable search results possible to audiences. They do this through a complex algorithm that considers the relevance, popularity, expertise, authority, and trustworthiness of a website. This means that the first page of search results will almost always have some helpful information for you to start with. Considering my list of questions that I put together in the previous lesson, I'm able to quickly discern some immediate queries that I want to search for in Google. I'm going to start with the history of e-commerce. I could also consider phrases like "e-commerce growth statistics", "e-commerce evolution", or "e-commerce revenue", and more. When researching an…

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