Super Searcher Tips - Computers in Libraries

Mary Ellen BatesBatesInfo.com

Computers in LibrariesApril 7, 2014

Super Searcher Tips

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Private search

Motherpipe.comBased on BingTwitter results, tooServers in GermanyTwitter search results differ b/t .com and

.co.uk

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Millionshort.com

Long-tail researchEliminates top 100 to 1 million sitesCatches less-SEO’d sites

See also MillionTall.com: only top sites

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Hydraulic frackingen.wikipedia.org fr.wikipedia.org

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Social-Searcher.com

Facebook, Twitter, Google+

Can limit by # of likes/retweets/+1s

Cool analyticssentiment, type of post, keywords, mostpopular

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Twitter improves search

New search filtersin SRP!

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Hashtagify.me

Find related hashtags on Twitter!

Find top “influencers”

See popularity trends

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User specialization for this hashtag

Use Pocket while searching

Browser extension

1-click saves pages, w/ tags, in the cloud

View “clean” version of page

Export archive as HTML list

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Google Scholar Library

Save your cites in one place

Add labels to sort

Set up atscholar.google.com/citations?view_op=library_setup

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Searchonymous

Anonymous Google while logged in

FF add-on

Glitch re: its “anonym” banner

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Find lists with Google’s ..Use number range for listicles

“top 10..30 tips” keyword

“best 50..100 companies” keyword

Good starting place, but dig deeper

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Google Maps Gallery

Maps.google.com/gallery

Browse or searchWorld Bank, Census, PolicyMap, etc.

“Add your org’s maps”

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Google Autocomplete

Find alternatives to a product/service

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Google’s new site info card

Learn more about web site beforegoing to it. Look for grey next tokeyword

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Google Images has CC filters

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Google’s Media Tools

Great way to “package” tools

By how searchers use them

Can you do this?

google.com/get/mediatools

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Google hack for job search

Find jobs listed only on co’s web site

site:taleo.net intitle:careerkeyword(s)

But note Google glitch

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site:taleo.net intitle:career librarian

49 hits

site:taleo.net intitle:careers librarian

57 hits

site:taleo.net (intitle:career ORintitle:careers)librarian

225 hits!

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Mary Ellen Bates

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