Wrangling the Web
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Agenda
• GoogleAlerts• What’s a query?
• Feed.ly• What’s RSS? Folders?
• TweetDeck• What’s a hashtag? List?
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Google Alerts - Queries
• Find out what’s being said about:• Policy or keywords• Person or developing news story
• General queries – use ‘summary’ or ‘as-it-happens’
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Google Alerts – Nice Stems!
• Multiple words: + → Ontario + Accessibility– “” -> “Accessibility Ontario”
• Synonyms: ~ → ~food → recipe, yumminess, etc.– OR -> book OR toy → (book OR toy) shop
• Exclude: - → “Star Wars” -“JarJar Binks” – entire URL → -site:twitter.com– + also shuts ‘stemming’ off
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Really Simple Syndication (RSS)
3 Key Features:
•Eliminates ‘manual’ look-ups• Blogs, news sites, alerts, pages
• Skim-able summaries• Headlines, read-in, click-through
•Organization• Folders, sorting, labels
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RSS – Feed.ly
• Google Reader functionality• Free • Keyboard shortcuts • Tags
• More attractive • Magazine-like • Easier adds• Easier social sharing
Others’ Lists = Less work
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• Create or Subscribe• Separates content by theme, region, genre, etc.
• More discreet• Not required to ‘follow’ • Private lists
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Twitter Dashboards
3 Key Features:
•Eliminates infinite .com scroll• Customized columns
• Powerful filters• Passive aggressive un-follow alt
•Organization• Scheduled publishing
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Dashboard – TweetDeck
• HootSuite Functionality• Free • Multi-accounts • Download or use browser
• Easier than HootSuite• One window (not tabbed)• Less overwhelming (IMHO)• Twitter-owned (& killed apps)