Mary Ellen BatesBatesInfo.com
Computers in LibrariesApril 7, 2014
Super Searcher Tips
Tweeting this?
#CILDC
@mebs
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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
303.772.7095
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Twitter: @mebs
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