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Monthly Archives: July 2013
Jul
31
#4 of 5 Tips for Better Online Searching: intitle, inurl
Today’s helpful tip is on how to filter searches in another way — by a certain website title or address. If you put intitle: or allintitle” before terms then Google will look for those terms you list in the web address (properly known … Read More
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Jul
29
#3 of 5 Tricks for Better Online Searching: Filtering
Filtered search — that’s another of my favorite tricks to help you be a better searcher when using Google or another search engine. If you know that you want to search just one website, or you know the address of … Read More
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Jul
25
#2 of 5 Tricks for Better Online Searching: Complex Search Queries
So if you’re one of those who uses Google exclusively or as one of your top preference, here’s some help on using it to be a quicker, better and smarter searcher. Today’s tip: write complex search statements. Avoid just one or … Read More
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Jul
22
#1 of 5 Tricks for Better Searching Online: Use >1 Engine
The song Stuck_Like_Glue by Sugarland keeps running around in my head when I think about how people use search engines. Everyone is stuck on Google. That’s not bad, but Google should not be your only search engine, even if it is your … Read More
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Jul
19
How do you know what’s on ban.jo is true?
One of the new social media apps that has great promise for reporting is ban.jo, as outlined in the last post (below). But when touting her new product before an audience of investigative reporters at IRE last month, Jennifer Peck … Read More
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Jul
17
Follow breaking news on Ban.jo
A lot of the buzz at IRE was about the app ban.jo, which is a two-year old social media platform that combines Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Pinterest all together for quick review. It’s searchable and the best part — can … Read More
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