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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Jul 08

Five Resources to Help You Cover Ramadan

Some six to seven million Muslims live in the U.S. [according to CAIR] and many will observe the holy month of Ramadan, starting Tuesday.   The observance commemorates the month in which  Muhammad began to receive his revelations. It’s a … Read More

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Jul 02

Twitter lists help with sourcing and story ideas

I’m enamored with Twitter lists. I have a half dozen and I often make them when teaching an Internet research seminar. What’s so great about them? you can combine tweets on a topic or beat in one place the tweets … Read More

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