Super Searcher Shares: Search Tips Spectacular! Mary Ellen Bates BatesInfo.com

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The Big Three

Google Translated Search Translates your search words Results translated into your language google.com/translate_s

Translates your search words

Results translated into your language

google.com/translate_s

Improved timelines Creates a readable page Easy to scan, identify trends news.google.com/archivesearch

Creates a readable page

Easy to scan, identify trends

news.google.com/archivesearch

Graphing the news Google Trends Charts frequency of words searched and words in the news Charts over time and geographically Good for IDing key moments www.google.com/trends

Google Trends

Charts frequency of words searched and words in the news

Charts over time and geographically

Good for IDing key moments

www.google.com/trends

Yahoo's SearchAssist On search results page, look for Displays similar and related concepts, narrower phrases

On search results page, look for

Displays similar and related concepts, narrower phrases

Yahoo's [Brackets] Enclose two words in brackets Retrieves words in that order but not necessarily a phrase [subprime crisis] retrieves "subprime mortgage crisis", "subprime lending crisis" "the subprime mortgage industry is in crisis right now”

Enclose two words in brackets

Retrieves words in that order but not necessarily a phrase

[subprime crisis] retrieves "subprime mortgage crisis", "subprime lending crisis" "the subprime mortgage industry is in crisis right now”

Yahoo Glue Blended search results Handles different types of information well in.search.yahoo.com

Blended search results

Handles different types of information well

in.search.yahoo.com

Live.com's product reviews Search for a specific brand Compiles reviews from other sources Great for tracking buzz search.live.com

Search for a specific brand

Compiles reviews from other sources

Great for tracking buzz

search.live.com

I'd prefer this… Search.live.com Add prefer: word to query Ranks these search results higher

Search.live.com

Add prefer: word to query

Ranks these search results higher

Other search engines

Searchme.com Amazing user interface Decent clustering Easy to share sites with others Still beta no help or advanced search

Amazing user interface

Decent clustering

Easy to share sites with others

Still beta

no help or advanced search

Powerset.com Another sense-making search engine Works only on Wikipedia Good for extracting data Check out its "Factz" Recently bought by Microsoft

Another sense-making search engine

Works only on Wikipedia

Good for extracting data

Check out its "Factz"

Recently bought by Microsoft

SearchCrystal.com Meta-search engine on steroids Compare search queries! Shows overlap between terms

Meta-search engine on steroids

Compare search queries!

Shows overlap between terms

Carrot2. org Clustering on demand with a choice of sorting algorithms and a choice of search engines Default is a meta-search engine Can select other options

Clustering on demand

with a choice of sorting algorithms

and a choice of search engines

Default is a meta-search engine

Can select other options

Silobreaker.com Visualizing the news See relationships b/t people Emerging industry trends ID unexpected relationships

Visualizing the news

See relationships b/t people

Emerging industry trends

ID unexpected relationships

Searchcloud.net Beta search engine Data viz you can care about Weight your search terms! Display in grid or traditional

Beta search engine

Data viz you can care about

Weight your search terms!

Display in grid or traditional

Search tools

Loki.com toolbar Find location-dependent content Based on IP address or nearby wi-fi signals Maps where you are now Search locally Find a local ATM, Starbucks, etc., without knowing your address Not yet ready for Firefox 3

Find location-dependent content

Based on IP address or nearby wi-fi signals

Maps where you are now

Search locally

Find a local ATM, Starbucks, etc., without knowing your address

Not yet ready for Firefox 3

Serph.com Web 2.0 metasearch engine Blog search engines, social media sites, social news sites, social bookmarking sites Caps out at under 300 results

Web 2.0 metasearch engine

Blog search engines, social media sites, social news sites, social bookmarking sites

Caps out at under 300 results

Search discussion boards Twing.com Mines discussion forums and online communities Good way to find obscure expert

Twing.com

Mines discussion forums and online communities

Good way to find obscure expert

Louisdb.org LOUIS – Library Of Unified Information Sources Searchable documents from Congressional Record, reports, hearings Federal Register Presidential Documents GAO Reports Bills & Resolutions

LOUIS – Library Of Unified Information Sources

Searchable documents from

Congressional Record, reports, hearings

Federal Register

Presidential Documents

GAO Reports

Bills & Resolutions

Get conference buzz Bloggers sometimes transcribe conference PPTs Search Technorati with the conference's blog tag IL2008 Get sense of key themes and ideas

Bloggers sometimes transcribe conference PPTs

Search Technorati with the conference's blog tag

IL2008

Get sense of key themes and ideas

Spokeo = creepyo Aggregates updates from lots of social sites Facebook, MySpace, etc. Twitter YouTube, Flickr Amazon Wish List Blogs and some web content # # #

Aggregates updates from lots of social sites

Facebook, MySpace, etc.

Twitter

YouTube, Flickr

Amazon Wish List

Blogs

and some web content

# # #

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