The document discusses trends in online search, research, and discovery. It notes that search is becoming more personalized and mobile as users access it through smartphones and glasses. It also highlights the rise of news curation tools and sites that aggregate content from around the web for personalized newsfeeds. The document questions how authoritative sources can still be identified online and whether decisions will increasingly come down to personal judgment.

1. Search, Research and Discovery
Online Conference 2012
Phil Bradley

6. Summer of 2012

7. Autumn of 2012

9. The rise of the individual

10. Authorship in Google

11. Personalised results

12. Bing

13. Blekko

14. The rise of news curation tools
Zite Pulse
Flipboard

15. And on the web
Scoop.it
Curate.me
Paper.li

16. And of course...
“A squirrel dying in front of your
house may be more relevant to
your interests right now than
people dying in Africa.”
Mark Zuckerberg

17. Without forgetting

18. Validity and authority
• Information skills are need more, not less
• How to we identify an ‘authoritative’ source
any more?
• Is it down to gut instinct?

19. Alternatives to the traditional

20. Search goes mobile

21. Search is where you are

22. And you take search with you

23. Thank you!
• philipbradley@gmail.com
• philb@philb.com
• @philbradley

24. Credits
• An internet minute
– http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mcOn9gGAR6A/UIpLx_1LNBI/AAAAAAAAAM4/DgLVhwCJHbs/s1600/internet-one-
minute.jpg
• Skyfall/Lincoln http://www.collegehumor.com/picture/6839594/lincoln-cannot-catch-a-break
• Dietcoke http://trendland.com/jean-paul-gaultier-is-diet-cokes-new-creative-director/
• The internet now Tom Cunniff http://bit.ly/IKL3ZZ
• Bing http://files.itworld.co.kr/image/u100003/drakehotelbing-11359276.jpg
• Search goes mobile http://www.flickr.com/photos/twicepix/5542463825/
• Google goggles http://www.google.com/mobile/goggles/#artwork
• Google glasses http://www.flickr.com/photos/azugaldia/7457645618/