7 Search Tools You May Not Know … But Should

Oct 21, 2008 at 8:45am ET by Matt McGee

Google UK recently shared a list of 52 Things to Do on a variety of Google properties (found via Phil Bradley). It's a collection of tools and tips about using Google products and services for some everyday functions. If you're a search power user, you probably know most of them already. But Google's message seems to be, "Did you know you could do all this stuff on Google?" It got us thinking about non-Google search tools that might have slipped notice altogether, or just fallen off your radar. With that in mind, here's a list of seven search tools you may not know about ... but should. [...]

Filed in: SEM Tools, Search Engines: Meta Search Engines, Search Engines: Other Search Engines, Search Engines: Photo & Image Search, Search Resources

New Video: Easy Tips For Better Searching

Oct 15, 2008 at 3:57pm ET by Danny Sullivan

Last year, Common Craft produced a great, short video explaining RSS "in plain English." The company is back now with another wonderful one, Web Search Strategies in Plain English. It's less than three minutes long and does a great job explaining how to use some of the most simple "power" commands at searchers' disposal -- the minus sign and quotation marks. Be sure to check it out! The video is also below: [...]

Filed in: Search Features: Commands, Search Features: Query Refinement, Search Resources

From My Inbox: Some Search Tools To Check Out

May 7, 2008 at 10:17am ET by Danny Sullivan

After Yahoo-Microsoft madness, there's been a bit of a lull so I'm cleaning out my inbox and wanted to mention a few items that might be of interest. Below, a way to quickly search blogs & social media sites all at once, a new video search tool, a study into automatic search queries, an awesome Twitter search tool, a way to track search rankings over time, and a compilation of Google help info for site owners, from Google, in PDF form. Plus, a way to see headlines from blogs and news sites in a variety of subjects, including search marketing. Addict-o-matic From Dave Pell of Rollyo, it l [...]

Filed in: Google: SEO, Google: Webmaster Central, SEM Tools, Search Engines: Other Search Engines, Search Engines: Social Search Engines, Search Engines: Video Search Engines, Search Engines: Word Of Mouth & Buzz Search Engines, Search Resources, Stats: Search Behavior

WWW2008: Search Research Paper Roundup

Apr 28, 2008 at 9:48am ET by Danny Sullivan

A variety of interesting research papers on search have come out of WWW2008, the 17th International World Wide Web Conference. Some I've blogged already. Below is a rundown on those and some other papers that may be of interest. For the attention-challenged, I've also included my now patented "Twitter" summary for some of the interesting or more accessible papers, to tell you the highlights. PageRank for Image Search Google Abstract: In this paper, we cast the image-ranking problem into the task of identifying "authority" nodes on an inferred visual similarity gr [...]

Filed in: Search Resources, Stats: Search Behavior

“Browser Search Engine” ChunkIt Launches

Apr 20, 2008 at 9:14am ET by Greg Sterling

On Friday ChunkIt launched in a private beta. ChunkIt is a search download that sits on top of existing results and enables users to preview them before clicking. Relevant "chunks" of content are called out in a separate pane that splits the screen between the engine and the ChunkIt page. At this stage it sounds a lot like other search plug-ins, toolbars, or search "side bars" that have come before. However, CEO Carlton Baab objects to the concept that this is simply another plug-in or search toolbar. He characterizes it instead as a "search engine for the browser." In the past, there have [...]

Filed in: Search Engines: Other Search Engines, Search Resources

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