AboutC. Brian Smith, information and knowledge seeker, treads water and still attempts to throw you a lifepreserver in the information maelstrom, highlighting developments in the arena of searching and finding on the Web. He writes for CyberSkeptic's Guide to Internet Research. Recent Posts:Archives:
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Perennial SearcherAugust 28, 2008 Options Beyond GoogleThe newsbreaks blog from Information Today features a post by Paula J. Hane. It’s a nice roundup of tools that offer the following: vertical search, social search, semantic web search, and more. Tools profiled include Hakia, Scoofers, and Scour. See also this ReadWriteWeb writeup of amost a dozen trends that may disrupt Google. posted by Brian at 5:22 pm | Comments (0) August 26, 2008 Google Suggests GraduatesGoogle Suggest – the feature that anticipates your keywords as you begin to type - - will graduate from Google Labs this week. Check out the Official Google Blog for the skinny, history, and context. Google claims that this tool will save searcers’ time, correct spelling errors, and offer search guidance. posted by Brian at 12:40 pm | Comments (0)
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