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Hacking the Google search url
Google Power User Tips: SERP URL Parameters, by Stephen Spencer, Search Engine Land (Sep 3) Page of instructions on hacking the Google search url to get more results, refined in some way. These are intended for the SEO practitioner but...

Google's rich snippets
Google Adds Breadcrumb Support To Rich Snippets & Improves Testing Tool, Matt McGee, Search Engine Land (Sep 3) Google snippets may get better as webmasters make use of new functionality through "rich snippets"...

Message from Intute
Intute Reflections at the End of an Era, Adriane (July 2010) Intute staff reflect on the history and achievements of Intute, the UK scholarly directory. It was grand - but funding was cut. Perhaps the future is in volunteer help...

Using Twitter
The Information Professional and Twitter, by Laura Warner, SLA Toronto Courier (Aug 2010) Succinct article on the ways an information professional can use twitter - among which - client updates, self-promotion, stayiing current. To this list we might add monitoring...

ResourceShelf now ResourceBlog
A New Look for ResourceShelf, Gary Price, ResourceShelf (Sept 1) ResourceShelf has has made some changes. Blog is now ResourceBlog - and there is a separate Resource Shelf newsletter with highlights. The blog has a new look and may...

Google Places vs Facebook Places
Google Places vs Facebook Places: It’s Search vs. Social, Lawrence Coburn, The Next Web (Aug 31) Google Places and Facebook Places give a whole new meaning to local search. Both offer a landing page for business. This article shows how...

Swingly for facts
Meet Swingly, a Q&A tool powered by robots, Josh Lowensohn, Web Crawler (Aug 16) Another approach to Q and A - have robots collect the answers from websites. "Swingly is a machine-generated answer engine that contains somewhere around 100 billion...

Lycos sold (again)
Lycos is alive, acquired for $36 million, The Digital Home (Aug 16) Lycos, one of the early search engine and originally developed at Carnegie Mellon University in the United States, has a new owner. "Daum Communications, a Korean-based search company,...

Search Market Share July 2010
Search Engine Market Share Steady In July: Hitwise, Matt McGee, Search Engine Land (Aug 18) Hitwise figures for search engine market share in July 2010 shows very little change. Google still holds 71% in the US...

Tools for real time search
Top 25 Social Media Keyword Search Tools, Kristi Heines, Stay on Search (Aug 18) Recommends several search engines for real time search results rom blogs, twitter, forums, facebook, and video...

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