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Online searching Izak Minnaar Power Reporting October 2012

Specialised search tools and advanced search techniques. Online searching Izak Minnaar Power Reporting October 2012. Online tools for content production. Key functions to find and prepare info for content creation and production search gather track analyse curate compile

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Online searching Izak Minnaar Power Reporting October 2012

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  1. Specialised search tools and advanced search techniques Online searchingIzak MinnaarPower ReportingOctober 2012

  2. Online tools for content production • Key functions to find and prepare info for content creation and production • search • gather • track • analyse • curate • compile • Strategies to find info, to find people, to spot trends, to interact Search tools and advanced search techniques - Izak Minnaar, Wits Power Reporting 2012

  3. Don’t just Google it … • Online toolbox • Search engines • Search tools • Effective search techniques • Advanced search techniques • Targeted searches • Search filters • Specialised searches Search tools and advanced search techniques - Izak Minnaar, Wits Power Reporting 2012

  4. Search tools • Different kinds of search engines • Traditional search engines • Database driven web search • Deep web/invisible web searches • Specialised/targeted search tools • Realtime search (of the social web) • News, blogs, social media • Search directories • Integrated searches Search tools and advanced search techniques - Izak Minnaar, Wits Power Reporting 2012

  5. Search engines • Top 3: • Google • Yahoo • Bing • Multi and meta search engines • Bing/Google • Clusty • Carrot2 • Dogpile • Mamma • Which search engine when? Search tools and advanced search techniques - Izak Minnaar, Wits Power Reporting 2012

  6. Search engines • New generation search engines - examples: • Biznar • Sehrch • Facesearch • Pipl • Wolfram-Alpha • Touchgraph • Selection of Advanced and Alternative search engines Search tools and advanced search techniques - Izak Minnaar, Wits Power Reporting 2012

  7. Let’s search the web …

  8. Search techniques • Develop a “document frame of mind” • Define the search topic • ask exactly what you want to know • use search phrases and quotation marks • Less but better results • Explore results options • Cached pages • Latest content published: time based results • Extended results • Timeline search Search tools and advanced search techniques - Izak Minnaar, Wits Power Reporting 2012

  9. Sources and content types • Possible sources: • Primary • Official • Reference • Secondary • Mediated • Multiple Search tools and advanced search techniques - Izak Minnaar, Wits Power Reporting 2012

  10. Targeted searches • Search strategies to find source material: • Domain searches • Document type searches • Google advanced search • Source • File type • Site/domain • Region • Date Search tools and advanced search techniques - Izak Minnaar, Wits Power Reporting 2012

  11. More on Google search • Search features • Knowledge Graph • Google • search tips • help with search Search tools and advanced search techniques - Izak Minnaar, Wits Power Reporting 2012

  12. Thank you Webguideizak.minnaar@gmail.com

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