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The bottom line for journalists is that Google no longer has the best answer to the simplest question: 'What are people saying about [my query] right now?' For those of us steeped in Google search experience - it's a scarey thought.
Confusion is rife about how and when you can use Google's advanced operators. Used effectively they can transform your research by helping you get better results faster.
Headsup on a range of tools that lets you monitor Twitter posts in real-time.
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Course agenda – Glasgow June 23rd
Agenda for Advanced Internet Research course for the NUJ on June 23rd.
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Brand monitoring and competitor analysis
Powerful brand, reputation and competitor analysis - for free.
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Twitter monitoring – Tweetgrid
Another powerful monitoring tool that gives you the heads up on up to 9 terms in real-time. All the monitoring is done automatically and Tweetgrid let you customise the layout and search windows depending on the number of terms you want to cover. For more on Twitter monitoring.
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Twitter monitoring – Tweetbeep
Monitor brands, competitors, names or any specific term using tweetbeep. Tweetbeep says the tool is like ‘Google Alerts for Twitter’. Like Google Alerts the service lets you keep track of terms mentioned on Twitter without having to visit the site or consult other monitoring tools. For more on Twitter monitoring.
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- Here are some warnings about cloud computing from some interesting sources. Firstly, GNU founder Richard Stallman warns that cloud computing is likely to be costly 'trap' as users become increasingly dependent on one provider for online applications and storage. And, secondly, Chris Brogan describes how horrible it can be if you do become too dependent on one provider - Google in this case. #
- Text 2 Mind Map – The text-to-mind-map converter - If, like me, you permanently have several mind-maps littering your desk then you might find Text 2 Mind Map helpful. #
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