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.
Agenda for Advanced Internet Research course for the NUJ on June 23rd.
Powerful brand, reputation and competitor analysis - for free.
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.
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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