Course agenda – Glasgow June 23rd

Agenda for Advanced Internet Research course for the NUJ on June 23rd.

Google’s advanced operators for journalists

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.

Research anonymity using Tor

Heads up on the Tor Project anonymity online and an embedded introduction by Unwired.

Semantic search – an Interview with Brooke Aker

If you are not yet convinced that the semantic web will transform your job as journalist or researcher, then Expert System USA CEO Brooke Aker may change your mind. Before taking up his post at Expert System he formed both Acuity Software and Cipher Systems. He has worked with 130 of the Global 2000 in the formation and operation of successful intelligence and is a key commentator on the semantic web.

Journalists and the social web – Oslo Seminar

View my presentations made at the Journalists and the Social Web seminar held in Oslo this week: Mining information from Social Networks, Monitoring News and Journalists and the Semantic Web.

The Semantic Web today – An Interview with John Breslin

Everyone assumes that the ’semantic web’ will mean we’ll have better search engines. In fact, Web 3.0 will do a lot more, and journalists and researchers should be ahead of the curve.
Not many people are as close to the heart of the Semantic Web as John Breslin. John is the founder of the Semantically-Interlinked Online Communities (SIOC) project, a member of the W3C Advisory Committee, lecturer at the National University of Ireland and an associate researcher on the semantic web at the Digital Research Institute in Galway.

I caught up with John recently for this analysis of the semantic web and journalism published by journalism.co.uk. John’s points were so interesting that Insite has brought you the full interview.

Ask.com rearms with semantics, rich media in search war

Ask.com have improved their search with the natural language semantic technology Direct Answers from Search (DAFS). This ARS Technica post describes the move. Ask.com rearms with semantics, rich media in search war –

New UK search engine – insite talks to lead programmer

The beta version of the new UK-based search engine MSE360 has attracted praise from both sides of the Atlantic with a three-tier display, clean design and other unique features such as virus alerts. I caught up with its Lead Programmer Daniel Clarke to talk about his plans, what MSE360 can offer journalists and researchers, and how a UK search engine can find elbow room in a crowded market. “Google is entrenched in the minds of the British population, and that’s the main challenge for us. We’ve got to change the perception that Google has all the answers,” he told us.

Welcome

Welcome to insite. A www.journalism.co.uk blog that will cover everything related to internet research. insite is written and edited by Colin Meek who delivers training courses in Advanced Internet Research for journalism.co.uk the National Union of Journalists and for other clients on an in-house basis.