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Google’s advanced operators for journalists

By admin ⋅ June 19, 2009 ⋅ Email This Post Email This Post ⋅ Print This Post Print This Post ⋅ Post a comment

Master commands for precision surfing. Presentation.

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. Here’s my recently updated presentation on advanced operators with some context and example results.

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  5. Excellent stuff- I learnt a couple of news tricks (love the author:@domain.com on Google Groups).

    Posted by Conrad | July 25, 2009, 8:13 pm

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Colin's next Advanced Internet Research course will be held in July 2009 - dates soon. This course covers advanced search engine techniques, investigative strategies, making the most of social networking and social bookmarking sites and much more. This course is delivered in partnership with journalism.co.uk.

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