How to Customise Your Browser For More Search Power

September 13, 2009
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Browsers such as Microsoft’s Internet Explorer and Mozilla’s Firefox provides a window to the World Wide Web and are increasingly playing a bigger part in the overall search experience. So much so that Google, the king of search has launched its very own browser to get in on the action and control our window …

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Why Should You Bother With Alternative Search Engines

July 12, 2009
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For most people, Google is the only search engine they know (OK maybe you have heard about Bing now!) when in fact there are a number of powerful and useful alternatives search engines out there. Blogs such as AltSearchEngines does a great job in promoting and teaching the merits of these alternative search engines. …

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Bing Search Improves on the Search Results Page

June 14, 2009
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So Bing has a good name that you can now replace “To Google Something” with “To Bing Something!” and has been getting tonnes of positive media coverage, but from the searcher’s point of view, what is the big fuss and why should I care? Well the good new is that Microsoft has done their …

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Are You Asking More Of The Search Engines?

April 16, 2009
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Well, according to the latest report released by Hitwise released today. (PDF download), we are! According to this latest report by Hitwise, the interesting trend revealed is that the the search strings that people use are getting longer, with the biggest jump in people using 8 or more words query when compared with last …

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Take a Navigational Approach To Search

April 5, 2009
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What’s navigational search you ask? It’s a search approach where you are not searching for a specific  answer but more looking for good materials that relates to a particular topic. The search results is a start of a navigational experience where it leads you on a guided navigational experience that allow you to drill …

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Leverage the Time Dimension For Search Relevancy

March 28, 2009
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Here is a tip that I think people sometimes overlook but can pay huge dividend when used correctly! :+) Google has done such a good job in providing great search results sometimes we take it for granted and become lazy in thinking about basic search strategy. Google by default returns results …

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The Dawn of Conversational Searching

March 1, 2009
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The popularity of the Twitter Service has created a lot of chatters, chatters that are 1. Less than 140 characters long, 2. Very easy to publish anytime, anywhere, ANY PLATFORM 3. Mostly rubbish about what people had for lunch! However, similarly to what happened to the evolution of blogs, more reputable (and knowledgeable!) people and Continue reading →

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Why You Need to Check Out Google Scholar Search

February 15, 2009
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When it comes to authoritative source or fresh new thinking based on actual research, you just can’t beat academic research. Sometimes, you are looking for what the latest thinking or theories is on a particular topic or wants to know what academia thinks about a theory you want to apply in business. If you …

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