While I was attempting to find an article yesterday, I stumbled upon an interesting looking search tool called Interceder (apparently a Spanish word meaning “to intercede”). This dashboard approach at search results definitely caught my eye because it had so much information strategically placed in what looks very similar to SharePoint Widgets. When I ran
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Can Knowledge Management Create a "Doc2Doc Search Technology?"
When I got my iPad earlier this year, the first app I actually ponied up real money for was a song recognition app called SoundHound. It is no secret to my friends and family that I love punk bands with female lead singers. So, when I run across a new-to-me band that I like,…
Friday Fun – My Fantasy Search Engine
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Competitive Intelligence in a Web 2.0 World – Part 2: Uncovering the 'What' and 'Who' of LinkedIn
[Note: Another brilliant Guest Post from our unofficial 4th Geek, Laura Walters] LinkedIn has become the most popular of the professionally focused social media sites, and therefore a goldmine for various competitive intelligence tidbits, sometimes disclosed inadvertently. What I particularly love about LinkedIn is the web you begin to detect between contacts and their…

Competitive Intelligence in a Web 2.0 World – Part 1: Finding Company Employees on Twitter
I got the idea for this multi-part post because Melissa Sachs has taken on the project of trying to find as many people as she can that work in AmLaw law firms that have Twitter accounts (#AMLAWTweeple). It’s a great work in progress, and you should go check out the list (and contribute…

How To Find Upcoming Webinars Using Web 2.0 Search Tools
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BioTweeps – Biography Searching Hints and Tricks for Twitter
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Twitter versus Google: Link Endorsement
Scott Karp, co-founder & CEO of Publish2, Inc, recently published a blog on How Google Stole Control Over Content Distribution By Stealing Links.
In the war between print and online content, he makes a valid point: Google’s role is to not steal content but to promote links.
Taking this point one step further,…

Using FeeFieFoeFirm to Make My Search Idea a Reality
A friend of mine mentioned on Twitter that she was “loving” the FeeFieFoeFirm website this morning. I’ve looked at that site in the past, but never really took the time to do any serious searching on it. The timing of this reminder couldn’t have been better. I just happened to be thinking of a project…
But its free!! Oh, no, my little grasshopper . . .
Two articles in yesterday’s Financial Times struck my fancy:
Retailer buys ‘social’ search engine
Google to match online adverts with web users’ viewing habits
What Google and Sears–yes, Sears, the seller of all things American–are heading towards behavioral search engines that look at a person’s online activity and social networking profiles to determine their interests…