Tools For Thought - Intelegia

Here is a tool that will come in handy when searching for articles and/or blog posts.

Digg is a social networking tool in which individuals can share content (i.e., news, videos and images) with others.  It can serve as an efficient avenue to promote content.  The index page of Digg is seen in Figure 1.

Figure 1: Digg’s Index Page
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Conducting a keyword search is straightforward however; users may sort results by:

• Best Match
• Most Dugg (Articles or posts that have the most votes)
• Newest First (Most Recent)

Figure 2 illustrates the first page of results for the keyword, “economic development 2.0″ sorted by “Most Dugg”.

Figure 2 Results For The Keyword, “economic development 2.0″ Sorted By “Most Dugg”
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As with other good search tools, Digg offers advanced search options.  Below is a list of the options.

• +b : Including “+b” at the end of the entered keywords permits users to have access to posted items that have received negative votes or “buries“.
• +p :Including “+p” at the end of the entered keywords permits users to have access to posted items that have been promoted by Digg.
• +np :Including “+np” at the end of the entered keywords permits users to have access to posted items that have not been promoted by Digg.
• +u : Including “+u” at the end of the entered keywords permits users to have access to upcoming storing on Digg.
• -d : Including “-d” at the end of the entered keywords permits users to have access to items in specific domains.
• site: Including “site:” and a website address at the end of the entered keywords permits users to have access to items from a specific website.

Digg is available at www.digg.com

Are you looking to improve your internet researching skills, consider attending Intelegia’s seminar, ” Advanced Business Intelligence Gathering Approaches”