Tools For Thought - Intelegia

Here is a tool for individuals who are big fans of real-time search engines and the information that can gathered by them.

Scoopler allows users to search for content by subject that is available on Web 2.0 and social networking sites.  Some of the subject categories on the tool are:

• Entertainment
• Technology
• Sports
• World & Business
• Science
• Gaming
• Politics
• Lifestyle

Figure 1 illustrates the index page of  Scoopler.

Figure 1: Index Page Of Scoopler

Once keywords are entered, the pages of results are divided into two parts: 1) Popular Shares and 2) Live Posts.   Figure 2 presents the first page of results for the keyword, “Kraft”.

Figure 2: Results For The Keyword, “Kraft”

1) Popular Shares - Located on the left hand side of the page, results from videos, links and images are provided to users.

2) Live Posts - Located on the right hand side of the page, Twitter results are furnished.

Two features that are available through Scoopler are the ability of share results with others and having the opportunity to have a peek at the results without visiting the full page with the information.

Scoopler is available at www.scoopler.com

Learn about more internet research tools in Intelegia’s seminar, “Effective Online Research Strategies“