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Mashpedia…Not Your Average Encyclopedia

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on April 16, 2010
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One of the most overlooked sources on the web are encyclopedias.  When the topic is relatively unknown, websites such as Wikipedia and Encyclopedia.com are handy to have around. Within minutes, individuals can be more comfortable  with a specific topic.  Mashpedia will definitely change the way we look at online encyclopedias.

As the name suggests, Mashpedia is a real-time search tool that provides a “mash-up” of information from a vary of sources in addition to an encyclopedia.   Below the encyclopedia entries, Mashpedia provides results from the following sources:

Figure 1 is a screen capture of the article for “nanotechnology“.

Figure 1: Mashpedia’s article for “nanotechnology“.
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As a part of the article, Mashpedia provides a Twitter feed that is constantly scrolling.  Figure 2 is a sample of the content available on the Twitter.

Figure 2: Twitter Feed On Mashpedia For Nanotechnology

Mashpedia is available at www.mashpedia.com/

Real-Time Searching With Scoopler

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on January 29, 2010
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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“

Google Integrates Real Time Search Results

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on December 11, 2009
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In case you missed the news, Google has hopped on the real time search train to compete with tools such as Collecta, itpints and LeapFish. If you blink, you will not notice that the search giant has integrated results from Web 2.0 and news sources.  Figure 1 illustrates the appearance of real time search results amongst the usual results for the query, “Twitter”.

Figure 1: Real Time Search Results Within Google Results
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The results are presented a scroll that can be paused when an interesting entry appears.  It should be noted that Google does not always provide real time results for all the keywords that are entered.

LeapFish: An Impressive Online Research Tool

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on November 16, 2009
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Here is a search tool that you may want to add to your bookmarks. LeapFish is an application to conduct multi-media, real-time searches and share results with others.  The tool allows users to select the type of query that could be executed, specifically:

  • General Web Search
  • Real Time Search
  • News Search
  • Video Search
  • Image Search
  • Blog Search
  • Shopping Search

The following two images illustrate the search results for a real-time and blog search query for the keywords, “foreign direct investment”.


Figure 1: Results from news sources and Twitter


Figure 2: Results from the blogsphere

To share findings with a colleague, simply place your mouse over the result and click on “Share”.  LeapFish will provide you with the option to post on different Web 2.0 platforms such Twitter, Facebook, Digg, Delicious just to name a few.  Figure 3 shows the complete list of tools.

Figure 3: Web 2.0 sharing tools available on LeapFish

Other value added features of LeapFish includes adding the tool to your browser and customizing your homepage.

LeapFish is available at www.leapfish.com

Conversation Search With BackType

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on October 19, 2009
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Search engines such as Google and Bing have been late arriving to the party when it comes to real time search capabilities.  Time will only time on whether or not these big players will buy up little niche players such as Samepoint, Addictomatic or itpints when it comes to web 2.0 search applications. In the meanwhile, online researchers can be content with another conversational search tool called BackType.

BackType allows users to find relevant content on blog applications and others social networking websites in real time.

Figure 1 presents the simple search interface of BackType.

Figure 1: Index page of BackType

Using the keywords, “foreign direct investment” to test BackType provides the results as shown in Figure 2.

Figure 2: Results for “foreign direct investment”
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Highlighted in yellow are the number of relevant tweets that BackType has found on Twitter.

As of October 13th, 2009, the advanced search function for the tool was not online.

BackType is available at http://www.backtype.com

itpints…Another Real-Time Search Engine

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on October 13, 2009
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Another day, another real-time search tool to add to your competitive intelligence research toolkit.

itpints allows you to submit keyword(s) to search for relevant content on social networking platforms and blogs.  Figure 1 below illustrates a test for a query using the keywords, “Gourmet Magazine“, the very popular cuisine magazine that has ceased publication two weeks ago by Condé Nast.

Figure  1: Results of search for “Gourmet Magazine” on itpints
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By browsing through the results, one can see that the tool pulls content from such Web 2.0 applications as:

  • Twitter
  • Plurk
  • Facebook
  • Friendfeed

Any relevant content found by itpints on Digg and blogs will be presented as an abstract as seen in Figure 2.

Figure  2: Abstracts from Digg and a blog for keyword search, “Gourmet Magazine”
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The beta version of itpints can found at www.itpints.com

Tell us how itpints compares with Samepoint, OneRiot and Collecta.


Real-Time Search With OneRiot

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on October 7, 2009
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Here is one more search tool for content on social media platforms in  real time.

OneRiot, which is in the beta testing phase, is a tool that crawls such platforms as Twitter, Digg and other Web 2.0 applications in order to provide users with real time results.  Figure 1 is a screen shot of the index page of OneRiot.

Figure 1: OneRiot’s Index Page
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Users of OneRiot have the option of searching content on the web (in text and image format) or video clips courtesy of YouTube.  Figure 2 illustrates  the results for a web search using the keywords, “Investment attraction”.

Figure 2: OneRiot’s Result Page For “investment attraction”
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Be sure to sort the results by either clicking on “Pulse” or “Realtime” when looking through the hits.

OneRiot is available at www.oneriot.com

Tell us what you think about OneRiot? How does it compare to Collecta?

Real-Time Search With Collecta

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on October 5, 2009
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Real-time search engines are amazing.  Within a matter of keystrokes and a mouse clicks, you can have access of what is being said on social networks minute by minute.  With Collecta, you may track what is posted on an individual’s Twitter page and blog. Figure 1 is the index page of Collecta.

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Figure 1: Collecta’s Index Page
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Testing this web 2.0 search tool with the keywords, “iPhone” provides the results as of 10:36 am presented in Figure 2.

Figure 2: Collecta’s Results for “iPhone”
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Two minutes later, the page with the results is modified with new content.  In this case, a blog enter is found by Collecta as seen in Figure 3.

Figure 3: Collecta’s Results for “iPhone” Two Minutes Later
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Collecta is a  tool that should be apart of your toolkit of search applications for the internet searching or competitive intelligence research.

Collecta is available at www.collecta.com

Samepoint - A Powerful Social Media Search Tool

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on October 2, 2009
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Content on Web 2.0 is no longer a laughing matter.  Yes, everyone enjoys a funny or cute video on YouTube however, the amount of strategic intelligence or competitive intelligence that is made available on web 2.0 is growing. What is one of the best ways to access this intelligence?  Use Google?… Use Bing?… Use Samepoint?

Samepoint???

SamePoint is a search tool that digs for information amongst the “social conversations” that are taking place on blogs and social networks.  Figure 1 shows the index page of Samepoint.

Figure 1: Index Page of Samepoint
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Testing out the tool with the keywords, “foreign direct investment”, Samepoint will provide results or “social mentions” on such social media platforms as Wikipedia, Ning and blog applications.  In addition, on the same page, you will see on the right hand side a series of Tweets that are classified as, “Recent Conversations”.  Figure 2. illustrates this point highlighted in yellow.

Figure 2: Results from Twitter on the Samepoint Result Page
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The value added feature of Samepoint is the ability to conduct an array of different queries based on the type of web 2.0 application.  Here is the exhaustive list of the applications.

  • Real-Time
  • Bookmarks
  • Wikis
  • Q&A
  • Networks
  • B2B Networks
  • Groups
  • Life Casting
  • MicroBlogs
  • Reviews
  • Podcasts
  • Documents
  • Video
  • Images
  • News

Figure 3 demonstrate the results (”mentions”) Samepoint supplies for a search on B2B Networks using the keywords, “Foreign Direct Investment”.

Figure 3: “Mentions” of “Foreign Direct Investment”
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To begin using Samepoint, visit www.samepoint.com

Real Time Searching With Addictomatic

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on September 9, 2009
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This tool is not new however; it is very handy for individuals who need to conduct real time searches when it comes to the web 2.0.

Addictomatic permits users to perform internet searches taking into account the content available on a wide array of web 2.0 or online social media platforms such as Digg, YouTube, Twitter, Flickr just to list a few.

Screenshot of Index page of Addictomatic

Here is screenshot of the result page for a search query using the keywords, “foreign direct investment”.

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It is recommended that you test out this tool to see the long list of resources that are consulted to supply you with relevant results.

Addictomatic is available at http://addictomatic.com/