Tag Archive for 'web search'

LeapFish: An Impressive Online Research Tool

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by
Ian Smith
on November 16, 2009
in Author-Ian Smith, Competitive & Internet Intelligence, Economic Intelligence, Internet tools and Web 2.0 Search
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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

Revisiting Search Engine Land

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Ian Smith
on February 20, 2008
in Internet tools
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I just stopped by Search Engine Land and I like the new look. One of the things that caught my eye are the navigational tabs on top of the page. Now, you can get to the content you need by clicking on one of the following tabs:

  • Google Land
  • Yahoo Land
  • Microsoft
  • Marketing Land
  • Searching Land
  • Ask, AOL & More Lands

From the finer details of search engines to search engine optimization techniques, Search Engine Land can be your supporting resource for all things dealing with SEARCH ENGINES!!!

More Invisible Web Sources

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Ian Smith
on February 14, 2008
in Author-Ian Smith, Competitive & Internet Intelligence and Economic Intelligence
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The invisible web is a source that goes ignored by some internet researchers. Just think - information such as sales prospects contact details or patent disclosures are available on the invisible web.

For those who would like to have a review of some of the gateways to the invisible web, be sure to check out the article, “99 Resources to Research & Mine the Invisible Web” by Jessica Hupp.

My Problem With Google News

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Ian Smith
on January 30, 2008
in Author-Ian Smith, Competitive & Internet Intelligence, Economic Intelligence and Internet tools
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Do not get me wrong. I am a big fan of Google News however; I have become a little bit disappointed with the results that the tool is spitting out.

I may have ranted about results from blogs being included in Google News before but it is worth repeating. Since when has blogs become official outlets for news? Yes, any blog that is linked to an official news outlet is credible however; there are some individuals who will not consider a blog posting to be of value to their researching needs. So many individuals still think that blogs are meant to share opinions and not facts.

My wish is to have Google filter their results more closely.