I've added my customized Rollyo search to my blog; it seems like this tool would be useful for people who repeat the same search over and over and have specfic sites they trust over others.
As for my general search behavior, I achieve fairly decent results with Google and then start the winnowing process from there. Tangentially, where I'd really like a tool such as this (for searching within LiveJournal), the ability to search within journals can be disabled by account holders and the only available option is a third party engine - A6 doesn't provide a good tool even on the macro level.
Showing posts with label technology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label technology. Show all posts
Friday, August 24, 2007
Sunday, July 8, 2007
Unofficial Google Advanced Search Tips
(via reddit)
Skip past the code info (unless of course that stuff is meaningful for you), and you'll find some handy tips on getting Google to do some pretty neat stuff:
I liked:
(via reddit)
Skip past the code info (unless of course that stuff is meaningful for you), and you'll find some handy tips on getting Google to do some pretty neat stuff:
I liked:
- Basic Operators
- ~ Similar Words
- Advanced Google Operators
- filetype: File Types
- site: Restrict To Site
- cache: Google Cache
- weather: Weather Forcast
- music: Music Search
- movie: Movie Search
- Flight Information
- SEO-Oriented Operators (yeah, I know - but that's the heading)
- allintitle: All Words In Title
- intitle: Word In Title
- allintext: All Words In Text
- allinurl: All Words In URL
- inurl: Word in URL
Playing Catch-up (things 4 & 7)
So... just for the record, my blog has been registered with Technorati since I set it up. I did that as a part of searching out a unique name - separating the steps didn't make much sense to me. I used Technorati and Google's Blog Search to check name possibilities.
Currently, technology-wise, I am watching the iPhone phenomenon. I can't quite justify it to myself, but it really is shiny. I think that we are moving to a world where many people will be connected all the time (MT Anderson's Feed aside), and devices like this push us closer to that possibility. Plus, shiny.
Of course, all of the hype has attracted the hackers and reverse-engineers and over on Wired there is an interesting article about the similar applications that already exist. Of course, you need a bit of know-how to put all of that together and make it work without crashing - it is never as easy as they make it sound. My father, for example, is infamous in our family for downloading programs to his Palm and causing very inconvenient program conflicts. Me, not so much - mine is for tracking appointments, phone numbers and reading. Nothing fancy. This make me an atypical user, btw.
ETA: Beware the Magical iPhone... "This device, portrayed as a harmless product of science, is obviously designed to introduce our children to witchcraft and sorcery."
Bwahahaha!! I love Wired.
Currently, technology-wise, I am watching the iPhone phenomenon. I can't quite justify it to myself, but it really is shiny. I think that we are moving to a world where many people will be connected all the time (MT Anderson's Feed aside), and devices like this push us closer to that possibility. Plus, shiny.
Of course, all of the hype has attracted the hackers and reverse-engineers and over on Wired there is an interesting article about the similar applications that already exist. Of course, you need a bit of know-how to put all of that together and make it work without crashing - it is never as easy as they make it sound. My father, for example, is infamous in our family for downloading programs to his Palm and causing very inconvenient program conflicts. Me, not so much - mine is for tracking appointments, phone numbers and reading. Nothing fancy. This make me an atypical user, btw.
ETA: Beware the Magical iPhone... "This device, portrayed as a harmless product of science, is obviously designed to introduce our children to witchcraft and sorcery."
Bwahahaha!! I love Wired.
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