Searching Without Google

Searching without Google: alternative tools for more expert searching Tuesday, 4th December 2007Theatre E, 11.45-12.15 : Searching without Google: alternative tools for more expert searching Tuesday, 4th December 2007 Theatre E, 11.45-12.15 Karen Blakeman, RBA Information Services & UKeiG Management Committee karen.blakeman@rba.co.uk UKeiG Stand 734


Different types of information, different search engines... : Different types of information, different search engines... 09 March 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 2


http://ranking.thumbshots.com/ : http://ranking.thumbshots.com/ 09 March 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 3


Yahoo web search : Yahoo web search 09 March 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 4


http://www.yahoo.co.uk/ : http://www.yahoo.co.uk/ 09 March 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 5


http://search.yahoo.com/ http://search.yahoo.co.uk/ : http://search.yahoo.com/ http://search.yahoo.co.uk/ 09 March 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 6


http://search.yahoo.com/ http://search.yahoo.co.uk/ : http://search.yahoo.com/ http://search.yahoo.co.uk/ 09 March 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 7


mindset.research.yahoo.com : mindset.research.yahoo.com 09 March 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 8


http://au.alpha.yahoo.com/ : http://au.alpha.yahoo.com/ 09 March 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 9


AlltheWeb Livesearch : AlltheWeb Livesearch 09 March 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 10


http://livesearch.alltheweb.com/ : http://livesearch.alltheweb.com/ 09 March 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 11


Ask : Ask 09 March 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 12


Ask UK http://www.ask.co.uk/ : Ask UK http://www.ask.co.uk/ 09 March 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 13


Exalead : Exalead 09 March 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 14


http://www.exalead.com/ : http://www.exalead.com/ 09 March 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 15


http://www.exalead.com/ : http://www.exalead.com/ 09 March 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 16


Exalead’s Wikipedia interface : Exalead’s Wikipedia interface 09 March 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 17


Exalead’s Baagz.com : Exalead’s Baagz.com 09 March 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 18


Windows Live Search : Windows Live Search 09 March 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 19


Live UK vs Live US : Live UK vs Live US 09 March 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 20


Force Live.com UK (or any other country) to US : Force Live.com UK (or any other country) to US 09 March 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 21


Live Search http://www.live.com/ : Live Search http://www.live.com/ 09 March 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 22


Live.com image search : Live.com image search 09 March 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 23


Live.com book search : Live.com book search 09 March 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 24


Slide25 : 27 November 2006 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 25 http://maps.live.com/


Slide26 : 27 November 2006 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 26 Windows Live – Academic


http://www.tafiti.com/ : http://www.tafiti.com/ 09 March 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 27


Original Tafiti : Original Tafiti 09 March 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 28


http://www.tafiti.com/ : http://www.tafiti.com/ 09 March 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 29


http://www.kartoo.com/ : http://www.kartoo.com/ 09 March 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 30


http://www.kvisu.com/ : http://www.kvisu.com/ 09 March 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 31


http://www.kvisu.com/ : http://www.kvisu.com/ 09 March 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 32


http://www.quintura.com/ : http://www.quintura.com/ 09 March 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 33


Think type of information : Think type of information 09 March 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 34


http://www.alacrawiki.com/ - spotlights : http://www.alacrawiki.com/ - spotlights 09 March 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 35


http://www.alacra.com/alacrasearch/ : http://www.alacra.com/alacrasearch/ 09 March 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 36


http://www.scitopia.org/ : http://www.scitopia.org/ 09 March 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 37


Blog searching : Blog searching 09 March 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 38


Blogpulse search and trends : Blogpulse search and trends 09 March 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 39 Click on the graph to see ‘trends’


Blogpulse trends : Blogpulse trends 09 March 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 40


http://www.intelways.com/ : http://www.intelways.com/ 09 March 2008 Karen Blakeman www.rba.co.uk 41