Twitter is awash with people, groups, and institutions posting links and useful information. But monitoring Twitter to find those links and useful items is incredibly difficult. I’ve been trying for years. In […]
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Why Aren’t We Talking About Google Maps?
There’s been a lot of controversy and discussion – there is still a lot of controversy and discussion – about Google’s search results. Google does not disclose the algorithm that decides its search […]
Tips for Angelina Jolie: How to Set Up a Google News Alert on a Famous Person
My Google Alerts were filled this morning with the rumor that actress Angelina Jolie has a Google Alert set for estranged husband Brad Pitt. My knowledge of popular culture is pretty woeful […]
Google Scholar and the Full-Word Wildcard
I know a lot of folks avoid Twitter because it be kind of a mess / useless timesink / brain drain / dumpster fire. And sometimes it can. But it also can […]
This Morning’s Google Alert Spam Deluge Brought to You by the US Department of State
As I have mentioned before, I have many, many Google Alerts. And I get, regularly, spam in those Google Alerts. Usually it’s from a university which is inadvertently showing spammy advertising or […]