But another, really cool, option for finding RSS feeds is a tool called Kebberfegg, developed by web search maven Tara Calishain. RSS feeds offer a great way to pull in interesting, relevant information—but finding good feeds can be a challenge.
Overall, Calishain is positive about the service and says she looks forward to seeing it evolve. A quick post to point out Tara's recent item (when Tara writes, we read) about ScoopGo, a new tool that allows the user to create a searchable database...
Spidering Hacks, by Kevin Hemenway and Tara Calishain, offers "100 Industrial Strength Tips and Tools" for creating and running your own spiders. Firefox Hacks, Nigel McFarlane Lucene in Action, Otis Gospodnetic and Erik Hatcher Mining the Web...
Ran Hock Web of Deception: Misinformation on the Internet, Anne Mintz Web Search Garage, Tara Calishain To keep the book fresh, co-authors Tara Calishain and Rael Dornfest have released a second edition of Google Hacks.
One of my favorite people, Tara Calishain, has a review of a new podcast directory/search engine named PodSpider Portal that contains directory listings for more than 20,000 podcasts. According to Tara:
Our friend and fellow Web Search University faculty member, Tara Calishain, has release yet another new RSS tool named Kebberfegg (Keyword Based RSS Feed Generator) (now that's a name for you) that makes it quick and easy to create and then...
Tara Calishain wants much more offered, and faster. What's being said? Here's a round-up of things I've spotted so far. I may add other interesting things to the bottom of the list, as the day goes on.
Just like Tara Calishain and Rael Dornfest's terrific Google Hacks, Firefox Hacks is loaded with dozens of tips and techniques that you can apply right away. The Firefox browser comes pre-configured with lots of great search tools, but it's also...
On Web Directories: Covers ResearchBuzz's Tara Calishain decrying the loss of directories last November and Gary Price adding that even if Google and Yahoo are backing off, other directories are still out there.
Two years ago, Tara Calishain and Rael Dornfest broke into the New York Times list of top ten business paperbacks with Google Hacks, a remarkable feat for a book dedicated to the geekier aspects of writing programs to exploit Google's open-access...
Google Hacks, 2nd Edition By Tara Calishain, Rael Dornfest ISBN: 0-596-00857-0 352 pages, $24.95 To keep the book fresh, co-authors Tara Calishain and Rael Dornfest have released a second edition of Google Hacks.
Best Publication On Searching: Web Search Garage, by Tara Calishain Previously, Gary mentioned Search Engine Watch was honored with two awards in the Pandia Search Engine Awards 2004. Here's a rundown on all the winners in each category:
Tara Calishain talked about it in her excellent Going back to her book (page 22, if you've got it), Tara talks about how repeating a word more than once both lowers the count and also changes the order of the search.
Tara Calishain at ResearchBuzz and Philipp Lenssen on Google Blogoscoped have posted that the maximum number of terms allowed in a search query is now 32. Some exciting news for Google searchers. Since Google's introduction the maximum number of...
Tara Calishain has a long-standing interface that works similarly. Courtesy of Tara, another write-up from her explains how you can also use some power commands or search syntaxes to tap into the phonebook.
Tara Calishain has put together a short link rundown on how various search engines have responded to the tragic tsunami that hit the Indian Ocean: Search Engine/Blogosphere Response to the Earthquake/Tsunami.
Tara Calishain has put together a short link rundown on how various search engines have responded to the tragic tsunami that hit the Indian Ocean: Search Engine/Blogosphere Response to the Earthquake/Tsunami.
Tara Calishain has put together a short link rundown on how various search engines have responded to the tragic tsunami that hit the Indian Ocean: Search Engine/Blogosphere Response to the Earthquake/Tsunami.
Tara Calishain, where I picked up the news of the new feature from, also finds it a bit distracting and wants more as well: Google is long, long overdue to provide query refinement tools that other search engines have had for ages.
ResearchBuzz (aka Tara Calishain) writes about how Yahoo has downplayed their human built directory of web sites in the past few years. Tara is correct, they have. SES Chicago Happens This Month + Search Engine Watch Articles + More From The Search...
