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Issue 5 February 2004 Pearls of Wisdom February 2004 Newsletter A good rule for serious Internet research is to always use more than one search engine since there is little overlap between them. Remember, even though Google is a great tool it only indexes about a third of the web. Search expert Gary Price summarizes a variety of what might seem like little things that when added up reduce you confidence in Google.
A Couple of Comments About Google Yahoo is a player that's been around almost since the beginning and has recently been showing some renewed vitality. The service now indexes news from about 7000 sources and offers additional advanced search options including narrowing a query by location, source or news category.
Yahoo Beta (Simple) News Search
Yahoo Beta (Advanced) News Search Yahoo has also added more options to its news alerts service. When you monitor the news by keyword, you can select the sources you want to watch. Another option--News Bulletins--lets you select news categories. In addition you can receive breaking news updates from Reuters or Associated Press.
Changes in Yahoo News Alerts
FreePint, an online community of information searchers puts out a free
newsletter twice a month that's full of great resources and articles. If you
don't want to bother with another newsletter in your inbox at least be aware
of their substantial archive via their online index. It's a good starting
point for business research in place of a search engine. Two cool sites that allow you to view the front page of hundreds of newspapers around the world: http://www.pressdisplay.com/pressdisplay/viewer.aspx http://www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages/
Today's Newspapers Around the World
SearchDay, Jan. 20, 2004 And finally, Mary Ellen Bates goes over some more new hidden tools form Google that will make us remember why we love Google so much in the first place.
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