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Spam free, fully customizable social search engine
Introduces /tags (slashtags)
Quickly create and share a collection of websites to
search
Upload a list of sites (plain .txt or .opml)
Search for sites to add (or expand on existing /tags)
Find a site or tag you like, ad it to your own slashtag(s)
Too Lost? Enter /help or add /view to see what a tag does
Too Cool? Gotta have it on your phone? /blekkoapp
4. Begginer /blekko
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/add
Quickly create and share a collection of websites to search
Search for sites or /tags to borrow or add to your own
Upload a list of sites in .txt or .opml
Share publically or collaborate privately with others on a
custom search
/people-search
Only people profiles! Searches 48 websites worth of awesome
/seo
Useful intelligence and detailed metrics on a particular site
Ex: inbound links (all other sites that link back to this site)
5. Advanced Slashtags
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Full list http://blekko.com/tag/show
/likes search only your Facebook friends’ likes
/edu searches Universities & Colleges… so what does /gov do?
/blog searches typepad, wordpress, tumblr, etc. /forum finds
online discussions
/images and /video search only… yup, you guessed it
Operators (commands)
/people nothing but profiles! (different than /people-search)
/date search a slice of time and sort by freshness or with /dr
sort by relevance
/date= “Nov 3, 2011” /date=2012 /date=“Nov 3, 2010-Nov 2, 2011”
/similar gets more pages like this one and /links brings back
sites that link to this one
/rss when added makes a search into an instant RSS feed
6. DuckDuckGo !bangs
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Why bother?
No tracking means no “filter bubble”
Supports site: inbody: intitle: filetype:
Search a country with region:za
!bangs are search shortcuts you use frequently like
Big sites such as !youtube, !twitter and !facebook
General content like !images, or get specific with !gi for Google Images,
!bi for Bing Images, !gmail your Gmail inbox, and !m searches Maps
Company info from !jigsaw
Dozens of reference sites at once with !allexperts
Social !bangs including
!123p!bsocial !diaspora !dmoz !duck.co !fb (facebook) !flashback !flattr
!fonplus !fotolog !foursquare !friendster !ggroups !greplin !hi5 !highrec
!identica !jetwick !jumpr !li (LinkedIn) !myspace !r !scoop !shoutitout
!tweetgrid !tw (Twitter) !tweet (Tweets) !wink !xanga !xing
Full listing at: duckduckgo.com/bang.html
7. Sperse.com
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Images http://www.sperse.com/index.php?type=images
Video http://www.sperse.com/index.php?type=Videos
Forums http://www.sperse.com/index.php?type=Forum
Blogs http://www.sperse.com/index.php?type=Blog
PDF http://www.sperse.com/index.php?type=PDF
Facebook http://www.sperse.com/facebook.php
LinkedIn http://www.sperse.com/linkedin.php
Twitter http://www.sperse.com/twitter.php
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8. Alternative Search Engines
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Boounce.com (the search engine search engine)
Slikk.com (searchbrowse, multiview, custom bar)
Zanran.com (big data)
MillionShort.com
Eliminates the top 1 million popular sites
Searches everything else
Zuula image search – look for headshots!
Also try Webstagram for Instagram
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9. Conference Search
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Find tweets mentioning a conference #hashtag
Search twubs.com, tweetchat.com and tweepz.com
Search for people attending(ed) the event
Search http://snapbird.org/ for old tweets
Conferences and meetings getting more social!
Plancast searches Twitter, Facebook, Eventbrite, Meetup
Lanyrd conference attendees (Ex: Austin Drupal Bash)
Find conferences on ConferenceHound.com
(has a nice index of speakers and people)
10. Peer Group Search
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Phrases in photo captions
("l. to r." OR "l to r" OR "left to right" OR "r. to l." OR "r to l"
OR "right to left" OR "back row:" OR "clockwise from")
Try names of events, groups, companies
The 3+ name method (like attracts like):
"shally steckerl" "eric jaquith" "conni Ladouceour"
References on blogs & social networks:
Google blogsearch for “and firstname lastname”
11. Usernames, Comments & Groups
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See if the username exists on social networks
Usernamecheck (60+ sites)
Knowem (120+ sites)
Also check PeekYou and Yatedo
Look through the comments on blogs with
OMGILI.com and SocialMention.com
MonitorThis combs through 26 search engines to look for
blog posts, photos, tags and tweets on a subject
WatchThatPage keeps track of changes on sites
Find job titles in signature files on :
Big Boards (huge list of online discussion groups)
BoardReader (forum search engine)
12. Diminishing filetype: returns
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The filetype: command works less and less
Documents are often converted before being shared
On cloud document repositories like
docs.google.com, drive.google.com and dropbox.com
scribd.com, docstoc.com, and toodoc.com
slideshare.net, docshare.com, and slideboom.com
yudu.com and edocr.com
Search the “big four” on Bing, just add keywords
Package them in a CSE shally.me/cse-sc12
HINT: you can still add filetype syntaxt as a refinement!
(filetype:doc OR filetype:pdf OR filetype:ppt OR filetype:xls OR
inurl:ppt OR inurl:xls OR inurl:doc OR inurl:pdf)
13. Foursquare Check-ins
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Foursquare is the biggest player in this space
Use search.twitter.com and look for 4sq
Find a “location” like a company HQ
Who checks in frequently?
Tips can be very revealing
What’s nearby? Does the staff go there?
Search check-ins for THAT venue
Who do you know that’s been there?
14. Magazines and Periodicals
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Reveals names of people mentioned in interviews,
as article authors, members of organizations, award
winners
Findarticles.com
Highbeam.com
Books.google.com
“Software Engineer” US Black Engineer & IT
"CPA for|with|at Deloitte“
Marketing, sales or legal dept. may have Lexis-Nexis
15. Video Search
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People being interviewed by bloggers or the local
news can easily spill the beans and give juicy details
Ex: "is an iphone developer"
Search transcripts of video via:
Blinkx.com
Video.google.com
Video.aol.com
Truveo.com
Vimeo.com
Package them in a CSE shally.me/cse-sc12
16. Country Specific Search Engines
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Australia: sensis.com.au
Austria: austronaut.at
Canada (French): La
Toile du Québec
China: Baidu, Sina, and
Sohu (write operators
and modifiers in
Chinese)
France: Francité,
Nomade, Voilà
Germany: wseeker.com
Greece: phantis.com
India: start Sify and Zatka
Italy: abcitaly.it,
arianna.libero.it
Romaina: h2.ro
Russia: yandex. Rambler,
Tela,
South Africa: Aarvdark,
ananzi.co.za
Spain: ozu.es
Switzerland (French):
Search.ch
EU: Euroseek
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optimization of recruitment teams
The Sourcing Institute develops and teaches talent identification, attraction and
engagement skills beyond conventional proficiencies. Our curriculum is
designed to establish talent identification practices that yield a virtuous cycle of
sustainable competitive advantages.
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18. What You Receive as a Member:
• 9 required e-learning modules
• 11 additional optional modules (more launched semi-weekly)
• 12 PHRs and SPHR credits
• Unlimited access to the world's largest library of sourcing knowledge
• Member Certificate of Completion (after successful assessment)
• Copy of The Sourcing Handbook
• Exclusive pricing on other sourcing books, guides and learning modules
• Discount on live SourceU classes
• Job placement opportunities
Learning Objectives:
• Fluency in how search engines work including syntax (commands) for top search engines
• Basic comprehension of online social network recruiting (LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Blogs, etc.)
• Proficiency in outreach and engagement, initiating contact via email and cold calling
• Organization of the sourcing function, management of pertinent information
• Mastery of pre-search process and intake meeting
Membership
19. Successful completion of Member, Specialist and Professional modules results in
obtaining The Sourcing Institute Certified Professional designation. With it comes:
1. A thorough understanding of how the Internet impacts the recruiting profession on a daily basis
2. Expertise in tried-and-true methods for name generation, cold calling and social networking
3. Ability to utilize most tools and resources for finding passive candidates online
4. A solid methodology for name generation, cold-calling & networking
5. An organized plan for building a custom sourcing strategy for any requisition
6. Adeptness in working with both candidates and hiring managers
7. Proficiency in techniques for managing your schedule and developing your industry expertise
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help improve your hiring practices
Certification