Comments on: Do you search the future? http://www.tomrafteryit.net/do-you-search-the-future/ Tom Raftery, social media consultant, speaker, blogger and podcaster Fri, 16 May 2008 19:52:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Tom Raftery http://www.tomrafteryit.net/do-you-search-the-future/#comment-17451 Tom Raftery Fri, 30 Jun 2006 12:27:38 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/do-you-search-the-future/#comment-17451 David - this is similar to PubSub, yes but as PubSub have had some corporate issues recently I decided to stick with showing Technorati. I haven't tried eLerts so I can't comment on that and my understanding of Google's Alerts is that it comes in as an email as opposed to Technorati's coming in to your rss reader. Alan - delighted it worked out for you. David - this is similar to PubSub, yes but as PubSub have had some corporate issues recently I decided to stick with showing Technorati. I haven’t tried eLerts so I can’t comment on that and my understanding of Google’s Alerts is that it comes in as an email as opposed to Technorati’s coming in to your rss reader.

Alan - delighted it worked out for you.

]]> By: Eoghan McCabe http://www.tomrafteryit.net/do-you-search-the-future/#comment-17441 Eoghan McCabe Fri, 30 Jun 2006 11:36:31 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/do-you-search-the-future/#comment-17441 Q.E.D. Q.E.D.

]]> By: Alan Keane http://www.tomrafteryit.net/do-you-search-the-future/#comment-17438 Alan Keane Fri, 30 Jun 2006 11:22:47 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/do-you-search-the-future/#comment-17438 Yes Tom. I was one of those roam4free guys at your meeting and your feed appeared this morning along with a lot of other feeds I set up. Thank you for the enlightenment! It's a very powerful social and business tool. Regards, Alan Yes Tom. I was one of those roam4free guys at your meeting and your feed appeared this morning along with a lot of other feeds I set up. Thank you for the enlightenment! It’s a very powerful social and business tool. Regards, Alan

]]> By: David Andrzejek http://www.tomrafteryit.net/do-you-search-the-future/#comment-17363 David Andrzejek Thu, 29 Jun 2006 23:39:52 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/do-you-search-the-future/#comment-17363 Is this the same thing as PubSub? I use PubSub and eLerts to send me articles about topics i'm interested in... is there anything different about Google Alerts or Technorati vs. what I'm doing? I've never used them before... thanks and interesting post, David Is this the same thing as PubSub? I use PubSub and eLerts to send me articles about topics i’m interested in… is there anything different about Google Alerts or Technorati vs. what I’m doing? I’ve never used them before…
thanks and interesting post,
David

]]> By: Tom Raftery http://www.tomrafteryit.net/do-you-search-the-future/#comment-17276 Tom Raftery Thu, 29 Jun 2006 12:01:16 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/do-you-search-the-future/#comment-17276 You are right Damien, I forgot about the MSN Search feeds. I have a couple of those already in my RSS reader. I find with the MSN Search that the results are not as timely as with others (Technorati et al.). Anyone else found that? You are right Damien, I forgot about the MSN Search feeds. I have a couple of those already in my RSS reader. I find with the MSN Search that the results are not as timely as with others (Technorati et al.). Anyone else found that?

]]> By: Damien Mulley http://www.tomrafteryit.net/do-you-search-the-future/#comment-17273 Damien Mulley Thu, 29 Jun 2006 11:59:26 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/do-you-search-the-future/#comment-17273 Eoghan, I'm sure there are services doing that already. If they want to be faster than feeds from Technorati I'm sure they pay for better service from Technorati and the like. Eoghan, I’m sure there are services doing that already. If they want to be faster than feeds from Technorati I’m sure they pay for better service from Technorati and the like.

]]> By: Eoghan McCabe http://www.tomrafteryit.net/do-you-search-the-future/#comment-17271 Eoghan McCabe Thu, 29 Jun 2006 11:54:09 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/do-you-search-the-future/#comment-17271 Alan - I've been thinking about that for a long time. In fact, I thought it might even be a viable business idea. "BlogWatch", or whatever. But I'd feel a little guilty selling what would essentially cost me nothing and is free to all. Wouldn't stop most folk though and I'm sure many would pay for such a service. Alan - I’ve been thinking about that for a long time. In fact, I thought it might even be a viable business idea. “BlogWatch”, or whatever. But I’d feel a little guilty selling what would essentially cost me nothing and is free to all. Wouldn’t stop most folk though and I’m sure many would pay for such a service.

]]> By: Alan O'Rourke http://www.tomrafteryit.net/do-you-search-the-future/#comment-17269 Alan O'Rourke Thu, 29 Jun 2006 11:49:12 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/do-you-search-the-future/#comment-17269 Interesting... How does this effect the press clipping companies? Does it reduce their usefulness or increase it by adding another tool to their arsenal. Or a bit of both? Interesting…

How does this effect the press clipping companies? Does it reduce their usefulness or increase it by adding another tool to their arsenal. Or a bit of both?

]]> By: Damien Mulley http://www.tomrafteryit.net/do-you-search-the-future/#comment-17268 Damien Mulley Thu, 29 Jun 2006 11:47:10 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/do-you-search-the-future/#comment-17268 Uhm, can you subscribe to results in the MSN search engine too? That will bring you back results from many sources not just those with feeds: Here is the RSS feed for Tom Raftery: http://search.msn.ie/results.aspx?q=tom raftery&format=rss&FORM=RSRE Uhm, can you subscribe to results in the MSN search engine too? That will bring you back results from many sources not just those with feeds: Here is the RSS feed for Tom Raftery: http://search.msn.ie/results.aspx?q=tom raftery&format=rss&FORM=RSRE

]]> By: Tom Raftery http://www.tomrafteryit.net/do-you-search-the-future/#comment-17267 Tom Raftery Thu, 29 Jun 2006 11:37:32 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/do-you-search-the-future/#comment-17267 That's a good question Alan and the answer really is that you are limited to sites publishing in RSS. However, as that becomes more and more of a norm (especially for sites who are publishing regularly) this becomes less and less of an issue. That’s a good question Alan and the answer really is that you are limited to sites publishing in RSS.

However, as that becomes more and more of a norm (especially for sites who are publishing regularly) this becomes less and less of an issue.

]]> By: Eoghan McCabe http://www.tomrafteryit.net/do-you-search-the-future/#comment-17266 Eoghan McCabe Thu, 29 Jun 2006 11:34:42 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/do-you-search-the-future/#comment-17266 I use <a href="http://www.google.com/alerts">Google Alerts</a> for this all the time. It's a great way to keep an eye on competitors, find out who links to you and who's talking about you. Any time someone says "Eoghan McCabe", I get an e-mail from Google. I use Google Alerts for this all the time. It’s a great way to keep an eye on competitors, find out who links to you and who’s talking about you. Any time someone says “Eoghan McCabe”, I get an e-mail from Google.

]]> By: adam http://www.tomrafteryit.net/do-you-search-the-future/#comment-17265 adam Thu, 29 Jun 2006 11:33:43 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/do-you-search-the-future/#comment-17265 Not just news with Google. Google for "google alerts". Not just news with Google. Google for “google alerts”.

]]> By: Donncha O Caoimh http://www.tomrafteryit.net/do-you-search-the-future/#comment-17262 Donncha O Caoimh Thu, 29 Jun 2006 11:25:28 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/do-you-search-the-future/#comment-17262 Yeah, that Donncha O Callaghan guy trips up my search all the time! Yeah, that Donncha O Callaghan guy trips up my search all the time!

]]> By: Dick OBrien http://www.tomrafteryit.net/do-you-search-the-future/#comment-17260 Dick OBrien Thu, 29 Jun 2006 10:25:17 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/do-you-search-the-future/#comment-17260 <i>But is it only possible to do this with Blogs?</i> No, you can do it with Google News too, create an RSS feed for a search term. It's a great tool and I use it all the time. The trickiest thing is getting the right key words. Otherwise you're just bombarded with irrelevant stuff. But is it only possible to do this with Blogs?

No, you can do it with Google News too, create an RSS feed for a search term.

It’s a great tool and I use it all the time. The trickiest thing is getting the right key words. Otherwise you’re just bombarded with irrelevant stuff.

]]> By: Alan O'Rourke http://www.tomrafteryit.net/do-you-search-the-future/#comment-17258 Alan O'Rourke Thu, 29 Jun 2006 10:16:19 +0000 http://www.tomrafteryit.net/do-you-search-the-future/#comment-17258 But is it only possible to do this with Blogs? But is it only possible to do this with Blogs?

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