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30 Specialist (and Super Smart) Search Engines

30 Specialist (and Super Smart) Search Engines
Google is widely (and rightly) recognised as the mother of all search engines. But, if you need to drill down your searches by more specific details, do you trust Google to give you what you need every single time? Here’s a collection of 3o vertical search engines which you should have up your sleeve when you need some specialist power. Flights / Travel 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Images 7. 8. People 9. Forums 11. Music 12. Audio and Video 16. Resources 18. Domain names 20. Icons 22. Private search 25. Similar websites 26. All-rounders 27. While some of these are better alternatives to Google and the other major engines, for the most part, the big boys do it incredibly (incredibly, incredibly) well. olly via shutterstock

Voxalead 15 Best Free Open Source Ecommerce Platforms When it comes to open source ecommerce platforms, there are plenty to choose from. Here, we take a close look at the 15 best available, which should help guide you in the right direction. I’m not going to lie- finding the perfect platform is not easy. Each one has its own set of pros and cons and has been designed with a slightly different user in mind. 1. You’ve only got to look at Magento’s client list to realise what an excellent piece of open-source software it is. 2. osCommerce (free) osCommerce is absolutely free under the GNU General Public License and caters very well to most people’s needs. 3. Not only does OpenCart look great, it’s extremely scalable. 4. Spree is an open-source ecommerce platform for Ruby on Rails. 5. PrestaShop is another robust, professional-grade e-Commerce solution that you can download, install, and use for free. 6. VirtueMart, which has been designed to work alongside Joomla! 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. SimpleCart(js) 2.0 is no longer only for Paypal. 12. 13. 14.

List of search engines - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia By content/topic General P2P search engines Geographically limited scope Semantic Accountancy IFACnet Business Computers Electronics Enterprise Funnelback: Funnelback SearchJumper 2.0: Universal search powered by Enterprise bookmarkingOracle Corporation: Secure Enterprise Search 10gQ-Sensei: Q-Sensei EnterpriseTeraText: TeraText Suite Fashion Fashion Net Food/Recipes Genealogy Mocavo.com: family history search engine Mobile/Handheld Job Legal Medical News People Real estate / property Television TV Genius Video Games Wazap (Japan) By information type By model Privacy search engines Open source search engines Semantic browsing engines Social search engines Visual search engines Search appliances Desktop search engines Usenet Google Groups (formerly Deja News) Based on Defunct or acquired search engines See also References External links Search Engines at DMOZ

Microsoft idea: Analyze Facebook posts to deduce mood, interests, education Thanks to its Facebook partnership, Microsoft has been strongly positioned to use social media to enhance its Bing search engine, incorporating the preferences of a person’s friends into the search results that person sees. But this would take it to a whole new level. A newly surfaced Microsoft patent application describes a “user-following engine” that would analyze a user’s posts on Facebook, Twitter and other social media sites to deduce mood, interests, and possibly even the person’s education level and comprehension of specific topics. Then the system would automatically adjust the search experience and results to better match those characteristics. In the case of the person’s mood, for example, the background of the search interface could be changed to a different color. And then there’s the part about the person’s smarts. If it sounds a little creepy, rest assured that the system would require the consent of the user.

The 50+ Best Ways to Curate and Share Your Favorite Social Media and News Content There’s so much information online just begging to be curated: news, social media, images, video, websites… the list goes on. Reading great content from my favorite blogs and websites is one of my favorite down-time activities. It’s also an important part of my job as an IT Director because I need to stay on top of the latest trends, announcements and tech news. Just a few years ago, the tools I used to use for reading and consuming content were Google Reader, StumbleUpon, Digg, Delicious… you know all the big names. More recently I’ve discovered some great new tools to read and share my favorite content which I’ve included here in this list. Whether you are a person who just likes to stay on top of the latest news, a blogger like me who needs a way to organize the vast amount of information that comes my way or a person who just enjoys sharing what they find with others you’ll love this list. Content Gathering and Personalized Newsfeeds iPad Curation There’s more to this article!

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Free Public Records How American Express Grows Its Massive Social Media Presence The Social Brands Series is supported by Spredfast, a social media management platform provider helping organizations unlock social business potential. Discover best practices & proven tactics for using social in the enterprise with the 7 Whiteboard Sessions for every Social Strategist. Credit card company American Express seemed to come out of nowhere in the past year, offering one social media program after another. Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare, YouTube, LinkedIn, Google+ — it's got them all covered, and even better, it stands for what its consumers want across all of the social platforms it's on. While American Express has seemed to pump a lot of life into its social strategy as of late, it has actually been on the scene since 2009, helping cardholders solve problems one tweet and wall post at a time. We spoke with Leslie Berland, SVP of digital partnerships and development at American Express, for the backstory on AmEx's social media strategy, mission and goals.

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