Social Networking Search Sites

There are many social networking search sites to check what is being said about companies, brands, people, and any topic of interest.

Some of the search sites list the names of persons who have searched for the company or brand most often, and comments are interpreted as positive or negative. The reach of the brand, sentiment, and/or passion may be included. Sites may check blogs, videos, conversations, or anything searchable on the web. One generally has a choice as to what to include. I suggest doing a broad search including all types of information at regular intervals to see what is out there.

Once you know who is talking about your brand you may chose to answer or have someone answer for you.

Want to know who is searching your company, brand, or what people are saying about your product? To be ready to reply in a timely manner, you need regularly scheduled updates on what is being said about your brand.

Many articles on searching social networking web sites are published on the web and more search sites will be created in the future. One rarely finds the same materials on the sites as some include the information sooner than others, some may delete if after a time period, and is no one comprehensive social search tool is available. Each site has its advantages. Many social networking "search" sites are free while others are fee-based.

If you do not have time to keep up with what is being said about your product or company, hire an information professional to do the search for you on a regular basis.

Of course I would be pleased if you "Keep Askin for Raskin" at rosa@raskinfo.com or call 440-461-4125 for help with your brand or any scientific or business research topic.

Social Media Resources

If you are interested in social media resources you might wish to check the free February 2010 issue of Website Magazine (websitemagazine.com).

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Bing and Google Squared?

Want to compare two new search engines, Bing and Google Squared, read the
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Image Search Engines - Imagery

I can not believe how quickly the prototype search engine "Imagery" found images on my research topic. Almost every image was relevant. I could limit the images by adding additional terms in the search box.

Per the complicated question I have been working on as an information specialist searching for particular images, containing certain words, Imagery is another database that I am adding to my "to search list" for Rosa S. Raskin & Associates, LLC.

The search engine is user friendly with useful features. It quickly produced 100 relevant images on my topic. I especially like the option of clicking on the thumbnail to increase the size of the image so that I could read a label on a product. The enlarged image appears on the bottom of the screen so that I may compare the enlarged image with the search results (thumbprints) on the screen.

New Search Engine - Oparla

There are new search engines almost every week. I have a huge list of my favorites but came across an unusual one before its official launch.

I am working on an ongoing difficult question for my company Rosa S. Raskin & Associates, LLC. that involves searching for an image including two common words. Today, I found a new search engine, Oparla, that to my surprise, includes the best results to date of any search engine I have used for my particular question.

One review of Oparla is "New search engine to reward its users". The scheduled launch date for the search engine is April 14, 2009, however, I am using it before the official launch date and am beyond satisfied in regard to the information I found, two different graphic images including the two words within the image that are of interest to me.

I do not know details about being rewarded for the search I did on Oparla other than being able to find the images needed using text words that were included as text or "within the image". This was reward enough for this persistent and professional information specialist.

A search engine such as Oparla is a worthwhile addition to my collection of fee-based and free deep web resources. I see this search engine as one more secret addition to my sources in the realm of intellectual property. Oparla is easy to use, results appear uncluttered, and offer options as to the formatted results.

I can not verify the completeness of this new search engine, or if it was serendipity that I found the information I needed after searching so many other sources.

I suggest that a quick search of the Oparla search engine may prove useful to the professional information specialist trying to find that needle in many haystacks, or a brief overview of a subject. The search in Oparla may not be complete. but the engine is one of the best kept secrets I have found to date for text words included in a graphic.

I welcome any comments if my initial experience with Oparla was just luck, coincidence, or a treasure!