Book description
How many times have you run a Google search that resulted in
thousands of results? With over 8 billion pages online and more
posted every day, the Web more than likely contains the information
you’re looking for — if only you could find it. In
Information Trapping: Real-Time Research on the Web,
Internet-search-engine expert Tara Calishain makes researching more
efficient and rewarding for anyone for whom the Web is an
indispensable tool — academics, journalists, scientists, and
professionals, as well as bloggers, genealogists, and hobbyists.
She does so by teaching the latest techniques for building
automated information-gathering systems. As an alternative to the
typical one-time search for information, Tara demonstrates how
readers can use RSS feeds, page monitoring tools, and other
software to set up information streams of many different data types
— from text to multimedia to conversations — for
capture and review.
Table of contents
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Acknowledgements
- Contents
- 1. What Is Information Trapping?
- 2. RSS Basics
- 3. Page Monitors
- 4. E-Mail Alerts
- 5. Building Queries
- 6. Who’s Linking to Your Site?
- 7. Trapping Topic-Based Information
- 8. Multimedia Trapping
- 9. Trapping Tags and Conversations
- 10. Filtering the Inflow
- 11. Case Studies
- 12. Organizing What You Find
- 13. Publishing Your Information
- Appendix A. Going Mobile
- Appendix B. Keeping Up
- Appendix C. Useful RSS Tools
- Index
- Media
Product information
- Title: Information Trapping: Real-Time Research on the Web
- Author(s):
- Release date: December 2006
- Publisher(s): New Riders
- ISBN: 9780321491718
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