Tag Archives: search

Find, Understand, Share, Extend

Posted on 11 November 2010 by Nic Price

Today is World Usability Day. The theme this year is communication. I’ve chosen to write about something which I find helps teams I work with communicate and explore what we design and put on the web. Back in 2005, Yahoo! Search announced … Continue reading →

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Enterprising times – a case for search best bets

Posted on 2 October 2008 by Nic Price

Reading the e-Consultancy interview with Lou Rosenfeld on the importance of site search analytics, I was reminded of when I was product manager of intranet (or enterprise) search at the BBC. It was back in 2002. People complained that search … Continue reading →

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Following mentions of “intranet” on twitter

Posted on 5 January 2008 by Nic Price

As mentioned in a previous post, you can ask twitter to text message or instant message you whenever any term you’re interested in is mentioned in a tweet. As well as tracking East Dulwich, I’ve been tracking a few others … Continue reading →

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Keeping up to date with East Dulwich on the internet: Part 4 – Delicious RSS feeds

Posted on 25 November 2007 by Nic Price

This series of short articles explains some simple and free ways to use the internet to keep tabs on the subjects you’re interested in. I’m using East Dulwich as the example subject. Previously: Part 1 – Google Alerts, Part 2 … Continue reading →

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Keeping up to date with East Dulwich on the internet: Part 3 – Twitter tracking

Posted on 22 November 2007 by Nic Price

In this series of short articles, I’m looking at different ways of subject-tracking on the internet. Previous articles covered Google Alerts and Technorati Watchlists. This article is about Twitter and its tracking feature, using East Dulwich as the example subject. … Continue reading →

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Keeping up to date with East Dulwich on the internet: Part 2 – Technorati Watchlists

Posted on 19 November 2007 by Nic Price

How do you keep on top of everything everyone’s saying about East Dulwich, or any other subject, online? In this series of short articles I’m going to run through a few things you can set up quickly and for free … Continue reading →

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Keeping up to date with East Dulwich on the internet: Part 1 – Google Alerts

Posted on 16 November 2007 by Nic Price

How do you keep on top of everything everyone’s saying about East Dulwich, or any other subject, online? In this series of short articles I’m going to run through a few things you can set up quickly and for free … Continue reading →

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Check world time and weather via search

Posted on 10 October 2007 by Nic Price

Yesterday I was due to make a Skype call with a friend in Denmark at 1530 CET. I needed to double-check I’d got the right time scheduled so I did a little research. It turns out that if you want … Continue reading →

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Name that tune

Posted on 20 January 2006 by Nic Price

Sounds fun, I haven’t tried it yet. My friend Paul R says it’s only got 1 out of 3 of his so far! songtapper.com Song Search and Retrieval by Tapping This site lets you search for a song, by tapping … Continue reading →

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Amazon takes on the search giants with Alexa

Posted on 17 December 2005 by Nic Price

Every so often an idea comes along that has the potential to change the game. When it does, you find yourself saying – “Sheesh, of course that was going to happen. Why didn’t I predict it?” Well, I didn’t predict … Continue reading →

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