Last month the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported that “the state Department of Natural Resources recently scrubbed language from an agency web page on the Great Lakes that said humans and greenhouse gases are the main …
Search Engines
Google Images – Search by Image and Usage Rights
Google Images is a great tool for finding useful photos and graphics on the web. Did you know that instead of searching for images by keywords, you can search by an image to find similar …
Slim Down Bloated Links from Google Search Results
Ever tried to copy a link from Google search results and ended up something messy looking like this: http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CEwQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.makeuseof.com%2F&ei=wSArUPj0E5Gu8QSd1IGYDg&usg=AFQjCNET_hI9VptfwU-R4oSaJjjI-f0jgA&cad=rja The messiness is because Google changes the URL to help them track who is clicking on …
Litigation – WI Law Firm Purchases Search Results for Another Firm's Name
A suit filed last week by Habush Habush & Rottier alleges that the firm of Cannon & Dunphy effectively hijacked the names and reputation of Habush attorneys by purchasing the keywords “Habush” and “Rottier” for …
Alternative Search Engines – There's More to Life Than Google
In the latest edition of InsideTrack from the Wisconsin State Bar, Bev Butula introduces some powerful general Internet search engines – besides Google. “These alternatives often support different functionality, which can assist in a more …
Interactive Statistics from Google
Google has recently launched a new search feature that makes it easy to find and compare public data. From the Google Blog: If you go to Google.com and type in [unemployment rate] or [population] followed …
Monitor Web Content with Google Alerts – Now with Email and RSS Alerts
Google Alerts allow you to enter search terms and receive notification whenever it finds new content matching those terms. You can specify if you would like to search news, blog, web, video, or group content …
Google Tracks the Flu
From BBC News: Google’s philanthropic arm Google.org has released a new site that tracks the incidence of flu in the US based on terms used in Google searches. Is there anything that Google can’t do? …
Want to Share a Google Search? Shorten It Up With Look.fo
Ever wanted to share the results of a Google search with someone? Look.fo makes it easier – well, shorter anyway. Say I want to share the results of a Google search for WisBlawg. I could …
haika Semantic Search Engine Looking for a Few Good Law Sites
The following post was written by my law librarian colleague, Bev Butula: A couple of weeks ago, I discussed the hakia search engine on my blog for the Wisconsin Law Journal. If you are not …