Karen Blakeman, RBA info services
Social research, search engines now incorporating social media
Where people hang out, share info and ask questions
Reminder to check copyright :)
Compfight - interface for cc images on flickr
Morguefile.com public domain high res, small
Always double check licence
Slideshare.net/karenblakema
Identify where your network is
Issues of trust and reliability
Promotion of products, what are 'customers' saying about you?
Google results for issues, first news, then latest results from social media
Wikipedia now being moved further down.
Fewer webpages at start of results
If signed into google account, then have 'social' network option including results from google chat, mentioned in tweets, contacts contacts.
Take look at what info google knows about you
Realtime search is current but could be skewed view, from limited networks
Get involved in networks that are relevant to you
Search tools for social networks
Socialmention.com
Addictomatic.com
Guardian data blog - mash data and make available for use
Guardian datastore on flickr
Be careful to check where info comes from
Create a local geek group - like ISA titter! But could also be in pub/cafe/library
- Posted using BlogPress from an ISA iPad, battery is holding up ok, have been careful with wireless
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