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22
BizNar
categories: News and Trends, Prospect ResearchIf you do any research on businesses, are interested in statistics, government patents or Gallup-type reports, you have got to check out BizNar. http://biznar.com/biznar/about.html. As explained on their website, this search engine goes “deep” into selected business collections and returns references that you will not get from a Google or Yahoo search. Oh, and you won’t get any duplicates either. There is a great advanced search feature that allows you to limit the search by collection or even specific resource. I checked out the resources they cover and it is a pretty nice handpicked group. BizNar, created by Deep Web Technologies, http://www.deepwebtech.com/ is free.
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15
Search Language
categories: Prospect ResearchI’ve been doing prospect research for sometime and there is something that continues to annoy and puzzle me. Why is search language not consistent from one search engine to another? “AND” is used in one while “+” is the character du jour in another. For proximity indicators you have your choice of “NEAR,” “w/” or an asterisk. Let me take that back . . . you don’t have a choice. The choice is made by those who design the search engines. Given the international nature of the Internet, wouldn’t it make sense for there to be one universal search language? Until that happens, be sure you check the search FAQ or the search help feature of any search engine or database that you use. It can make a big difference in the results returned to you.
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