hacking the social web
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Mary Ellen looks at how to get the most value from searching social media, both for research and professional development.TRANSCRIPT
Mary Ellen Bates
BatesInfo.com
Oct. 26, 2014
Hacking the Social Web
Tweeting this?
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#internetlibrarian
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Social networks are….
A waste of time
An invasion of privacy
Not allowed by my employer
Self-promotion machines
For my friends, not the public
Just not my thing
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Don’t worry...
just be smart!
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Google Plus
Create “circles” of friends, family,acquaintances, people you follow
Post to specific circles
plus.google.com/settings
Scroll down to “Profile”
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Social search strategies
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Social search strategies
Set privacy settings to “STUN”
Try several approaches
Forget comprehensive searching
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Social search strategies
Search groups as well as individuals
Use Advanced Search
(LinkedIn, Twitter)
Make a case for premium accounts
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What are you researching?
People
Opinions
Leads to other info
Professional development
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Searching for individuals
What do you want?Background? Reputation? Relationships?
LinkedInBest chance of professional backgroundRecommendation inflationView a person’s connections
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Searching for individuals
TwitterGood for reputation (retweets)
Twitter and FacebookGood way to find (public) relationships
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Searching for individuals
Use nicknames
Use “phrase * search” in Google +ex: “Lisa * Green”
Know the syntax:Facebook: “People named xxx who live inxxx”
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Look for anomalies
Does the name match the account URL?
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Getting opinions
LinkedInUse Advanced Search for prior employees
Twitter and Google Plus#hashtags
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Finding the next source
Look for groups of experts on LinkedIn& Facebook
Facebook search:Librarians who like Evernote
Thai speakers who live in Denver
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Finding the next source
Look for tweets with linksTopsy, IceRocket have “Links” filtersTwitter search: keywords filter:links
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Professional development
LinkedInRemember privacy settings!
TwitterUse dashboard – HootSuite, TweetDeckMonitor conference via live-tweetingBe selective in who you follow
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Hacks for each network
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LinkedIn’s Advanced People search
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ID info pros to consult
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Find LinkedIn “hidden” updates
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Twitter search hacks
Look for engagement
min_retweets:nmin_faves:n
Millennials (brands ORmarketing) min_retweets:5
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Find Tweets w/ links to a URL
Find any tweets that link to a site
Track mentions of a press release
Twitter syntax: the.URL
Example:ello.co facebook
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Facebook hacks
Restaurants in Minneapolisliked by people who work atCargill
Xxx’s liberal (conservative,Democratic, etc.) friends
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Google+ Communities
Check out its Communities: Libraries and Librarians
Google Search
Advanced Power Searching with Google
plus.google.com/communities
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Ello.co
The anti-Facebook?We don’t data-mine youWe don’t have adsWe’ll charge a “very small amount ofmoney” for special featuresMostly visual content now
Geo-located information
echosec.net lets you find images takenat a location
Want to look inside the Naval PostgradSchool?
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Inside the Naval Postgrad School
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From my neighbor’s house
Posted by her daughter from NY
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