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Duck Duck Go search engine promises privacy, delivers great search results

Duck Duck Go search engine promises privacy, delivers great search results

By Matt on May 27, 2010

Duck Duck Go is a search engine created by “serial entrepreneur” Gabriel Weinberg. Its search results are drawn from a combination of sources, including its own crawler, Bing and crowdsourced sites like Wikipedia. Here are my initial impressions.

Posted in Online Privacy | Tagged Duck Duck Go, Google, search | 1 Response

Bypass the Wall Street Journal paywall faster with a browser bookmarklet

By Matt on February 10, 2010

Here’s a Javascript bookmarklet that will save you a few steps in reading Wall Street Journal articles for free.

Posted in Downloads, Productivity | Tagged Firefox, Google, Internet Explorer, javascript | 1 Response

Use Google to read the Wall Street Journal for free

Use Google to read the Wall Street Journal for free

By Matt on November 10, 2009

Rupert Murdoch’s statement yesterday that he wants to block Google and other search engines from indexing News Corp. sites. — such as the Wall Street Journal, which hides some of its articles behind a $1.99-a-week paywall — makes now a good time to remind people that you can use Google to read those guarded Wall [...]

Posted in Productivity | Tagged Google | Leave a response

7 steps to turn Google Reader into a journalist’s best friend

By Matt on October 12, 2009

Every journalist should use an RSS reader to keep up with news feeds. Here are seven quick and easy steps for you as a journalist to take Google Reader to the next level.

Posted in Journalism Tips | Tagged Google, Google Reader | Leave a response

When using Google News alerts, choosing 'Sort by Date' is preferable to 'Sort by Relevance' for keeping up with news.

Exclude specific news sites from Google News search alerts

By Matt on September 23, 2009

Web-savvy journalists use Google News alerts and/or RSS feeds to scour the Web for news related to their beat that pops up on sites they typically wouldn’t read. Here’s a quick tip for refining the results.

Posted in Journalism Tips | Tagged Google, Google Reader, RSS | 3 Responses

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