2013

September 2013, Issue No. 115

  • Recent presentations
  • Search tools
    • Google announces Hummingbird.....hmmmm
  • Top tips from the latest business information workshop
  • Interactive maps of UK renewable energy generation
  • Twitter notes
  • Forthcoming workshops and meetings
    • How to Make Google behave: techniques for better results, Wednesday, 30th October 2013
    • Free resources and search techniques for EU and UK legislation, Wednesday, 13th November 2013, London
    • Anything but Google, Tuesday, 19th November 2013

August 2013, Issue No. 114

  • Search tools
    • Google adds in-depth articles to results
    • Google expands define but drops dictionary
  • Updates to Search Strategies
  • Does price guarantee quality of information?
  • How the UK's electricity is generated
  • Dunkirk little ships and the Reading Festival
  • Twitter notes
  • Forthcoming workshops and meetings
    • Discover Sourcing 2013 afternoon pre-conference workshop on search skills, 17th September 2013, London
    • Business Information: Key Web Resources, 19th September 2013, London
    • How to Make Google behave: techniques for better results, Wednesday, 30th October 2013
    • Free resources and search techniques for EU and UK legislation, Wednesday, 13th November 2013, London
    • Anything but Google, Tuesday, 19th November 2013, Londo

July 2013, Issue No. 113

  • Search tools
    • Bing adds Creative Commons search to images
    • Has Google dumped RSS alerts or not
  • Statista: statistics, industry and market data
  • Top Tips from SWAMP
  • Presentation to East of England Information Services Group
  • Are your Flickr photos backed up?
  • Twitter notes
  • Forthcoming workshops and meetings
    • Discover Sourcing 2013 afternoon pre-conference workshop on search skills, 17th September 2013, London
    • Business Information: Key Web Resources, 19th September 2013, London
    • How to Make Google behave: techniques for better results, Wednesday, 30th October 2013
    • Free resources and search techniques for EU and UK legislation, Wednesday, 13th November 2013, London
    • Anything but Google, Tuesday, 19th November 2013, London

June 2013, Issue No. 112

  • Search tools
    • Google drops the tilde operator
    • Google adds nutrition facts
    • Farewell AltaVista
  • North Wales Libraries Partnership Top Tips
  • Company Check: free UK company and director information
  • Twitter notes
  • Forthcoming workshops and meetings

May 2013, Issue No.111

  • Search tools
    • Google drops translated foreign pages
    • And another one bites the dust
  • Make Google Behave: Top Tips
  • Workshop on searching without Google
  • Direct marketing lists for market and industry sector information
  • Twitter notes
  • Forthcoming workshops and meetings

April 2013, Issue No. 110

  • Search tools
    • Test your search skills with SearchReSearch
    • Now you see it, now you don't
  • Business information slides and top tips
  • Factiva discontinues pay as you go service
  • Twitter notes
  • Forthcoming workshops and meetings

March 2013, Issue No. 109

  • Search Strategies
  • Search tools
    • Google Flight Search takes off in Europe
    • How search works – sort of
    • Google Reader – what next
  • Advanced Google workshop change of venue
  • How to check your council tax banding for free
  • Top Tips for search and business information
  • The case of the disappearing press release
  • Workshops on business information
  • Twitter notes
  • Forthcoming workshops and meetings

February 2013, Issue No. 108

  • Search tools
    • Tweets from the past
  • Search Strategies new and updated articles
  • Top Tips for finding research information
  • Twitter notes
  • Forthcoming workshops and meetings

January 2013, Issue No. 107

  • Search tools
    • Google Scholar author fail
    • Medicine search on Google
  • Search Strategies update
  • Zanran – great for data in tables, charts and graphs
  • Forthcoming workshops
  • Twitter notes

2012

December 2012, Issue No. 106

  • Blog now available for the Kindle
  • Search tools
    • Another reason to say no to Google+?
  • Search Strategies update
  • EU launches public beta of its open data portal
  • ICAEW's gateways and guides to business information
  • Information on companies in Israel
  • Twitter Notes

November 2012, Issue No. 105

  • Search tools
    • Google search bar moves
  • Graphwords visual thesaurus
  • Top Tips for Business Information
  • New StatsWales Launched
  • Twitter Notes

October 2012, Issue No. 104

  • Search tools
    • Google search to get more personal
    • Oi, Google! NO!!
  • Visuwords online graphical dictionary
  • Twitter Notes

September 2012, Issue No. 103

  • Search tools
    • Search Strategies goes electronic
    • Million Short: unearthing stuff hidden in the dungeons of Google's results
    • Rediscovering BananaSlug for “long tail” search
  • Top search tips from North Wales
  • Business Information
    • Doing Business in the United Kingdom and France
    • Company information: Luxembourg and Belgium
  • Twitter Notes

July 2012, Issue No. 102

  • Search tools
    • Yet another irritating Google feature
    • Google maps UK canals
    • Google adds cycling routes to UK maps
  • Beating Google into submission - top tips
  • Twitter Notes

May 2012, Issue No. 101

  • Search tools
    • Workshop: Beating Google into submission (Reading)
    • Order matters with Google advanced search
    • Use more than Google
  • 11th Southern African Online Information Meeting, Sandton, Johannesburg
  • Personalised vs non-personalised search – a word cloud comparison
  • Business Information Workshop - Top Tips
  • Useful industry information guides from the British Library BIPC
  • Twitter Notes

February 2012, Issue No. 100

  • Search tools
    • Google personalisation: web history isn't the only problem
    • And the next Google killer is….Google!

  • Top search tips from Google and advanced search workshops
  • Official companies register for the Ukraine
  • Twitter Notes

2011

December 2011, Issue No. 99

  • Search tools
    • Google de-clutters results
    • Build your own naughty list on Google
    • Google: Verbatim for exact match search
    • Yahoo Site Explorer closes – try Blekko instead
    • Bing becomes more like Google and personalises
    • DuckDuckGo – silly name but a neat little search tool
  • Online Information pre-conference workshop: Searching without Google
  • Free UK company information: Company Director Check

September 2011, Issue No. 98

  • Search tools
    • Public Data Explorer survives Google Labs
    • Google Related is not Google related:
    • Google can seriously damage your news
  • Updated and new social media guides
  • FixMyTransport
  • Internet Librarian International search workshop
  • Business Information: Top Ten Tips from Bristol
  • Business information workshop - November
  • Twitter Notes
  • Meetings and Seminars
    • WebSearch Academy (Pre Internet Librarian International conference workshop), London
    • Business Information: key web resources, London

July 2011, Issue No. 97

  • Search tools
    • Google axes Google Directory and prepares to close Labs
    • A good year for culling Google search options
    • Google still thinks coots are possibly cats (or cows)
    • Personalisation, localisation, semantic search: do they work?
  • Kent's Top Tips for Google Search
  • Business Information Workshops - September
  • Business Information
    • Company Information: Bizzy for UK company data and credit ratings
    • Company Information: Company Check gives more UK data for free
  • Twitter Notes
  • Meetings and Seminars
    • Keeping good company: quality business information, Bristol
    • Introduction to business research, London

April 2011, Issue No. 96

  • Search tools
    • Google lets you create your own naughty list
    • Anything but Google
    • All About Google – Top Tips
  • Business Information
    • Business Ukraine
    • Company searches in the British Virgin Islands
  • Twitter Notes
  • Meetings and Seminars
    • Business Information: Key Web Resources, London

March 2011, Issue No. 95

  • Search tools
    • Google decides that coots are really lions
    • Google includes your social circle in search
  • UK crime data as clear as mud
  • Business Information
    • M&A Portal – free information from BvD
    • Company registers: Slovenia and Croatia
  • Twitter Notes
  • Meetings and Seminars
    • All about Google, Newcastle, 31st March 2011

January 2011, Issue no. 94

  • Search tools
    • Oi! Google - you have seriously overstepped the mark
    • Google adds estimated fuel cost to Maps
    • AROUND: Google proximity search operator
  • Google workshop (Newcastle, March)
  • Business Information
    • Free UK Company Information
  • Gizmo of the Month
    • LinkedIn Maps for visualising your network
  • Meetings and Seminars
    • All About Google, Newcastle, 31st March 2011

2010

December 2010, Issue No. 93

  • Cost of True Love's Christmas gifts increases by 9.2% according to PNC
  • Search tools
    • Zuula – new interface and de-duplication
    • Google thinks I'm male
    • Removing information about you from Google
    • Google previews web pages in results
    • X-Factor web pages are “advanced” says Google's new Reading Level
  • Top Business Search Tips – 27th October 2010
  • Business Information Resources
    • Scottish Business Information Service (SCOTBIS)
    • StatsWales: free official statistics on Wales

September, Issue No.92

  • Search tools
    • Compfight - quick and easy way to search Flickr
    • Google Instant – display results as you type
    • Advanced search tips and tricks
  • Business Information Resources
    • Malta Registry of Companies
  • Gizmos of the month
    • BT broadband availability page
    • Broadband speed checker

July/August 2010, Issue No. 91

  • What Google thinks you are interested in
  • Google Images rolls out Bing-like results
  • London Workshop: Advanced Google Searching
  • Top Search Tips – 14th July workshop
  • Business Links to go
  • Business Information Resources
    • Top Business Search Tips
  • Meetings and Seminars
    • How to stay ahead of the game with Web 2, Birmingham
    • Advanced Google Searching, London

June 2010, Issue No. 90

  • Volcano watching
  • Flightradar24 – watch air traffic live
  • Social media in health care libraries – wikis and Netvibes win
  • Information for Energy Group: Advanced Search, Statistics & Market Research
  • Business Information Resources
    • Update to Company Registers page
  • Searching questions
    • What services and applications does Google have me down for?
  • Meetings and Seminars
    • The changing landscape of search: essential new tools for finding information, Manchester
    • How to stay ahead of the game with Web 2, Birmingham

March 2010, Issue No. 89

  • Earthquake alerts
  • UK National Archives on Flickr
  • Business Information Resources
    • Google Public Data Explorer - fine as far as it goes
    • Internet Statistics: BBC SuperPower- Visualising the internet
    • Murdoch to charge for online Times and Sunday Times
  • These things are sent to try us
    • A case of records mis-management or..."You haven't been ill enough so we assumed you were dead"
  • Gizmo of the Month
    • TwInbox - Use Twitter from Outlook
  • Meetings and Seminars
    • Web 2.0 for Libraries, Liverpool
    • Business Information: key web resources, London

February 2010, No. 88

  • Search Tools
    • Google testing new options interface?
    • Google SearchWiki replaced with starred results
    • Google Street View covers most of UK
    • Exalead changes filetype commands
    • Slidefinder
  • Workshop: Statistics and Market Research
  • Google reader tracks web page changes
  • Another workshop - another Top 10 Search Tips
  • CLSIG debate: Web 2.0 - the truth behind the hype
  • Yammer offers collaboration to broader communities
  • Business Information Resources
  • Cayman Islands company registry
  • Searching questions
    • Searching for images by colour
  • These things are sent to try us
  • "Please download upgrade before connecting to the Internet"
  • Meetings and Seminars
    • Counting on Statistics for Market Research: finding, evaluating & using resources. UKeiG, Netskills Newcastle

January 2010, No. 87

  • Search Tools
    • Your Google results are about to get weirder
    • Google experiments with Image Swirl
  • Potholes.co.uk
  • Fix My Street
  • UK's Tweeting Councillors
  • Business Information Resources
    • Switzerland in Figures
    • GBRDirect – search the European Business Register
    • Flexible Support for Business to become “supersite”
    • Health for Work Adviceline for Small Businesses
    • BL launches business essentials wiki
  • These things are sent to try us
    • IE6 - Die!!
  • Gizmo of the Month
    • Twittinesis - back up your tweets
  • Meetings and Seminars
  • Web 2.0 - Truth Behind the Hype, CLSIG, Birmingham
  • How to research on the Internet: The absolute essentials in just one day. Rod Laird Organisation, London
  • Counting on Statistics for Market Research: finding, evaluating & using resources. UKeiG, Netskills Newcastle

2009

January 2009, No. 86

  • Search Tools
    • Workshop on Advanced Internet Search Strategies, London
    • Intelways becomes Browsys Powersearch
    • viaLibri – search for rare books
  • Track down lost bank accounts
  • Geograph British Isles – photograph every grid square
  • Information Resources
    • Search and the UK's regional press
    • Online maps for local crime statistics
    • EBRD 2009 Directory of Business Information Sources
  • Gizmo of the month
    • Undeleting Firefox Tabs
  • Meetings and Seminars
    • Mashups – tasty recipes for 2009, Reading. BBOD evening meeting
    • Advanced Internet Search Strategies, London

2008

December 2008, Number 85

  • PNC's Christmas Price Index
  • Search Tools
    • MSE360 Search
    • Begone Searchwiki
    • Ten Science Search Engines
    • RefSeek for Academic Research
  • ticTOCs Journal Tables of Contents Service
  • Using Twitter for Business
  • Information Resources
    • Free Official Swedish Company Information
    • Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
    • Chipwrapper introduces time-slices
    • Simmons & Company – energy statistics and data
    • African Financials
    • SCoRe: national UK catalogue of printed company reports
    • Trimark Publications – Biotechnology, Healthcare and Life Sciences Market
    • British Services UK

August 2008, Number 84

  • Search Tools
    • TouchGraph Google Browser
    • Yahoo drops Boolean NOT operator
    • AllPlus
    • Cuil not so cool
    • Top Search Tips
  • Internet Librarian International 2008
  • Online Information 2008
  • Information Resources
    • Guernsey Registry
    • Renewable Fuels Agency (RFA)
    • UK Coal Authority
    • Say no to 0870 – alternative telephone number
  • Gizmo of the Month
    • Tagclouds for analysing documents
  • Meetings and Workshops
    • Being a Digital Citizen, Leeds
    • Market Research on the Web, Manchester
    • Business Information on the Internet, Manchester

May 2008, Number 83

  • Search Tools
    • Academic Live and Live Books axed
  • Business Information Top Web Resources
  • Information Resources
    • Ask updates news service
    • Live.com updates news interface - but only for the US
    • Research Recap
    • Energy Export Databrowser
    • Directories: Major Companies of the World 2008
  • Gizmo of the Month
    • Page2RSS
  • Meetings and Workshops
    • Business information: key web resources, London
    • Assessing the quality of information, London

2007

December 2007, No 82

  • Search Tools
    • AlltheWeb Livesearch disappears
    • Live link and linkdomain commands gone again
    • Zuula
    • FuzzFind Web Search
  • UKeiG Top Search Tips
  • Business Information Top Web Resources
  • Online Information 2007 Presentations
  • INSOURCE 2008
  • Information Resources
    • Chipwrapper – search UK newspapers
    • Wikinvest
  • Gizmo of the Month
    • kwout

October 2007, No 81

  • Search Tools
    • Live.com link commands are back
    • Search engine overlap and the perils of phrase searching
    • Google Reader now has Search
  • Facebook Profiles to be Googled
  • Internet Librarian International 2007 - Presentations
  • Information Resources
    • EdgarScan withdrawn
    • FT offers 30 free views a month
    • Telegraph Business Club ITU-T recommendations now free of charge
    • IET announces launch of Inspec Direct
    • Tighter controls on Wikipedia edits
    • Earthquake alerts
  • Searching Questions
    • Customising newspaper RSS feeds
  • Meetings and Workshops
    • Business Information: Key Web Resources, London

July/August 2007 No. 80

  • Search Tools
    • Microsoft Tafiti
    • Crossengine becomes Intelways
    • Live Search Images adds face search
    • Yahoo suggests
    • Yahoo includes Flickr in image search
  • Internet Librarian International 2007
  • Information Resources
    • Chinese company information from BvD
    • xRefer becomes Credo Reference
    • AlacraSearch launched for industry sector searching
    • Exalead to provide access to scientific articles
  • Meetings and Workshops
    • Untangling Your Web: effective website management, Manchester

June 2007, No. 79

  • Search Tools
    • Ask rolls out new interface
    • Google image search looks for faces
    • New Exalead video search (beta)
    • Exalead UK and new search features
  • Blog Bling
  • Information Resources
    • Marketresearch.com acquires Profound
    • Pipl – People Search (beta)
  • These things are sent to try us
    • Log out of your Google account
  • Meetings and Workshops
    • UKeiG and Umbrella 2007 - Practical Issues for Web 2.0 in a Library Environment, University of Hertfordshire
    • Untangling Your Web: effective website management, Manchester
    • Searching the Internet: Google and Beyond, London

April 2007, No. 78

  • Search Tools
    • Yahoo! Alpha
    • Live.com takes link commands offline
  • Top Search Tips from Switzerland
  • UKeiG Annual Seminar (London). Riding the waves or treading water: confronting the challenges of a volatile electronic environment
  • Information Resources
    • Zoominfo fails to address quality issues
    • Kidon Media Link
    • The Association for Qualitative Research
    • The Viewing Facilities Association UK
  • Searching Questions
    • Effect of country and language versions of Google on results
  • Meetings and Workshops
    • Improving your Internet communications: Blogs, RSS and Wikis, Manchester
    • UKeiG Annual Seminar, London

February 2007, No. 77

  • Search Tools
    • Ask X
    • Lack of overlap in search engines
    • Update on CrossEngine
  • Top Search Tips from Wales
  • Blog move from Blogger to Wordpress
  • Internet Librarian International 2007 – Call for Speakers
  • Information Resources
    • HotFrog Business Directories
    • Intute Subject Booklets
  • Meetings and Workshops
    • Assessing the Quality of Information, London
    • Advanced Internet Search Strategies, Manchester
    • Business Information: Key Web Resources, London

January 2007, No. 76

  • Search Tools
    • Accoona home page tabs are back
    • CrossEngine
  • Internet Librarian International 2007 – Call for Speakers
  • Information Resources
    • Thomson to sell Profound and Newsedge
    • TechXtra expanded coverage
    • UK Statute Law Database
    • UK Government to close down some of its web sites
    • Sources of Non-Official Statistics
    • Market Research on the Web – special offer
    • The Blog – another tool in your arsenal
  • Searching Questions
    • Refining blog searches and RSS feeds
  • Meetings and Workshops
    • Selecting and Implementing Web and Intranet Search, UKeiG, London
    • Advanced Internet Search Strategies, Manchester
    • RSS, Blogs and Wikis, UKeiG, London and Edinburgh

2006

December 2006, No. 75

  • Search Tools
    • Accoona ‘loses' news
    • Yet more Google oddities
    • DVYGUN Desktop Search
  • Top 10 Search Tips
  • Using IE7 to read RSS
  • Information Resources
    • Librarything Unsuggester
    • Google launches patents search
  • Gizmo of the month
    • Rapid Feeds
  • Meetings and Workshops
    • Advanced Internet Search Strategies, Manchester

November 2006, No. 74

  • Search Tools
    • Windows Live new (ish) search features
    •   Undocumented Yahoo commands
    • Unclustering results
  • Assessing the Quality of Information - Top Tips
  • Web exceeds one million web sites
  • Browser shares October 2006
  • Online Information 2006
  • Conference and seminar presentations available
  • Information Resources
    • Blogs and RSS for competitive intelligence
    • Passport launched for OurProperty and PetrolPrices.com
  • Gizmo of the month
    • Firefox add-on - Resurrect Pages
  • Meetings and Workshops
    • Online Information 2006, London
    • Advanced Internet Search Strategies, Manchester UK

September 2006, No. 73

  •  Search Tools
    •  MSN Search becomes Windows Live
  •  Market Research on the Web – Top 10 Tips
  •  Autumn conferences
    •  Internet Librarian International
    •  Investing in Europe: Focus on Asset, Ownership and Governance (London)
    •  International Conference for Science & Business Information
  •  Information Resources
    •  Google News goes back in time
    •  Intute
    •  Supplier Business
    •  Blog – Petrolprices.cm
  •  Meetings and Workshops
    •  Untangling Your Web: Effective Web Site Management, Manchester
    •  Assessing the Quality of Information, London

July/August 2006, No. 72

  • Hard disc crash = lost emails
  • Search Tools
    • Search Strategies 6th edition now available
    • New version of Exalead in test
  • Business Information Top 10 Sites
  • Internet Librarian International 2006
  • Information Resources
    • Russia: All Regions Trade and Investment Guide
    • Alacra Store launches RSS alerts
    • Adverteyes UK - Advertising Slogans Database
    • Automotive World re-brands
    • Chemistry Central launched
    • TechXtra now independent
  • Searching Questions
    • Google Inconsistencies
  • Gizmo of the month
    • NetMeter
  • Meetings and Workshops
    • Developing and managing e-book collections, Dublin
    • Knowledge Management: the next generation, London
    • Business Information on the Net: Free vs. Fee, London
    • Untangling Your Web: Effective Web Site Management, Manchester

June 2006, No. 71

  • Search Tools
    • GoshMe
    • AlltheWeb Livesearch beta
    • X1 offers free Desktop Search
    • Ask.com blog search
  • Programme for Internet Librarian International Announced
  • The Internet Detective returns
  • Information Resources
    • Russia: All Regions Trade and Investment Guide
    • Comparison of airport parking prices
    • Reed Business + FAST = zibb.com
  • Gizmo of the month
    • Blogrolling.com
  • Meetings and Workshops
    • Finding pharmaceutical information, London
    • Business Information on the Internet, Warwick
    • Developing and managing e-book collections, Dublin
    • Knowledge Management: the next generation, London

May 2006, No. 70

  • Search Tools
    • Accoona talking search bar
    • Pilot subject-based cross-repository search tool
    • Top search tips
  • Feedreader version 3 available
  • Nominations invited for the Jason Farradane award
  • Market Research Society launches summer school
  • Searching Questions
    • UK business telephone directories
  • Gizmo of the month
    • HTTrack Web Site Copier
  • Meetings and Workshops
    • Desktop Tools - managing the flight deck, UKeiG, London

March 2006, No. 69

  • Search Tools
    • Exalead enhances NEAR command
    • April 1st Press Releases
    • Hakia Search Engine Beta
    • Top Search Tips from Derbyshire
  • Special Cuts
  • Information Resources
    • Windows Academic Search
    • Corporate Blogging
    • AlacraStore Upgrades
    • Search Tools for Cheap Flights
    • Exportis 2006 Importers Directories
  • Searching Questions
    • List of UK companies by location and turnover
  • Meetings and Workshops
    • Electronic Information Risk Management, UKeiG, London
    • Making Websites Accessible, UKeiG, Sheffield
    • Mysteries of RSS and Blogs Explained, Manchester Business School
    • Desktop Tools - managing the flight deck, UKeiG, London

February 2006, No 68

  • Search Tools
    • Jeeves and Teoma retire
    • Google Desktop 3 launched
    • Exalead reaches 4 billion pages
  • Blogs & Social Media Forum
  • Internet Librarian International 2006
  • European Firefox use hits 20 per cent
  • My RSS
  • Information Resources
    • Russia: All Regions, Trade & Investment Guide
    • BvDEP launches Russian company database
    • Accoona is back
  • Searching Questions
    • Looking for free-to-use images
  • These things are sent to try us
    • The case of the Google asterisk and the missing 500,000 pages
  • Gizmo of the month
    • FeedSpring
  • Meetings and Workshops
    • Developing and managing e-book collections, UKeiG, Newcastle
    • Electronic Information Risk Management, UKeiG, London
    • Making Websites Accessible, UKeiG, Sheffield

January 2006, No. 67

  • Search Tools
  • Search Tools You Might Have Missed
  • Internet Librarian International 2006: Call for Speakers
  • Inforum, Prague
  • Cost of True Love's Christmas up by 6 per cent
  • Information Resources
    • Marketscan - Mailing Lists and Direct Mail Services
    • Alacrastore adds EIU content
    • Dohop - low cost flight search engine
    • UK National Newspaper RSS Feeds
    • Transport Direct - Connecting People to Places
  • Gizmo of the month
    • Mozdev Googlebar for Firefox updated
  • Meetings and Workshops
    • RSS, Blogs and Wikis (Newcastle)
    • Assessing the Quality of Information (London)
    • Searching the Internet: Google and Beyond (Birmingham)

2005

Issue No. 66, November 2005

  • Search Tools
    • Jux2 is back
    • Advanced Internet Search Strategies - Top Tips and Sites
    • Fast Search & Transfer to develop new desktop search tool
    • blinkx and Times Online launch Times Smart Search
    • Google Print becomes Google Books
  • Firefox 1.5 released
  • Information Resources
    • EBRD Directory 2006
    • See the Cheapest UK Petrol Prices for Free
    • Inderscience Journals Catalogue
    • Bureau van Dijk adds Moreover to Mint
    • Market Research Portal
  • Searching Questions
    • Searching for rankings
  • These things are sent to try us
    • When all else fails, plug it in
  • Gizmo of the month
    • Folder Share
  • Meetings and Workshops
    • RSS, Blogs and Wikis (Newcastle)
    • Assessing the Quality of Information (London)
    • Searching the Internet: Google and Beyond (Birmingham)

Issue No. 65, October 2005

  • Search Tools
    • Google Launches Blogsearch
    • Google Unsafe Search
    • Exalead one:desktop
    • Exalead revamps web search
    • Top Search Tips
  • Top 10 Business Information Sites
  • Information Resources
    • Business Week Top 100 Global Brands Scoreboards
    • Alacrawiki
    • HM Customs & Excise uktradeinfo
    • Official Company Registers
    • Enterprise Quest
  • Searching Questions
    • Searching for presentations
  • These things are sent to try us
    • The wrong kind of lines
  • Gizmo of the month
    • ScrapBook extension for Firefox
  • Meetings and Workshops
    • Market Research on the Web, Manchester Business School
    • FOI: How are we doing?, University of Manchester
    • Comparison of desktop tools, London
    • Information Masterclass - Hints and tips from a search expert, London
    • Information Masterclass - Web search tools you might have missed, London
    • Searching the Internet: Google and Beyond (London)

Issue No. 64, July/August 2005

  • Search Tools
    • Yahoo database overtakes Google
    • Google adds Atom and RSS feeds to news alerts
    • Google makes proximity searching fuzzier
    • Google launches Desktop Search 2 plus Sidebar
    • Trovando - search different
    • Gigablast Toolbar
    • Dogpile adds MSN
  • Information Resources
    • Automotive Industry Information Sources
    • Aroq industry specific market research
    • Alacra Store
    • Thomas Register becomes Thomas Net
    • Our Property launches alerts
  • Searching Questions
    • Are the English versions of foreign language pages identical in content to the original?
  • These things are sent to try us!
    • Google's My Search History - did you know you had one?
  • Gizmo of the month
    • Customise Google Firefox Extension
  • Meetings and Workshops
    • Untangling Your Web: Effective Web Site Management (Manchester)
    • Business Information on the Internet: Free vs. Fee (London)
    • Searching the Internet: Google and Beyond (London

Issue No. 63, June 2005

  • TFTTR and RSS
  • Internet Librarian International 2005
  • Online Information and Content Management Europe 2005
  • Search Tools
    • Search Tools Summary and Comparison
    • Google Video Search
    • Google and Yahoo! Toolbars for Firefox
    • Yahoo! Desktop Search
    • Yahoo to the Max: an Extreme Searchers Guide
    • Gigablast Launches Blog Search
  • Information Resources
    • VAT number validation
    • Marketresearch.com buys Mindbranch
    • Pharmaceutical Information Sources
    • SPG Media RSS Feeds
    • FeedJumbler
    • Acronyma
  • Searching Questions
    • RSS feeds for company news
  • These things are sent to try us!
    • That darn Google Desktop cache
  • Gizmo of the Month
    • Eraser
  • Meetings and Workshops
    • Untangling Your Web: Effective Web Site Management (Manchester)
    • Developing and managing e-book collections (Edinburgh)
    • Business Information on the Internet: Free vs. Fee (London)
    • Searching the Internet: Google and Beyond (London)

Issue No. 62, May 2005

  • TFTTR and RSS
  • Inforum 2005, Prague
  • Search Tools
    • Yagoohoo!gle becomes Twingine
    • Ask Jeeves introduces Zoom and Web Answers
    • Yahoo! Mindset
    • Google Print
    • Dogpile Missing Pieces
    • Subject Finder - Search for Educational Subjects & Information
    • Blinkx.tv - update
  • Information Resources
    • Top 10 business sites and tips
    • Zephyr M&A coverage increased
    • Mindbranch - RSS feeds
    • EEVL Xtra
    • Ask Oxford
  • Searching Questions
    • Free web sites for locating where a company is registered
  • Gizmo of the Month
    • Turbo 10
  • Meetings and Workshops
    • Untangling Your Web: Effective Web Site Management (Manchester)
    • Business Information on the Internet: Free vs. Fee (London

Issue Number 61, April 2005

  • TFTTR and RSS
  • Information Today - Paris conferences
  • Search
    • BananaSlug
    • Gigablast related pages
    • YaGoohoo!gle
    • Google Local UK
    • Blinkx.tv
  • Information Resources
    • HM Revenue & Customs
    • Tracking the progress of UK Legislation
    • Google News Sources
    • Cellular Networking Perspectives: Irreverent Acronyms
  • Searching Questions
    • Top 10 Search Tips 'n' Tricks
  • Gizmo of the Month
    • Process Library
  • Meetings and Workshops
    • Untangling Your Web: Effective Web Site Management (Manchester)
    • Key Business Sources on the Internet (Manchester)
    • Search Engines - what's new and what's hot (London) Presentation at the UKeiG event "Defining the Digital Roadmap - future directions for the e-information profession"
    • Business Information on the Internet: Free vs. Fee (London

Issue Number 60, February 2005

  • Help with Firefox and Thunderbird
  • Search tools
    • Copernic Desktop Search
    • Seekport UK - Search the United Kingdom
    • Google Desktop Search
    • Turboscout
    • Brainboost
  • Information Resources
    • The Government Says
    • Our Property - property and house prices revealed
    • Valuation Office Agency
    • Marketing Surveys Index
    • Google Customisable News
    • Acronym Finder
  • Searching Questions
    • Using current news to kick-start deeper research
  • These things are sent to try us!
    • Gmail hijacked my news alerts
  • Gizmo of the Month
    • NetSnippets
  • Meetings and Workshops
    • Searching the Internet: Google and Beyond (Belfast)
    • Advanced Internet Search Strategies (Manchester)
    • Untangling Your Web: Effective Web Site Management (Manchester

Issue Number 59, January 2005

  • RSS
  • Firefox takes on IE
  • Internet Librarian International - Call for Speakers
  • Search Engine News
    • Google
    • MSN Search out of beta
    • Exalead
    • Yahoo Desktop launched
  • Information Resources
    • Bureau van Dijk - Inview
    • DASH now available online
    • Answers.com
    • Land Registry Online
  • Searching Questions
    • Aspartame - good or bad?
  • Gizmo of the Month
    • HiJack This
  • Meetings and Workshops
    • Searching the Internet: Google and Beyond (Belfast)
    • Advanced Internet Search Strategies (Manchester)
    • Untangling Your Web: Effective Web Site Management (Manchester

2004

Issue No. 58, December 2004

  • Search Engine News
    • Ask Jeeves launches Desktop Search
    • MSN launches Desktop Search
    • Copernic Desktop adds support for Firefox
    • Google Suggests
    • Accoona - new kid on the block
  • Information Resources
    • NexisLexis a la carte
    • EBRD Directory of business information sources on central and eastern Europe and the CIS
    • Statistics Insight
    • Marketing Surveys Index
    • CEE MarketWatch
    • Cost of 12 Days of Christmas rises for True Love
  • These things are sent to try us
    • Making Windows XP Search do what it says on the tin - almos

Issue No. 57, November 2004

  • Search Engine News
    • Microsoft launches new search engine
    • Google expands and turns scholar
    • Google Desktop Search
  • Top 10 Business Information Resources
  • Information Resources
    • Eco5.com - a new portal for business and economics
    • EuroInfoPool expands
    • Bureau van Dijk enhances product range
    • STN adds LISA
    • CILIP gives members direct access to LISA
  • Searching Questions
    • Number of ATMs by country
  • Gizmo of the Month
    • WinPatrol
  • Meetings and Workshops.
    • What's new in search tools? Free masterclass at Online Information 2004, London
    • Finance and business resources: who, what and how much? Free masterclass at Online Information 2004
    • Investing in Eastern Europe: Focus on EU New & Aspiring Members. 5th International Conference on Business Information Gathering & Analysis.

Issue No. 56, September 2004

  • Copernic Desktop
  • BvDEP launches Mint for business intelligence
  • Yahoo vs. Google
  • Yahoo News vs. Google News
  • Information Resources
    • NewsTrove
    • Bots Blogs and News Aggregators
    • 1837Online - Births, Marriages and Deaths
  • Searching Questions
    • Top 10 UK Insurance Companies
  • These things are sent to try us
    • The case of the disappearing fax driver
  • Gizmo of the Month
    • Agent Ransack
  • Meetings and Workshops.
    • Advanced Internet Search Strategies, Manchester Business School

Issue No. 55, July/August 2004

  • Blinkx - local and web searching combined
  • Emerald to launch Emerald Management Xtra
  • IAB launches AllAboutCookies.org
  • Information Resources
    • Digital Library of Historical Directories
    • Yell introduces Super Search
    • MSN launches Newsbot
    • Abook4All - used books and rare books specialists
    • Libor rates - British Bankers Association
    • WordCount
  • Searching Questions
    • Historical stock exchange data
  • These things are sent to try us!
    • Pesky pop-ups - yet again!!
  • Gizmo of the Month
    • Copyscape
  • Meetings and Workshops.
    • Key Business Sources on the Net, Manchester Business School
    • Searching the Internet: Beyond Google, UKOLUG, Newcastle Upon Tyne
    • Business Information on the Internet: free vs fee. TFPL, London
    • Advanced Internet Search Strategies, Manchester Business School

Issue No. 54, June 2004

  • AlltheWeb dumbs down
  • UK Web to be archived
  • New business information search tool
  • Information Resources
    • US Agriculture Exporters Database
    • National Union of Journalists Freelance Directory
    • Process Industries Supplier Directory
    • Major Companies of Central & Eastern Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States
    • China Company Research Services
    • Baltic Sea States web directory
    • EU Value Added Tax
  • Searching Questions
    •  Free market and industry data by country
  • Gizmo of the Month
    • AM-DeadLink
  • Meetings and Workshops
    • Key Business Sources on the Net, Manchester Business School
    • Searching the Internet: Beyond Google, UKOLUG, Newcastle Upon Tyne
    • Business Information on the Internet: free vs fee. TFPL, London
    • Advanced Internet Search Strategies, Manchester Business School

Issue No. 53, May 2004

  • AltaVista dumbs down
  • Sinking in the information bog!
  • Information Resources
    • Database of phishing scams
    • National copyright laws online
    • Complete RSS
    • Directory of UK company directors
    • Resource directory for East and Southeast Asia
    • NationMaster
    • CAROL launches stock price lookup
    • Archive of UK government web sites
  • Searching Questions
    • Translating foreign language news articles
  • Gizmo of the Month
    • Mailwasher
  • Meetings and Workshops
    • I'm an Information Professional - get me out of here! UKOLUG, London
    • Business Information on the Internet: Free v. Fee, TFPL, London
    • Key Business Sources on the Net, Manchester Business School

Issue No. 52, April 2004

  • Search Strategies for the Internet, 5th Edition
  • ChangeDetect - Update
  • Information Resources
    • Russia: All 89 Regions Trade & Investment Guide
    • EU Enlargement - Maritimeindustries.org
    • KPMG EU Accession
    • Europa EU Enlargement
    • List of EU countries and candidate countries
    • Snapshots launches New Global Panorama Series
    • UK DirectGov launched
    • BAD News · Woody's Watch
  • Searching Questions
    • Largest cities and demographics
  • These things are sent to try us!
    • You don't have IE 5.5 or above…..
  • Gizmo of the Month
    • Thumbshots Ranking Tool
  • Meetings and Workshops
    • Market Research on the Web, Manchester Business School
    • I'm an Information Professional - get me out of here! UKOLUG.
    • Business Information on the Internet: Free v. Fee

Issue No. 51, March 2004

  • ChangeDetect - free service for monitoring web pages
  • Information Resources
    • EBRD Directory
    • The Ultimate Directory
    • Yahoo News upgraded
    • Market Access Database (trade statistics between the EU and non EU countries)
    • Ramon - Eurostat Classification Server
    • ITC - International Trade Statistics
    • United Nations Statistics Division - COMTRADEUK Trade Information On-line
  • Searching Questions
    • Statistics on renewable energy in the UK
  • Gizmo of the Month
    • Furl It
  • Meetings and Workshops
    • How to assess, select and manage electronic resources, Manchester Business School.
    • Market Research on the Web, Manchester Business School
    • I'm an Information Professional - get me out of here! UKOLUG.

Issue No. 50, February 2004

  • I'm an information professional - get me out of here! (UKOLUG seminar)
  • Top 10 Business Information Resources
  • Copernic launches new tracking software
  • Information Resources
    • Dot UK Directory
    • Research and Markets Newsletter
    • Info@UK
    • Search Tools - Zapmeta
    • Search Tools - Yahoo launches new search engine
    • Macmillan English Dictionary - New Words ·
  • Searching Questions
    • Researching company directors
  • These things are sent to try us!
    • Email disclaimers - the antidote
  • Meetings and Workshops
    • Assessing the Quality of Information, TFPL London
    • Current legal issues in Information Work (UKOLUG seminar), Belfast
    • How to assess, select and manage electronic resources, Manchester Business School.

Issue No. 49, January 2004

  • Google and AlltheWeb look for variations on search terms
  • Top 10 Search Tips
  • EEVL launches OneStep Industry and Jobs News services
  • Information Resources
    • Market Research on the Web
  • Searching Questions
    • Historical Share Prices
  • Gizmo of the Month
    • WisdomChange for monitoring changes to web pages
  • Meetings and Workshops
    • Business Information the Net, TFPL London
    • UKOLUG seminars: Usability Testing and Blogs and Wikis, London
    • UKOLUG seminar: Perspectives on Information Architecture,London
    • Assessing the Quality of Information, TFPL London

2003

Issue No. 48, December 2003

  • Google launches Deskbar
  • Northern Light resurrected
  • Trade Union History Online wins Farradane Award
  • Online 2003 Best Stand Awards
  • Information Resources
    • BvD adds new data to DASH
  • Searching Questions
    • Financials for small private companies in the Netherlands
  • Gizmo of the Month
    • Ad Muncher
  • Meetings and Workshops
    • Advanced Internet Search Strategies, Manchester Business School
    • Business Information the Net, TFPL London
    • Assessing the Quality of Information, TFPL London

Issue No. 47, November 2003

  • Yahoo! opts in users to marketing mail
  • British Library launches Research Service
  • This email has expired
  • Information resources
    • BvD adds ODIN (information on Nordic companies)
    • Free M&A fact sheet from BvD Zephyr
    • Foodstat
    • Lawbore
    • Tom's Law - Legal Documents Online
  • These things are sent to try us!
    • Digital disaster in the Dales
  • Gizmo of the Month
    • Zap spyware with Spybot

Issue Number 46, October 2003

  • Google launches synonym search
  • Wayback Machine tests Recall for archives
  • Information resources
    • EINS GEM
    • Google introduces News Alerts
    • Factiva introduces new pay-as-you-go subscription
    • Telintell for free information on global telecommunications
    • Grants Online
    • Access Funds - Grants information for the British charitable and non-profit sector
  • These things are sent to try us!
    • 1427 news messages - and counting
  • Gizmo of the Month
    • DUN Manager
  • Meetings and Workshops
    • Assessing the quality of information

Issue Number 45, July/August 2003

  • Farewell Netscape?
  • Online 2003 Programme Announced
  • Information Resources
    • BvD EIU Market Indicators and Forecasts and OSIRIS
    • Guardian charges for selected services
    • Google Introduces Advanced News Search
    • Gold Stocks Center
    • Snapshots International revamp Web site
  • These things are sent to try us!
    • SoBig causes SoHuge Hassle
  • Meetings and Workshops
    • Intellectual Property and Ethics Feature in UKOLUG's Autumn Schedule
    • Assessing the Quality of Information, TFPL, London, 16th September 2003
    • Setting up Shop on the Internet, Manchester Business School, 1st October 2003
    • Key Business Sources on the Net, Manchester Business School, 2nd October 2003

Issue Number 44, June 2003

  • Turbo10 meta-search: less “turbo” and fewer breakdowns please
  • New Browser on the Block: Mozilla Firebird
  • Information Resources
    • Cookies and IT Law – Masons Out-law.com and Aboutcookies.org
    • Land Registry Online (pilot Web site)
    • Fast Book Finder
    • UK Law Firms on the Web
    • Bar (Barristers) on the Web
    • Research Buyers Guide
  • Gizmo of the Month
    • AlltheWeb URL Investigator
  • Meetings and Workshops
    • UKOLUG Seminar at Umbrella, UMIST, Manchester, 4th July 2003
    • Market Research on the Web, Manchester Business School, 3rd September 2003
    • Assessing the Quality of Information, TFPL, London, 16th September 2003

Issue Number 43, May 2003

  • News on the Web Compared
  • KillerInfo
  • Information Resources
    • Google News Launches Country News Services
    • Faust Information - National, International Directories and Mailing Lists
  • Gizmo of the Month
    • Web2Text - HTML to plain text converter
  • Meetings and Workshops
    • Advanced Internet Search Strategies (Manchester Business School) 11th June 2003

Issue Number 42, April 2003

  • Online 2003 Call for Papers
  • Price's List of Lists Moves to Specialissues.com
  • Information Resources
    • Independent charges for content
    • Insight Research Corporation
    • International Business Strategies
    • Best for Business
    • CDA Dorset (Co-operative Development Agency)
    • Grantsnet: UK grants and funding information
    • CAROL re-launches with credit report facility
    • Top 10 Sources of Business Information
  • Gizmo of the Month
    • Allwhois - the name behind the domain
  • Meetings and Workshops
    • Key Business Sources on the Internet (Manchester Business School)
    • Advanced Internet Search Strategies (Manchester Business School)

Issue Number 41, March 2003

  • AOL launches pop-up zapper
  • Microsoft Teams up with Information Providers
  • Information Resources
    • Who Owns Whom in the UK Electricity Industry
    • Zapdata - US company lookup and mailing lists from D&B
    • Research and Markets
    • SkillsBuilder
    • Jobstats - the current state of the UK computer job market
    • Eastern European Business Information Update
  • Gizmo of the Month
    • ScanIT - test your browser's security
  • Meetings and Workshops
    • Resource Management Strategies (UKOLUG, London)
    • Key Business Sources on the Internet (Manchester Business School)
    • Business Information on the Internet: free vs. fee (TFPL, London)
    • Advanced Internet Search Strategies (Manchester Business School

Issue Number 40, February 2003

  • Secure online shopping with the Cahoot webcard
  • Information Resources
    • eBizSearch
    • News service from World Chambers Network/Dialog
    • Business Information Update
    • Official company registers
    • Top 10 Business Sites
  • Gizmo of the Month
    • PawSense
  • Meetings and Workshops
    • Business Information: Resource Management Strategies
    • International Graduate Summer School

Issue Number 39, January 2003

  • NorthernLight to close public Web site
  • AlltheWeb
  • International Graduate Summer School short courses
  • Information Resources
    • Listings of trade associations on the Net
    • Top 10 Business Sites
  • Gizmo of the Month
    • SpamGourmet
  • Meetings and Workshops

2002

Issue Number 38, December 2002

  • Online Information 2002 - Best Stand Award s
  • New HotBot launched
  • Yahoo! to charge for Associated Press Archive
  • Information Resources
    • Yahoo! UK provides free UK Company Annual Reports
    • Price Sampler
    • United Export Solutions - Import and Export Directories
    • FDI Xchange IPAnet
    • 2002 Top 10 Business Sites
  • Computer Contradictionary: what the jargon really means!
  • Meetings and Workshop

Issue Number 37, November 2002

  • Online Information 2002
    • EuroInfopool
    • Bureau van Dijk - OSIRIS and ORBIS
    • Euromonitor
    • Snapdata
    • Marketresearch.com
    • Access Asia
    • BBC Monitoring
    • Dialog Newsedge
    • Gale - Times Digital Archive
    • eLexPortal
    • French Electronic Information Industry
  • Information Resources
    • Skyminder
    • Research Express (Scavenger)
    • OneStat
    • ABCE
    • Periodical Publishers Association
  • Top 10 Business Sites

Issue Number 36, October 2002

  • The Great Spam Experiment
  • Hotmail and BTopenworld adopt Brightmail
  • Pop-ups banned by AOL and Ask Jeeves
  • Information Resources
    • Gigablast search engine
    • Infoline Spain
    • QuickerWit - UK directory of hardware, software and product reviews
    • Directory of Information and Market Research Specialists
    • Marketing Source Directory of Trade Associations
    • Eurochambres
    • British Chambers of Commerce
    • Top 10 sites
  • Gizmo of the Month
    • eCloaker
  • Training and Meetings
    • Key Business Resources on the Net
    • Market Research on the Web

Issue Number 35, September 2002

  • Monitoring Web Page Changes
    • Spyonit Goes on Holiday
  • Information Resources
    • Snapshots launches pay-as-you-go service
    • IRN Research gets a makeover
    • US Limited Liability Companies - Knowx.com, FindLaw
    • Business Access Web (support for Australian SMEs)
    • Better Business revamped
    • FreeDirectories.com
    • Australian Business Register
    • ASIC National Names Index
  • Gizmo of the Month
    • TweakUI
  • Training and Meetings
    • Key Business Resources on the Net
    • Market Research on the Web
    • Advanced Internet Search Strategies
    • EBRD/ETM Meeting: Investing in Eastern Europe
    • ETM Workshop: Web Based Marketing Tools

Issue No. 34, July/August 2002

  • Web Page Monitoring: Updates to WatchThatPage
  • Browser Wars Rekindled?
  • Updates to the RBA Web site
    • Biography.com
    • Gale Biography Resource Center
    • Zephyr replaces Zephus
  • These things are sent to try us
    • Inland Revenue's Cookies Fail Crunch Test
  • Training and Meetings
    • Key Business Resources on the Net
    • Market Research on the Web
    • Advanced Internet Search Strategies
    • EBRD/ETM Meeting: Investing in Eastern Europe
    • ETM Workshop: Web Based Marketing Tools
  • Publications
    • Search Strategies for the Internet, 4th edition

Issue No. 33, June 2002

  • Monitoring Web Page Changes
    • Watch that Page, Infominder, Change Detection, Track Engine, Spy on it, Website Watcher
  • Kartoo - a different approach to searching
  • Updates to the RBA Web site
    • Delos Creditinfo
    • OneSource
    • Equifax
    • Yell Data
    • Postal Rates
    • Top 10 Sites
  • Publications
    • Search Strategies for the Internet, 4th edition

Issue No. 32, May 2002

  • FT.com introduces subscriptions
  • Updates to the RBA Web site
    • FITA - Federation of International Trade Associations
    • Sharepages
    • Gold mining stocks
    • Cerved
    • Statistics New Zealand
    • Expo21xx
    • Top 10 sites
    • Deletions - BIRD Online, Investhink, FT People, FT Global Archive
  • These things are sent to try us
    • Microsoft changes Hotmail privacy settings
  • Gizmo of the Month
    • ShowURL
  • Publications
    • Search Strategies for the Internet, 4th edition

Issue No. 31, April 2002

  • Google Reveals All (1st April)
  • Nominet to provide UK Web owners' details
  • Updates to the RBA Web site
    • Finsight discontinued
    • Yahoo! Finance extends its historical share price service
    • BvD takes over Zephus
    • Google News
    • Telegraph charges for crosswords
    • Yell re-launches business database
    • Invest Northern Ireland
    • Electric Eclectic Glossaries
    • Library News Daily
    • E-government Bulletin
    • LLRX
    • The Register
    • Research Buzz
    • These things are sent to try us Yahoo! changes privacy policy: prepare to be spammed
  • Gizmo of the Month
    • Sam Spade
  • Meetings and Training
    • Key Business Resources on the Net
    • Market Research on the Web
    • UKOLUG Conference - Finders Keepers, Losers Weepers: Exploiting the Online Environment for Maximum Advantage

Issue No. 30, March 2002

  • The End of Free News?
  • Updates to the RBA Web site
    • Trade Association Forum re-launched
    • LEDU and EDnet transfer to Invest Northern Ireland
    • JustBooks becomes Abebooks
    • Statistics sources for Austria and Belgium
    • Bank of England
    • HM Treasury
    • HBOS - Economic View
    • Bizguides - Start up Business Guides
    • Equifax Global Online
    • The Librarians Index to the Internet
    • Top 10 Business Sites
  • These things are sent to try us
    • The wrong sort of telegraph pole: despatches from a friend
  • Gizmo of the Month
    • Infominder - Monitoring Web Page Content
  • Meetings and Training
    • Key Business Resources on the Net
    • Market Research on the Web
    • UKOLUG Conference - Finders Keepers, Losers Weepers: Exploiting the Online Environment for Maximum Advantage

Issue No. 29, February 2002

  • Northern Light Web Searching Still Available
  • Update on Karnak
  • Updates to the RBA Web site
    • Nomis
    • Workthing.com
    • Scavenger.net
    • Land Registry Property Prices
    • Nationwide House Price Index
    • The Halifax House Price Index
    • Who2.com
    • Who Named It?
  • Meetings and Training
    • Advanced Internet Search Strategies
    • Business Information: Resource Management Strategies

Issue No. 28, January 2002

  • Pesky, pop-up varmints!
  • Updates to the RBA Web site
    • UK 1901 Census
    • UK Official Statistics
    • Zephus charges for M&A data
    • Scavenger in beta test
    • Historical share prices - Yahoo, BigCharts
    • Hemscott premium services
    • BvD Increases coverage of AMADEUS
    • First Directory
    • Absolutely Bogus Printer Driver
    • Changes to Excite
    • Changes at Northern Light
    • Google increases Web and Usenet coverage
  • These things are sent to try us
    • Conexant fails to connect
  • Quote of the Month
  • RBA Meetings and Training
    • Market Research on the Web; Advanced Search Strategies; Key Business Resources on the Net; Effective use of the Internet; Business Information Resource Management Strategies

2001

Issue No. 27, December 2001

  • Online Information 2001
  • Updates to the RBA Web site
    • Scottish Law Online
    • NewsBase
    • Skate Financial Network
    • BBC Monitoring Country Profiles
    • Land Registry
    • Land Registers of Scotland
    • Environment Agency
    • PPG 25 (policy guidance note on development and flood risk)
    • Images of England
    • MoneyExtra Mortgage
    • Centre Cobweb Information
    • Top 10 Business Sites
  • These things are sent to try us
    • “Cannot find registry, cannot find VFAT”
  • Gizmo of the Year
  • RBA Training & Meetings

Issue No. 26, November 2001

  • Preview: Online Information 2001
  • Updates to the RBA Web site
    • Newsbase - BBC Monitoring
    • Changes to the Times
    • Business Deutschland
    • Changes to FAST-AllTheWeb

Issue No. 25, October 2001

  • Review
    • Karnak
  • Updates to the RBA Web site
    • Changes to Stock Markets and Company Financials
    • Finsight
    • Etrade
    • Startups.co.uk
    • Go4Gain
    • BigWales
    • UK/British Employment Law
    • Changes to xrefer
  • These things are sent to try us
    • Where should my MTX_.EXE be?
  • Meetings and Training
    • Business Information on the Internet: Fee versus Free

Issue No. 24, September 2001

  • Review: Meta-search Software for your PC
    • Copernic vs LexiBot Vs WebSeeker
  • Updates to the RBA Web site
    • Introduction to the Euro
    • Capital Market Guide
    • Guide to SEC Filings
    • Deloitte VAT/GST Rates
    • PricecoopersWaterhouse Global VAT Online
    • PricecoopersWaterhouse EdgarScan
    • Lawyer Locator
    • Internet Search Tools & Portals
  • Gizmo of the Month
    • Spam Proof Email Links

Issue No. 23, July/August 2001

  • Changes to TFTTR distribution
  • Interesting use of Google AdWords
  • Updates to the RBA Web site
    • Statistical Summary of the US Newspaper Industry
    • Radio Free Europe, Radio Liberty (RFERL)
    • Jamestown Foundation
    • The Glossarist
    • Moneyextra Glossary A-Z of financial terms
    • Yahoo Financial Glossary
    • Bloomberg.com: Financial Glossary
    • EDGAR Online Form Type Definitions
    • Current Value of Old Money
    • eFinancial News
    • Acquisitions Monthly
    • Patently Absurd - Weird & Wacky Patents
    • Economist.com Country Briefings
    • EIU Country Data Viewswire
    • Privatizationlink
    • UK Online for Business
    • Grantfinder
    • J4b - Search for Government Grants for your Business
    • Business Credit Management UK
    • Better Payment Practice Campaign
    • Just Claim
    • Scottish Business Information Services
  • These things are sent to try us
    • Out of Date Search Engines
  • Gizmo of the Month
    • Copernic
  • Meetings and Training
    • Business Information on the Internet: Fee versus Free

Issue No. 22, June 2001

  • Updates to the RBA Web site
    • Google launches image searching
    • UK Business Advice Online moves
    • Factiva.com 1992
    • UK SIC Codes
    • MarketEye to close
    • CountyWeb and List Locator
    • Lists Now
    • UK Business Data Online
    • Dun & Bradstreet
    • Kelly's
    • Kompass British Exporters
    • Kompass UK
  • These things are sent to try us
    • Brush up your search strategy jargon
  • Meetings and Training
    • AIOPI Conference
    • BL Best Of Business

Issue No. 21, May 2001

  • Updates to the RBA Web site
    • Vrisko NameBase
    • Search Strategies - Keeping up to Date
    • Subject specific Scout Reports discontinued
    • Update on open.gov.uk
    • Lexis-Nexis at BIRD Online
  • These things are sent to try us
    • Undeliverable email
  • Gizmo of the Month
    • WebWasher top of accelerator tests
  • Meetings and Training
    • June 18th, Company Information on the Internet

Issue No. 20, April 2001

  • Updates to the RBA Web site
    • The Case of the Disappearing Portals
    • Government Portals
    • Chambers of Commerce
    • Google Updates
    • Aria Database
  • These things are sent to try us
    • You have mail: Oh no I don't!
  • Meetings and Training
    • May 9th, Business Information on the Internet
    • May 16th, The Internet - Search Techniques
    • June 18th, Company Information on the Internet

Issue No. 19, March 2001

  • Editorial
    • Gardening News
  • Market Research on the Web: pay as you go options
  • Updates to the RBA Web site
    • ukstate.com
    • clicktso.com
    • Parliament Live
    • Abyz News Links
    • Newspaper Society
    • British Newspaper Readership Data
  • Gizmo of the Month Google Toolbar

Issue No. 18, February 2001

  • Update on Skyminder
  • Updates to the RBA Web site
    • Search Strategies for the Internet, 3rd edition
    • Country Versions of Google?
    • UK Yellow Pages Start-up Briefings
    • DespatchWeb
    • Top 10 Business Sites
  • These things are sent to try us!
    • BT charges are baffling
  • Gizmo of the Month
    • Web pages - date last modified
  • Meetings and Training

Issue No. 17, January 2001

  • Review of Skyminder
  • Updates to the RBA Web site
    • Top 10 Business Sites
    • Search Strategies for the Internet 3rd edition
    • Clearlybusiness
  • These things are sent to try us
    • If IE5 ain't broke, don't fix it!
  • Gizmo of the Month
    • Google's Cache of Web Pages
  • Meetings and Training
    • February 13th, IIS Southern Branch Evening Meeting
    • March 2nd, Business Information on the Internet

2000

Issue No. 16, December 2000

  • Highlights of Online 2000

Issue No. 15, November 2000

  • Netscape 6 launched - was it worth the wait?
  • Preview of Online Information 2000
  • Business Sources on the Net - new and updated sites
    • Top 10 Business Sites
    • Direct Marketing
    • About Global Business
    • Country Information
    • Statistics
  • Gizmo of the Month
    • Update on Ad-Aware

Issue No. 14, October 2000

  • New and updated sites added to RBA's Business Sources on the Net
    • Business Advice Online
    • The World Gazetteer
    • BAA - UK Flight Arrivals, Flight Timetable, Airport News
    • National Rail - the Gateway to Britain's National Rail Network
    • Zephus Mergers and Acquisitions Data
  • These things are sent to try us!
    • Uninstalling Unwanted Default Internet Connections
  • Gizmo of the Month
    • IE Personalizer
  • Meetings and Training
    • November 2nd, The Internet: search techniques and food related sites
    • November 13th, How to Make More Effective Use of the Internet
    • November 21st, Business Information on the Internet

Issue No. 13, September 2000

  • FT Global Archive now totally free
  • New and updated sites added to RBA's Business Sources on the Net
  • Gizmo of the Month
    • Ad-Aware
  • Meetings and Training
    • November 2nd, The Internet: search techniques and food related sites
    • November 13th, How to Make More Effective Use of the Internet

Issue No. 12, July/August 2000

  • Update on biography sites
  • New and updated sites added to RBA's Business Sources on the Net
  • Gizmos of the Month
    • Zone Alarm
    • ZoneLog Analyser
  • Meetings and Training
    • September 27th, Business Information on the Internet
    • October 4th, How to Make More Effective Use of the Internet

Issue No. 11, June 2000

  • Portals Galore
  • New and updated sites added to RBA's Business Sources on the Net
  • These things are sent to try us!
    • Cannot display page - page empty or site does not exist
  • Gizmo of the Month
    • A4 Proxy - Anonymizer for Web surfing

Issue No. 10, May 2000

  • Review of News Alerting Services
  • New and updated sites added to RBA's Business Sources on the Net
  • These things are sent to try us!
    • Email attachments and I LOVE YOU
  • Gizmo of the Month
    • Babelfish
  • Meetings and Training
    • UKOLUG Conference

Issue No. 9, April 2000

  • New and updated sites added to RBA's Business Sources on the Net
  • These things are sent to try us!
    • Reading the small print
  • Gizmo of the Month
    • Xenu Link Checker
  • Training
    • Business Information on the Internet
    • The Internet: Search Techniques and Food Related Sites

Issue No. 8, March 2000

  • Search Utilities for your PC
    • Dialog's WebCheck vs Google buttons
  • New and updated sites added to RBA's Business Sources on the Net
  • These things are sent to try us!
    • The Battle of CAPITALS Against lower case Letters
  • Gizmo of the Month
    • recycling old or unwanted CD-ROMs (non-gardeners can ignore this!)
  • Training
    • Business Information on the Internet

Issue No. 7, February 2000

  • Netscape 5 alpha
  • New and updated sites added to RBA's Business Sources on the Net
  • These things are sent to try us!
    • Buying software Online
  • Publications
    • Search Strategies for the Internet 2nd Edition
  • Training
    • Business Information on the Internet

Issue No. 6, January 2000

  • Dialog's WebTop
  • Review of Major UK and Pan-European Directories
  • Gizmo of the Month: Neotrace

1999

Issue No. 5, December 1999

  • Online Information 1999

Issue No. 4, November 1999

  • Quote of the Month
  • These things are sent to try us!
    • Absolutely Bogus Printer Driver
  • Gizmo of the Month
    • ADfilter
  • Publications

Issue No. 3, October 1999

  • Dialog Launches Information Portals
  • New sites added to RBA's Business Sources on the Net
  • These things are sent to try us!
    • Accessibility of Web Sites
  • Training
  • Business Information on the Internet
  • Leatherhead Food RA Conference
  • Internet Search Techniques & Food Related Sites (Leatherhead Food RA)

Issue No. 2, September 1999

  • Review of Alexa
  • New sites added to RBA's Business Sources on the Net
  • These things are sent to try us!
    • The Mystery of the Disappearing Dun Icon
    • DUN Manager
  • Training
    • Business Information on the Internet

Issue No. 1, July/August 1999

  • UK Telephone Directories Compared
  • New sites added to RBA's Business Sources on the Net
    • US and Japanese companies Annual Reports
  • These things are sent to try us!
    • Printing Web pages: making the page fit your paper
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