Information Trapping: Real-Time Research on the Web

by Tara Calishain

'Information Trapping' shows the reader how to create automated systems that do the work of researching topics of interest, delivering timely results efficiently. It works with the latest technology,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0321491718
• ISBN13: 9780321491718
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: New Riders Publishing
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.1" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Very helpful for market research

There is something for the beginner through to the advanced researcher in this book. Some of it will get dated fairly quickly as the web evolves almost faster than a book can be written. Her syntactical search tips for all the major tools are very valuable. I had never tried the intitle:keyword syntax prior to this, nor had I used cluster search tools, very cool. Lots of tips on how and where to see who is linking to your content plus where your content may be landing (without your permission!). A good working book, if you try out 1/3 of her suggestions your web searching capabilities will grow substantially. Very helpful for market researchers. She is quite prolific in this area.

A very good informative book

I found this book quite useful. I was already using RSS readers and all sorts of life hacks to make my life more efficient. When I came across this book, I thought it might be just what I was looking for to expose me to a whole new set of tools. That's exactly what it did. Some tools were better than others, and some tools weren't really that good, but at least I know them. I am quite glad I bought it. Now I know a lot more about automatic trapping of information. With all the explosion of information, there is certainly a need for more automatic capture of knowledge. Highly recommended.

Information Trapping ROCKS!

This is a fantastic book. It is written clearly, and even though I run an Internet website, I have learned much. Tara really knows her stuff. I would not hesitate to buy this book as it is possible the publisher will one do one printing. If that happens, you may have a tough time getting a copy.

She almost hit a home run with me but the ending was a triple

I was so impressed with the book. Tara's writing style is easy and user friendly. She gave a lot of great information. Sometimes overwhelming information but it was organized in a easy to read format.You could keep up with the information. I kept thinking , I hope she give us a lot of examples at the end on how I can become an information trapper. She gave one example of someone looking for external information and one example of someone looking for internal information. One example! (320 pages of information, on acquiring tons of information and one example how you can use it.) I will take it, most writers are too lazy to even give you one example. But she could have hit a home run with me giving me several examples of how you could become a basic, intermediate and advance information trapper and given us several case studies to tie it up. At very least, give us an example of what she is doing. She talks about trapping information on autism. Then, give us an example of how she,an advance professional, uses all of the resources to trap information. How does a professional does it. And I had hope, that perhaps by registering my book on the website, she will give gives us case studies there.. If a person wanted to trap the subject of ovarian cancer , give us an example what she does. Remember, we are newbie, we have never done this before. She has a website and a company , called ResearchBuzz and this is what Tara does for a living. I wish she would have spend a lot of time wrapping things up and give us plenty of examples how this is done. I do recommend the book. Its an amazing book and I did learn many new things. A better ending will have been the frosting on the cake and a walk off home run. And a rating of 5!

Well written with some good techniques on automating research

In Information Trapping, Tara Calishain does a good job covering the basics of automated searching and information trapping, and even covers more advanced topics like re-publishing the information you find to a blog or Wiki. The writing is clear and concise, and the structure is easy to follow. Chapters include: What is Information Trapping RSS Basics Page Monitors Email Alerts Building Queries Who's Linking to Your Site? Trapping Topic-Based Information Multimedia Trapping Trapping tags and Conversations Filtering the Inflow Case Studies Organizing What You Find Publishing Your Information Throughout the book, the author does a good job of mentioning the best sites you can use today to find and mine information, and explores some advanced search engine query syntax, and methods of emailing, filtering, and organizing the information your search will return. If you are looking to extract data from the web, Information Trapping is a good primer on using automated methods to find information on the web.