Shrewd Internet Strategies: Diving Deeper

Date:

Friday, Mar 22

Time:

11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Room:

255B

Session ID:

G39

Type:

Presentation

Difficulty:

Intermediate

Track:

Genealogist

Syllabi:

G39-RootsTech2013 - InternetStr (DOC)

Description

It’s estimated that Google only indexes about 12% of the web, so you are just skimming the surface of what’s available on the Web when you use Google or any of the other standard search engines. Learn how to milk everything you can out of search engines, by using well formulated search strategies. Learn why and when to move Move beyond Web search engines — browsing and/or searching within particular Websites. Also demonstrated will be Delicious.com, for keeping track of the Websites you would like to return to, and Evernote for keeping track of the information you find.

Presenters

Peggy Baldwin

Peggy is the owner of Family Passages LLC, providing genealogy research services to clients since 2005. She is a frequent presenter on genealogical topics, especially ones having to do with technologies. She has many years of teaching Internet skills, searching techniques, evaluation of information, and the use of software and new technologies to a variety of audiences.