We’ve had a great list of tools contributed by 80+ members of the Boolean Strings LinkedIn group to the question:
“What are the sourcing tools you can’t live without? Please list some favorites.” and another 30 or so on the Boolean Ning Network – http://booleanstrings.ning.com/forum/topics/what-are-the-sourcing-tools
I thought I’d list some of the tools I use daily, to add to the discussion. Of course, there’s some overlap with those listed already. I am only listing free tools here, or tools where there’s a nice free option. Here you go.
URL shortening
Storage and sharing
Browser Add-Ons (Chrome and FireFox)
- Fastest Chrome
- Fastest Fox
- Clickable Links
- iMacros
“Manage search engines” in Chrome
Parsing, Filtering, and Sorting
Search Engines
- Bing
- Blekko
- Duckduckgo
- Yandex
Here are some CSE’s we’ve built:
- Hidden Profiles
- Emails in Resumes
- SourceCon 2011 Challenge #1 — Julia Tverskaya (Software Engineers in the Bay Area)
- http://hiddenresumes.com
People and Company search
- Zoominfo
- Data.com (formerly Jigsaw)
- Implu.com – info on public companies
- Manta.com
- Consulting Companies
- Link Silicon Valley
- Pipl.com (the old version)
- Whois
- Yahoo People Search
Real Time Search
- Topsy
- https://brandmentions.com/ – Social listening tool
- Google and LinkedIn Alerts
Past Search
Job Sharing
And finally,
General Purpose (thanks to Martin Lee for contributing!)
- Coffee Mug
Please let me know if I missed something really cool. Thanks!