As my friends know, I have been fascinated by Google’s Custom Search Engines (CSEs) for years. I have met several colleagues who have become as addicted to CSEs as I am; I feel as if we belong to a tribe. 🙂 I remain disappointed by the apparent CSEs’ low penetration into our industry tools. Part of the undeserved unpopularity is …
17 Custom Search Engines
Here are some Google Custom Search Engines for Sourcing I have created: Google No-Captchas(a.k.a. Search Like a Human) Public link: Search Like a Human– just search for anything without being tested for not being a bot Email Formats – use to discover email patterns for any corporation LinkedIn – Countries– X-Rays LinkedIn profiles; offers a dozen refinements by country Emails in …
Three Diversity Custom Searches
It is possible, for some membership sites, to create Custom Search Engines that would search for female members only – and do so precisely. Let me share some Diversity Custom Search Engines with you. (I’ll add some nerdy explanations of how it works, for those interested, at the end of the post). Here you go. CSE #1. Searching in Healthcare? …
Ten Custom Search Engines for Recruiters
Google Custom Search Engines (CSEs) is a powerful Sourcing tool, that can improve your Sourcing process with new results, often faster than “regular” Google. CSE users fall roughly into three categories: End-user. If writing out search operators is not your cup of tea, you can use CSEs built by your more technical peers, without even learning advanced operators. Creator. Creating …
Custom Search for Recently Updated Profiles
Googling for recently updated profiles is a tricky business. However, Custom Search Engines, with their fascinating capabilities, allow us to set up sorting by date in the settings, making convenient UI to searching for pages that have been recently updated. If you were wondering, search results for the same query, 1) sorted by relevance and 2) sorted by date, as …
The Custom Search Engines of Social List
The Custom Search Engines of the new Smart XRay Tool Social List http://bit.ly/LinkedInAgentCSE http://bit.ly/LinkedInEnglishAgentCSE http://bit.ly/GithubAgentCSE http://bit.ly/XINGAgentCSE http://bit.ly/ResearchGateAgentCSE http://bit.ly/MeetupAgentCSE http://bit.ly/HackerRankAgentCSE http://bit.ly/DoximityAgentCSE http://bit.ly/HealthGradesCSE http://bit.ly/GoogleScholarAgentCSE http://bit.ly/ZoomInfoAgentCSE http://bit.ly/IndeedAgentCSE The underlying search explained – Fascinating: Custom Headline Search.
Nerdy Custom Search on GitHub
Ever since we started making use of structured web search capabilities, I have been fascinated by the precise results we can obtain from a general search engine via this mechanism. Here is an investigation and multiple examples of precise X-Raying on Github.com, which is a truly useful site to know if you are looking for software developers. For those (few) Sourcers who love …
Webinar: Custom Search Engines for Everyone
Please join me for a new webinar on Custom Search Engines. Google’s Custom Search Engines (CSEs) have long been a favorite tool for experts searching the Internet. CSEs benefit researchers in many ways: by providing a simple User Interface and lessening the need for advanced Boolean operators; expanding the limits of Google’s search capabilities; and eliminating annoying “captcha”s triggered by …
Diversity Associations Custom Search Engine
We all know how much positive influence diversity provides in the workplace. As a follow-up to our recent, well-attended and appreciated Sourcing for Diversity Webinar, and to help to source from diversity pools of candidates, I’d like to share the new Custom Search Engine (CSE). Public URL: Diversity Associations CSE Shortcut: https://bitly.com/diversity-assoc Here is how to use it: enter a location …
Custom Search Engines Hack: Get 1,000 Results
Google’s Custom Search Engines (CSEs) can be useful in many ways. They provide a way to hide advanced search operators from your colleagues who are less technically inclined; they don’t bug advanced researchers with annoying Captchas; and they provide some interesting possibilities beyond those of “regular” Google. Unfortunately, currently the “official” limit of the number of the search results in a CSE is …