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HOW I LEARNED TO STOP OVERTHINKING AND HIT
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Lynne RutledgeWordCamp Montreal
July 23, 2016
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I am a classic over-thinker.
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Ways I like to Fool Myself“Oh, I’ll just buy a book on it”
Sticking in student mode
Toughing it out on my own
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• Information literacy can help you move forward confidently
• The WordPress community is there, and you just have to ask
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The Information Literate Person can:Determine the extent of information needed
Access information effectively and efficiently
Critically evaluate information and sources
Blend new information into your existing knowledge base
Use info effectively to accomplish a purpose
The Association of College & Research Libraries
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Just a Quick Search…..• 2016-07-10 searching WordPress on Google.ca = 457 000 000 results
• Adding tutorial took it down to 16 900 000
• You are getting:• ads • questionable quality• Irrelevant results
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Laser Focused ResultsKeywords
Boolean operators
Search modifiers
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Keywords are the key• Keywords are the starting points of searching
• Be specific, but not too specific
• Having trouble with keywords?• Make a statement about what you want to find
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Example Keywords• I want to learn how to make my own child theme in WordPress.
• Keywords could be:• Child theme• WordPress• tutorial
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Boolean OperatorsAND, OR, NOT
Help to focus and exempt irrelevant results
Generally typed in all capitals
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AND• Will limit results
•Requires results to meet both conditions
•Some search engines use AND or + symbol interchangeably.
•WordCat AND Montreal is going to return information on what’s going on with all the cat slides.
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OR•Expands results
•Either condition can be true
•The pipe symbol | functions much like OR
• Felines OR cats is a search that will return information on that uses cat or feline
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NOT• Limits results
•Excellent for weeding out irrelevant results
•Minus symbol – functions like not
•Keyword search NOT SEO will help me weed out results that are about SEO keywords
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Search Modifiers• “quotes” will let you find an exact phrase or combination of words
• * used as a wildcard, great for finding unknowns
• ~ will include synonyms in results
• (parenthesis) similar to they way they were used in math class
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Because it’s WordCat 2016Modify your results to get cat gifs!
Add < &tbm=isch&tbs=isz:m,itp:animated >to your results URL
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Evaluate the ResultsScope of the information
Is this an overview? Niche article? Are you the right audience for this?
AgeWhen was the info published?
AuthorWho are they? Are they objective?
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Evaluating cont’d
Publisher
Who is the publisher? Do they have a particular agenda?
Reviews
What are people saying about this source?
Content
Who is linking to them? Who do they link to?
Is the site in generally good shape?
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Community• Our friendly neighborhood WordPress
group• On Facebook• Website
• WordPress.com resources• Daily Post• Blogging U
• Check out who your sources follow and like
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Jumping In•Lurk
•Search
•Post thoughtfully
•Contribute
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A Nice Neat Package•Search smarter not harder
•Be critical
•Take it to the community
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