Tech Soup

JULY 5, 2017

Plus, we've got some techniques we recommend that are useful for targeted searches. Search engines like Google and Bing will often be your first stop when you have a question. Get more out of Google by using its advanced search techniques. Check out this handy search primer for Bing. " So handy.

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Nonprofits Source

JUNE 22, 2017

As it turns out, people are 7 times more likely to visit a nonprofit’s website in a search result then they are through social media. On average, visits from social media represent 6.92% ( 65.33% of which is driven by Facebook ) of all traffic to nonprofit websites compared to 47.09% from organic search.

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Achieve

JUNE 2, 2015

40-50,000 Google searches are made per second. And that’s just Google – 3.5 billion online searches a day are only attributed to one search engine, not accounting for Bing, Yahoo!, Ask, AOL or any other search engines. alone – you already know how vital your website is to your nonprofit. Per second.

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Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2013

To get going, they built the first NetSquared website using open-source Drupal. An example of an API is when you put a Bing or Google Map on your website.). The NetSquared website was itself designed to be a model Web 2.0 Google Maps. Technorati (the first blog search engine at that time). Podcasting.

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 13, 2011

If your organization needs convincing that its time to adopt HTML5, just share the following tidbit from Wikipedia with the powers that be: “According to a report released on 30 September 2011, 34 of the world's top 100 Web sites were using HTML5.” 3) Asynchronous Google Analytics Tracking. Oh, memories. You're welcome.

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Care2

DECEMBER 13, 2009

The first generation in human history who regard behaviors like tweeting and texting, along with websites like Facebook, YouTube, Google and Wikipedia as everyday parts of their social lives and their search for understanding.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 28, 2009

There are many different real-time search engines that approach search in many different ways. People think that real time is just Twitter and sure enough, some of the search engines put Twitter search front and center. Few search only Twitter, though - there are only about 3 million links shared on Twitter each day.

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NTEN

JUNE 10, 2011

Perhaps you already provide them with relevant content through a website, e-newsletter, e-mails, or social media channels. If you can build an area of your website where people come to learn, teach, and maybe have some fun, they will likely return. We open every file submitted before publishing it to the website. Some are huge.

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See3

JANUARY 14, 2008

Take a minute now to Google yourself and all of your top staff or consultants. I was recently contacted by yet another Michael Hoffman who asked me to link to his website. I still need some help with this so that we can dislodge the evil Michael Hoffman from his Google and Wikipedia rankings. Here it is.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

Ro)bots (or spiders) are scripts or applications that search out information on the web. Search engines constantly scour the web for information using this method -- but bots are also used by those nasty folks on the web that like to steal your information or trash your website. Where did my month's bandwidth allowance go?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2012

A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. Simply enter your nonprofit’s name and Addictomatic then creates a page of all your search results for easy future reference. Google Chrome :: google.com/chrome. Dipity :: dipity.com.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 22, 2012

and its tools – websites, e-newsletters and “Donate Now” buttons – are much better summarized as the Web 1.0: Add Google Wallet to the list. Well, as of October 2012, Google Wallet is the first wallet service to launch the ability to donate online via a Google Wallet “Donate” button.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

era websites. The Google Powered Nonprofit Office Here's a few how-to articles about how to use google applications for your domain or how to become the on demand nonprofit. Google Social Edge Search searches 35 sites, including : omidyar.net, compumentor.org, techsoup.org, bblocks.org, idealist.org, rpcv.org, etc.

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Care2

SEPTEMBER 14, 2007

60) Search « Would you like a share of $5 million? Those days are long gone: Creating a website, which used to be a weekend project by the president’s niece, has become a large endeavor involving various vendors and consultants. Main | Lean, Mean Blogging Machines » Thursday Nov 16 2006 The Coming Wave of Web 2.0

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2007

looking at the ten steps and overlaying these themes in search of examples! Use Technorati , a blog search engine. While google and yahoo have blog search features, Technorati is the considered the recognized authority on tracking blogs, It finds out who is saying what right now and is currently tracking over 75.2

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2007

I have been knee deep researching and thinking about Web Analytics in general and Google Analytics in particular for a third screencast in a series I'm doing for NTEN. If you're curious about Occam's Razor, here's a more detailed description or see the simplicity page in wikipedia. Young Einstein.

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Care2

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

60) Search « Would you like a share of $5 million? Those days are long gone: Creating a website, which used to be a weekend project by the president’s niece, has become a large endeavor involving various vendors and consultants. Main | Lean, Mean Blogging Machines » Thursday Nov 16 2006 The Coming Wave of Web 2.0

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2005

The fact is, these are powerful tools that are reshaping the way people use the Internet, just as the Search Engine did a few years ago. Eventually, you will be taking this stuff for granted, just like a text search on Google. The Wikipedia article on it is clean and concise and points to a lot of important sites.

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Nonprofits Source

MARCH 11, 2017

Wikipedia : In philanthropy, donor intent is the purpose , sometimes publicly expressed, for which a philanthropist intends a charitable gift or bequest. What would their online searches look like? In this case, Wheels For Wishes would want their site to appear on the first page of search results for these terms. Donate my car”.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 28, 2012

The Wikipedia entry on this topic is extensive, and the most common usage in the marketplace is for the socially beneficial flavor of “social enterprise,” not the Salesforce one-year-old marketing campaign. It should be noted that Google has more than five million instances of websites using the phrase “social enterprise.”

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Get Fully Funded

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Online sources like Wikipedia can help you find additional publications if you have a broad area. Search for the right person to contact as well as a general email for news tips. Use Google alerts and Twitter to follow your local publications and issues related to your organization’s mission. Post the link on your website.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 28, 2008

People are not choosing museums over google when they need to find something out, regardless of how trustworthy we are. I'm not suggesting we publish our home addresses on museum websites. I AM suggesting that we publish complete staff directories with phone numbers and email addresses on websites.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 3, 2012

You might recall a day earlier this year when you were greeted with an odd blackout message instead of the Wikipedia entry for poutine. Many became aware of the movement against the Stop Online Piracy Act after the January 18 service blackouts started by Wikipedia and Reddit (with support from Craigslist and Google ).

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Care2

JULY 10, 2008

Ask about security: are they PCI Compliant (you can look this up on Wikipedia), and if so what level? The best spend as much time reading about Google, FaceBook, and Apple as they do reading the Chronicle of Philanthropy. Ask about their throughput: how many transactions per second can they handle.

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NTEN

MAY 4, 2011

Wikipedia has a great primer on cognitive bias for amateur organizational psychologists. After many years of stellar growth in visitors, we observed that website traffic was flattening. For years, VolunteerMatch grew by providing users with Google-like tools to search, segment, slice, and dice our volunteer opportunities.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. Simply enter your nonprofit’s name and Addictomatic then creates a page of all your search results for easy future reference. Google Chrome :: google.com/chrome. Dipity :: dipity.com.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2013

A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. Simply enter your nonprofit’s name and Addictomatic then creates a page of all your search results for easy future reference. Addictomatic :: addictomatic.com. BrainyQuote :: brainyquote.com.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 27, 2012

A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. Simply enter your nonprofit’s name and Addictomatic then creates a page of all your search results for easy future reference. Addictomatic :: addictomatic.com. BrainyQuote :: brainyquote.com.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 27, 2012

A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. Simply enter your nonprofit’s name and Addictomatic then creates a page of all your search results for easy future reference. Addictomatic :: addictomatic.com. BrainyQuote :: brainyquote.com.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. Simply enter your nonprofit’s name and Addictomatic then creates a page of all your search results for easy future reference. Google Chrome :: google.com/chrome. Dipity :: dipity.com.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 11, 2008

Wikis are websites that are extremely easy for anyone (even you!) The most well-known example is Wikipedia , a user-generated encyclopedia which boasts over 6 million entries written and edited by about 30,000 volunteer participants. Wikipedia, like YouTube and Facebook, is a giant in the world of Web 2.0. What's a wiki?

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