how to search for information about companies and executives

1. Searching The Web Companies & People

2. Introduction

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8. TrackingKey Players in a Specific Market

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22. Search within site or domain

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33. Linkedin

34. Slideshare

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37. Search for companies

38. Search for groups

39. Search for people www.mataninfo.co.il  sarit.haim@gmail.com  054-8035645

41. 200 countries

42. Business social network

43. Search for

44. Companies

45. Groups

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48. 50 million monthly visitors

49. 90 million page views

50. Search by

51. Content

52. People

53. Other features

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57. 20,000 sources

58. 4.2 billion documents in full text

59. Search for

60. News

61. Companies

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64. Create a company list www.mataninfo.co.il  sarit.haim@gmail.com  054-8035645

65. Search forA Specific Company

67. allinurl: ‘company name’

69. Branches & subsidiaries

70. Financial information

71. Key executives

72. Press releases

73. Market research reports

74. Products description

75. Analysts reports

76. Job searching

77. OEMs

79. Site: www.companyname.com

80. Search for specific document

82. List of local newspapers worldwide

83. List of local newspapers in the US

84. Google News

87. Information about a company before she was acquired

88. Personal changes

89. Old productsSurf the web as it was

91. Conferences

92. Customers

93. OEMs

94. Suppliers

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105.  www.mataninfo.co.il  sarit.haim@gmail.com  054-8035645 57 Sources Search engines Social networks Blogs Forums

106. People Search Find your Expert

107. Experts.com Founded in 1994 Experts include authors, consultants, engineers, physicians, professors, scientists, specialists, and more. The registry has been a resource to attorneys, businesses, reporters, insurance companies, judges, librarians and the media for simple business consultation or complex litigation  www.mataninfo.co.il  sarit.haim@gmail.com  054-8035645 59

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110. Search by keywords

111. Author

112. No. of citations

113. Microsoft academic search

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116. Find co-authors

117. Cited by…

118. Create alert

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121. List of relevant journals

122. Search for one Author, find many more

123. Citations and co-authors

124. Related terms

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128. Blog Search Google simple search using “show options” Direct link Google blogs  www.mataninfo.co.il  sarit.haim@gmail.com  054-8035645 65

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134. Authoratory Expert search Name Email address No. of published articles Current position Co authors  www.mataninfo.co.il  sarit.haim@gmail.com  054-8035645 70

135. People Search Find Information About a Specific Person

137. Search the invisible web

138. Search options

139. First name, last name

140. Email address

141. Phone no.

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145. Additional searches:

146. Social network search

147. Property records

148. Criminal records

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150.  www.mataninfo.co.il  sarit.haim@gmail.com  054-8035645 75 Waapt http://waatp.com/ A real time search engine to find people using their first and last name.

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153. Type in the name of the person and their company or the company’s website URL.Link  www.mataninfo.co.il  sarit.haim@gmail.com  054-8035645 77

155. First name, last name

156. Email address

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158. Social Search

160. Date of birth

161. Hobbies

162. Lives in…

163. Education

164. Opinions

166. Current employer

167. Former employers

168. Friends

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