Category: Web Scavenging

Various posts that relate to collecting and sharing information from the web. The Topic Searching process, as well as Topic Search results, will belong to this Category

Topic Search XLOOKUP

Here is a Topic Search that identifies various resources for XLOOKUP.

Some well known and some not so well known.

My topic search report begins with a list of search strings which are then passed individually to Google Search.

The resulting Google source page is captured and parsed for each search string.

There are three sub reports that are extracted from the Google source page:

  1. Landing page for each discovered URL
  2. Title for each discovered URL
  3. List of Google suggested search terms

Once the list of search terms has been processed, then a secondary process is executed to aggregate the collection of sub reports that were generated for each of the input search terms.

Collection of URLs – landing pages listed by the number of occurrences for the individual search strings. Scanning this list of landing pages can bring to light new resources. Note that since this is PDF document – each URL is a hyperlink. Some of the links listed in the search string count PDF may not function because I have prefixed “www.” to the landing URL. This prefix may need to be removed.

XLOOKUP Search_String_CountsDownload

Collection of Direct URLs – details of each discovered URL, giving its title and identifying the search string that returned the URL. Again, note this is a PDF document hence the URLs are hyperlinks. Double click and your browser will open to the web page.

XLOOKUP Direct_URLsDownload

Collection of Google Suggested Search Terms – note that the reports presented here made use of this feature to expand the original search!

XLOOKUP SuggestionsDownload

The workbook that was the source of the other reports is included here in case the user would like to generate focused reports.

XLOOKUPDownload

Topic Search for Regular Expressions

Here is a Topic Search that identifies various resources for Regular Expressions.

Some well known and some not so well known.

My topic search report begins with a list of search strings which are then passed individually to Google Search.

The resulting Google source page is captured and parsed for each search string.

There are three sub reports that are extracted from the Google source page:

  1. Landing page for each discovered URL
  2. Title for each discovered URL
  3. List of Google suggested search terms

Once the list of search terms has been processed, then a secondary process is executed to aggregate the collection of sub reports that were generated for each of the input search terms.

The Topic Search Process has been improved to include the choice of two compound search strings that expand the scope of the Google Search.

String A – To find PDF’s:

chap01 OR chapter 01 OR chap 1 OR chapter 1 OR ch01 OR ch1 OR book OR book-pdf OR books OR dig_lib OR doc OR documents OR downloads OR ebook OR etextbook OR library OR pdf OR readingroom OR themes OR upload filetype:pdf

String B – To focus on Blogs and Newsletters:

blog OR blogposts OR blogspot OR guru OR tutorial OR posts OR newsletter OR podcast OR slideshare OR courses OR online OR MOOC

The composite reports are presented here.

Collection of URLs – landing pages listed by the number of occurrences for the individual search strings. Scanning this list of landing pages can bring to light new resources. Note that since this is PDF document – each URL is a hyperlink. Some of the links listed in the search string count PDF may not function because I have prefixed “www.” to the landing URL. This prefix may need to be removed.

Regular Expressions Search_String_CountsDownload

Collection of Direct URLs – details of each discovered URL, giving its title and identifying the search string that returned the URL. Again, note this is a PDF document hence the URLs are hyperlinks. Double click and your browser will open to the web page.

Regular Expressions Direct_URLsDownload

Collection of Google Suggested Search Terms gathered from all the Google Searches.

Regular Expressions suggestionsDownload

The workbook that was the source of the other reports is included here in case the user would like to generate focused reports.

Regular ExpressionsDownload

Topic Search Learn Excel VBA

The key to automating Microsoft Excel depends on a mastery of Excel VBA.

Here is a Topic Search that identifies various resources for learning Excel VBA.

Some well known and some not so well known.

My topic search report begins with a list of search strings which are then passed individually to Google Search.

The resulting Google source page is captured and parsed for each search string.

There are three sub reports that are extracted from the Google source page:

  1. Landing page for each discovered URL
  2. Title for each discovered URL
  3. List of Google suggested search terms

Once the list of search terms has been processed, then a secondary process is executed to aggregate the collection of sub reports that were generated for each of the input search terms.

The composite reports are presented here.

Collection of URLs – landing pages listed by the number of occurrences for the individual search strings. Scanning this list of landing pages can bring to light new resources. Note that since this is PDF document – each URL is a hyperlink. Some of the links listed in the search string count PDF may not function because I have prefixed “www.” to the landing URL. This prefix may need to be removed.

Learn Excel VBA Search_String_CountsDownload

Collection of Direct URLs – details of each discovered URL, giving its title and identifying the search string that returned the URL. Again note this is a PDF document hence the URLs are hyperlinks. Double click and your browser will open to the web page.

Learn Excel VBA Direct_URLsDownload

Collection of Google Suggested Search Terms – note that the reports presented here made use of this feature to expand the original search three times!

Google Suggestions for Learn Excel VBADownload

The workbook that was the source of the other reports is included here in case the user would like to generate a more focused reports.

Learn Excel VBADownload

Topic Search for ZOOM

Learning at home is also part of the new normal.

ZOOM is one application that has received a lot of notice.

Clearly Zoom is a significant application than can effectively make learning at home more productive.

To better understand how and why and when to use ZOOM, I ran my topic search process to explore the various aspects of ZOOM as well as gathering a collection of resources related to ZOOM.

My topic search report begins with a list of search strings which are then passed individually to Google Search.

The resulting Google source page is captured and parsed for each search string.

There are three sub reports that are extracted from the Google source page:

  1. Landing page for each discovered URL
  2. Title for each discovered URL
  3. List of Google suggested search terms

Once the list of search terms has been processed, then a secondary process is executed to aggregate the collection of sub reports that were generated for each of the input search terms.

The composite reports are presented here.

Collection of URLs – landing pages listed by the number of occurrences for the individual search strings. Scanning this list of landing pages can bring to light new resources. Note that since this is PDF document – each URL is a hyperlink. Some of the links listed in the search string count PDF may not function because I have prefixed “www.” to the landing URL. This prefix may need to be removed.

Zoom Search_String_CountsDownload

Collection of Direct URLs – details of each discovered URL, giving its title and identifying the search string that returned the URL. Again note this is a PDF document hence the URLs are hyperlinks. Double click and your browser will open to the web page.

Zoom Direct_URLsDownload

Collection of Google Suggested Search Terms

Google Suggestions for Zoom.Download

The workbook that was the source of the other reports is included here in case the user would like to generate a more focused reports.

ZoomDownload

Topic Search for Microsoft Teams

Working from home is the new normal.

Clearly Microsoft Teams is a significant application than can effectively make working from home more productive.

To better understand how and why and when to use Microsoft Teams, I ran my topic search process to explore the various aspects of Microsoft Teams as well as gathering a collection of resources related to Microsoft Teams.

My topic search report begins with a list of search strings which are then passed individually to Google Search.

The resulting Google source page is captured and parsed for each search string.

There are three sub reports that are extracted from the Google source page:

  1. Landing page for each discovered URL
  2. Title for each discovered URL
  3. List of Google suggested search terms

Once the list of search terms has been processed, then a secondary process is executed to aggregate the collection of sub reports that were generated for each of the input search terms.

The composite reports are presented here.

Collection of URLs – landing pages listed by the number of occurrences for the individual search strings. Scanning this list of landing pages can bring to light new resources. Note that since this is PDF document – each URL is a hyperlink. Some of the links listed in the search string count PDF may not function because I have prefixed “www.” to the landing URL. This prefix may need to be removed.

Microsoft Teams Search_String_CountsDownload

Collection of Direct URLs – details of each discovered URL, giving its title and identifying the search string that returned the URL. Again note this is a PDF document hence the URLs are hyperlinks. Double click and your browser will open to the web page.

Microsoft Teams Direct_URLsDownload

Collection of Google Suggested Search Terms – note that the reports presented here made use of this feature to expand the original search three times!

Suggested Search Strings for Microsoft TeamsDownload

The workbook that was the source of the other reports is included here in case a the user would like to generate a more focused reports.

Microsoft TeamsDownload

Topic Search Excel VBA Automation with Word

Here is the complete report for my topic search for Excel VBA Automation with Word

excel automation with wordDownload

Here is my listing of Direct URLs:

excel automation with word direct_urlsDownload

Here is my list of Search String Counts:

excel automation with word search_string_countsDownload

Topic Search Regular Expressions

Here are a collection of Resources for Regular Expressions

Here is the complete report for Regular Expressions

Regular ExpressionsDownload

Here is a listing of the Direct URLs for Regular Expressions

regular expressions direct_urlsDownload

Here is a listing of the Search String Counts for Regular Expressions

regular expressions search_string_countsDownload