Compliance Blog

Apr 21, 2010

Research Tip from the New York Times

Posted by Anthony Demangone

All the news that is fit to print, and some handy research tips as well.  Steve Van Beek located this gem from the New York Times.  This article highlights 10 simple Google search tips.   Tip number one is a dandy.

1. Use the “site:” operator to limit searches to a particular site.  I use this one all the time, and it’s particularly handy because many site’s built-in search tools don’t return the results you’re looking for (and some sites don’t even have a search feature). If I’m looking for WWD posts about GTD, for example, I could try this search: GTD site:webworkerdaily.com.

So, you could use this too to harness Google's search power on places such as:

  • site:ncua.gov
  • site:nafcu.org 
  • site:nafcucomplianceblog.typepad.com 
  • Or your own website, to see if people are using terms such as interest, CD, or customer.  Or search for $100,000 to see if you are up to date on insurane levels.  Or, "no more than three" to see if you've incorporate recent changes to Regulation D.