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By Ann Smarty – SEJ

Google Wave was officially launched in beta a couple of weeks ago and already plenty of people realize its potential usefulness.

I guess most of people reading SEJ have joined the party so far (tip: I got my invite by asking on Twitter, you can do the same if you haven’t yet), so I decided to start sharing my tips on how to get the most of Google Wave.

Today’s post is about using Google Wave for finding discussions related to your topic to gather more information, get inspired and track trends:

1. Public Wave Search

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The first operator you should be aware of: not only it is helpful for discovering new discussions to follow, but also it is a must to use in combination with other search operators listed below:

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By Ann Smarty @ SE Journal

I already listed a couple of great Greasemonkey scripts combining Bing with Twitter:

This time I am following up with more cool Greasemonkey scripts for early Bing adopters: ::Full content::

By Arnold Zafra @ SE Jounal

If this is any indication of the trend to come in the search engine market, it looks like Yahoo might be in serious trouble while Google may be slightly threaten. Bing is still in preview mode and yet it has made a significant impact in the search market trend already, even if it was only for one day.

Data from StatCounter Global Stats showed that Bing has grabbed the second spot in search market share in both the U.S. and worldwide. ::Full content::

By Ann Smarty @ SE Journal

Putting aside all recent arguments and gossip as per privacy issues (yep, nothing is probably totally free and Google Analytics should be using its (your?) data in some way), I should confess, I love the tool and use it.

I’ve been compiling the list of advanced Google Analytics tips that open up plenty of possibilities to track and evaluate. Today I am sharing the list and expect you to share yours too!

Note: I haven’t tried all of these tricks with the new Google Analytics code yet, so if there are any problems with any of them, please report.

• Track 404 page (more info here): I’ve been reporting on the importance of handling your 404 page properly. To make sure you take care of your non-existent pages, simply include a piece of code to your 404 page:

• Classify your site visitors, e.g. track the browsing and buying behavior of your “customers” (those who subscribed, made a purchase or downloaded your product):

<script type=”text/javascript”>pageTracker._setVar(’Marketing/PR’);</script> ::Full content::