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Dawn M. Foster provides consulting services for companies wanting to engage with online communities through various social media technologies including discussion forums, blogs, wikis, podcasts, and more. She is also the community evangelist for Shizzow, a new Portland startup. She has more than 13 years of experience in technology and software with expertise in open source software, web 2.0, social media, blogging, and community building. Dawn is the author of the Fast Wonder Blog and is currently working on a book for O

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Posted April 7, 2009 with 145 reads

Keywords: cse, custom search engine, google, search

In October, I put together a Google Custom Search Engine to search the blogs of several online community thought leaders. Custom search engines are a great way to control where you search while restricting the search to a specified list of experts. I wanted to share another custom search engine for Industry Analysts. This is a way to find quick quotes and research on a specific topic just from the industry analyst sites specified below:

nielsen-online.com
amrresearch.com
onlinecommunityreport.com
forumonenetworks.com
illuminata.com
redmonk.com
idc.com
forrester.com
gartner.com
the451group.com

Now, the question for you. Who did I miss? What other industry analysts cover online communities and social media?Â

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