Just sucked it up and bought a ticket to see Fall Out Boy on Sunday from StubHub. I’ve been eyeing the number of tickets available there decreasing...
You of all people should go just for the sheer scale of it. One of a kind. And free seats every night.
Plus you never know what might happen: Eric...
At some point in your early twenties, your best friend starts dating a guy. A guy from work, again, and everyone groans because we have...
The number of student e-mails I have received since SCHOOL ENDED on Friday.
“It was that post about that one thing that I shared back in March. Or maybe September? ARGH!”
The trouble with Tumblr blogs is that they’re not easily searchable. Sure, you can use tags to navigate around. But tags on Tumblr encourage you to look at things that are being posted now, not several months ago. This is especially problematic for those of you who post educational things to your blogs to “save them for later.” But if you want some real help tracking down that old post you’re looking for, you can actually just Google it.
Tumblr blogs are public by default, so your blog has likely been indexed by Google. To perform a search of just your blog, type this into Google:
site:YOURBLOG.tumblr.com
Add a space, then type whatever you’re looking for. It’s that simple, and the results will be exclusively from your blog.
Here’s a sample Google search for posts on my blog about pedagogy: https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Aworld-shaker.tumblr.com+pedagogy
On a sidenote, this also works for any website that has been indexed by Google, which is a helpful research strategy if you’re having trouble finding content on a specific site.
Protip: Make judicious use of tags in all your posts to make it as easy as possible to find what you’re looking for down the road.
BRILLIANT.
I include dates in my postings, but I’ll keep this in mind as well.
So what happens when I am looking for that one post but can’t remember exactly how to do this and then am looking for...
BRILLIANT.