1. Using Google Advanced
Search Commands for
Product Sourcing &
Finding Customers
Steve Kuntz
E-mail: skuntz1@mindspring.com
Twitter @pokersteve786
Presentation is located at
http://www.slideshare.net/pokersteve786/ebay-search
Spreadsheet companion document at
http://files.meetup.com/194036/ebay_power_keywords_v2.xls
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2. What We Will Cover
1. Discovering your ebay niche keywords
2. Basic Search Match Types/Google
Advanced Search Operators
3. Search Examples for Finding Vendors
4. Reverse Engineering ebay Listing
Photos
5. Finding Like Minded Potential Customers
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3. Ebay Powerseller
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4. Should have named presentation
How to Find Stuff and Like
Minded Potentail Customers
Online!
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5. Let’s Dive Right In!
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7. Brain Storming ebay Niche
Keywords
Take a few minutes to
brain storm your niche
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8. Example: I Sell China Items
 Some Keywords may be
– China Dinnerware
– Antique China Dishes
– China Glassware
– Decorative Plates
– Vintage China Dishes
– Hand painted China plates
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9. Additional Tools to Help
Google
Suggest
Ubersuggest
Ebay search
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10. Google Suggest
china dishes
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11. Ubersuggest.Org
china dishes
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12. Ebay search
china dishes
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14. Basic Search Match Types
Broad
“Phrase”
[Exact]
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15. Broad Match Search
Mickey Mouse Collectibles
3,420,000 Results
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16. Broad Match Search
Mickey Mouse Collectibles
These words
Mickey Mouse Collectibles
In any order
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17. Broad Match Search
Mickey Mouse Collectibles
Synonyms of
These words these words
Mickey Mouse Collectibles
In any order
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18. Broad Match Search
Mickey Mouse Collectibles
Synonyms of
These words these words
Blue + Mickey Mouse Collectibles + old
In any order
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19. Phrase Match Search
“Mickey Mouse Collectibles”
22,700 Results
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20. Phrase Match Search
“Mickey Mouse Collectibles”
Only these
words
“Mickey Mouse Collectibles”
Only in this
order
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21. Phrase Match Search
“Mickey Mouse Collectibles”
Only these
words
Blue + “Mickey Mouse Collectibles” + old
Only in this
order
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22. Exact Match Search
[Mickey Mouse Collectibles]
Used in Google Adwords
[Mickey Mouse Collectibles]
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23. Webpage URL/Title/Text
Components
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24. URL
www.collectorsweekly.com/animals/mickey-mouse
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25. Title Tag
Mickey Mouse Collectibles - Collector
Information | Collectors Weekly
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26. Text
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27. You Ready for the Advanced Stuff?
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28. So What are Advanced Search
Operators?
 Additional search parameters that give the
web searcher the ability to narrow their
searches by a series of different filters.
 Lets you hyper focus on search terms!
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29. A Few Google Advanced Search
Operators
 ~Keyword
– Find Keyword and Synonyms of Keyword
 Example ~vintage
 Filetype:
– Find documents only containing filetype listed
– Example "vintage clothes" filetype:xls
– "vintage clothes" -filetype:pdf
– Some of the types are pdf,html,txt,xls,ppt,doc
 Boolean connectors like AND, OR are case
sensitive. They must be upper case.
– Example vintage (clothes OR ornaments)
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30.  Wildcard search
– Example Christopher Columbus discovered *
 Ranges
– Example Sony TV $300..$500
 Find web pages that where indexed after/before
certain date
– Example "vintage clothes" after:2013-03-01
– Example "vintage clothes" before:2013-03-01
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31.  Exclude specific keywords with minus operator
– Example “vintage clothes” –ebay
Pages with vintage clothes but not from ebay
 Site: query
– search for information within a single website like all
mentions of "Olympics" on the New York Times
website.
 Example Olympics site:nytimes.com
 Also search within a specific top-level domain like .org or
.edu or .gov or country top-level domain
 Example Olympics site:.gov
 Example Olympics site:.ca
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32.  Inurl:keyword
– Find keyword in URL of website indexed
– Example inurl:vintage
– Find pages with vintage in URL and clothes
somewhere in URL, Title, Text, etc
– Example inurl:vintage clothes
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33.  allinurl:keywords
– Find all keywords in URL of website indexed
– Example allinurl:vintage clothes
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34.  Intitle:keyword
– Find keyword in Title Tag of website indexed
– Example intitle:vintage
– Find pages with vintage in Title Tag and
clothes somewhere in URL, Title, Text, etc
– Example intitle:vintage clothes
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35.  allintitle:keywords
– Find keywords in Title Tag of website indexed
– Example allintitle:vintage clothes
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36.  Intext:keyword
– Find keyword in text of website indexed
– Example intext:vintage
– Find pages with vintage in Text and clothes
somewhere in URL, Title, Text, etc
– Example intext:vintage clothes
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37.  allintext:keywords
– Find keywords in text of website indexed
– Example allintext:vintage clothes
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38. Let’s find some stuff!
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39. ~vintage
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40. ~vintage
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41. "vintage clothes" filetype:pdf
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42. vintage (clothes OR ornaments)
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43. christopher columbus discovered *
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44. texas land auctions site:.gov
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45. inurl:Memorabilia wholesale -alibaba
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46. intitle:spider man comics clearance
-ebay -amazon
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47. allintext:barry manilow memorabilia
-ebay
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48. www.google.com/advanced_search
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49. 40+ Power Search Phrases
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51. A Power Search Phrase
Spreadsheet is included with this
presentation
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52. Spreadsheet is located at
http://files.meetup.com/194036/ebay_power_keywords_v2.xls
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53. Reverse Engineering ebay Photos
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54. Research Ebay Listing Photos
In Firefox right click
Copy image location
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55. Google Reverse Image Search
images.google.com
Click on Camera
and Paste URL
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56. Image from website
www.megawatchstore.com
Click on Search icon
Always pay attention to website URL may be a
potential vendor you can use as source for product
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57. Results Show Web Sites with
Similar Images
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58. Finding Like Minded Potential
Customers
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59. realtime powered by bitly
Website rt.ly
Realtime (URL is rt.ly)
pulls in all posts from
“across the bitlyverse”
which allows users to
see what is being
clicked on now.
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60. topsy.com
Topsy is a realtime
search engine
powered by the
Social Web. Topsy
indexes and ranks
search results
based upon the
most influential
conversations
people are having.
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61. socialmention.com
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63. Q&A
 Steve Kuntz
 E-mail: skuntz1@mindspring.com
 Twitter @pokersteve786
 http://www.slideshare.net/poker
steve786/ebay-search
 Spreadsheet companion document at
http://files.meetup.com/194036/ebay_power_keywords_v2.xls
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