I've played with it a bit. Try:

(”Steph Booth” | “Stephanie Booth” | “Stéphanie Booth” | “Stéph Booth” | uri:climbtothestars.org | uri:steph.wordpress.com | “climb to the stars” | climbtothestars | uri:flickr.com/photos/36521983709@N01 | uri:flickr.com/photos/bunny | uri:steph.suprglu.com) AND NOT source:flickr.com/photos/36521983709@N01 AND NOT source:flickr.com/photos/bunny AND NOT source:steph.suprglu.com AND NOT source:climbtothestars.org AND NOT source:steph.wordpress.com

At this time, there are two issues, one of which we are well aware of.

1) We are currently delivering content to users that don't match queries (see: http://sandbox.pubsub.com/blog/?p=45. We are working on the and hope to resolve it as soon as possible.

2) I don't think that our system is noticing a difference between source: and uri:. In looking at a search that I run for my name, it is picking up on my blog (even though I've asked it not too). I'm going to look into this as well.

Thanks for your patience.

Steven

(”Steph Booth” OR “Stephanie Booth” OR “Stéphanie Booth” OR “Stéph Booth” OR uri:climbtothestars.org or uri:steph.wordpress.com or “climb to the stars” or climbtothestars or uri:flickr.com/photos/36521983709@N01 or uri:flickr.com/photos/bunny or uri:steph.suprglu.com) and (not(source:flickr.com/photos/36521983709@N01 or source:flickr.com/photos/bunny or source:steph.suprglu.com or source:climbtothestars.org or source:steph.wordpress.com))

unfortunately it still seems to show me stuff from climbtothestars.org, and more surprisingly includes http://johnsy.com/blog/?entry=20060128231117 and http://classictv.about.com/b/a/240796.htm — not the faintest idea what it's matching there!

The sidebar still doesn't seem to highlight, though. And is there a way to access more “history”, older links?

I didn't know about the uri: syntax. That's pretty neat. I'll try it straight away and give the sidebar another chance.

One thing that would be really great is the ability to rule out some blogs (for example, I'm not at all interested in tracking keywords or links from my own blogs). Is there any way to do this in PubSub currently?

I’ve played with it a bit. Try:

(”Steph Booth” | “Stephanie Booth” | “Stéphanie Booth” | “Stéph Booth” | uri:climbtothestars.org | uri:steph.wordpress.com | “climb to the stars” | climbtothestars | uri:flickr.com/photos/36521983709@N01 | uri:flickr.com/photos/bunny | uri:steph.suprglu.com) AND NOT source:flickr.com/photos/36521983709@N01 AND NOT source:flickr.com/photos/bunny AND NOT source:steph.suprglu.com AND NOT source:climbtothestars.org AND NOT source:steph.wordpress.com

At this time, there are two issues, one of which we are well aware of.

1) We are currently delivering content to users that don’t match queries (see: http://sandbox.pubsub.com/blog/?p=45. We are working on the and hope to resolve it as soon as possible.

2) I don’t think that our system is noticing a difference between source: and uri:. In looking at a search that I run for my name, it is picking up on my blog (even though I’ve asked it not too). I’m going to look into this as well.

Thanks for your patience.

Steven

Thanks for talking about PubSub. A few comments:

1) You wrote:

“I added my first name, but that didn’t help much if I omitted the quotes. And as people are likely to refer to me as “Stephanie Booth”, “Stéphanie Booth”, “Steph Booth” or even “Stéph Booth” that’s a bunch to track, but let’s say it’s manageable.”

One of the best ways to follow your name is to use different spellings of your name, like you did. I would also suggest that you use our uri: syntax as well. So, if you add uri:climbtothestars.org to your query, it will bring back results from anyone who linked to your blog, even if they spelled your name differently or not mention your name at all. I have found that this tool brings back better and more relevant results. You can do this for any oinline resource (like your flickr account, other blogs, or any website).

2) I'm not sure why your sidebar stopped working. I have it running all day on my browser and it seems to be working fine. Has this issue been resolved on your end? If not, send me a note.

3) The latest messages that you are seeing on the sidebar is not related to the number of messages from your subscriptions. It is the latest messages that have been matched since you loaded the sidebar. So, yes, it may seem a bit like you are not seeing everything. If you use the pull-down to look at specific subscriptions, you'll notice that there are more entries there.

I hope that my explanations help. If you have any further questions or commnets, please feel free to contact me.

Steven Cohen
PubSub Concepts
scohen@pubsub.com

(”Steph Booth” OR “Stephanie Booth” OR “Stéphanie Booth” OR “Stéph Booth” OR uri:climbtothestars.org or uri:steph.wordpress.com or “climb to the stars” or climbtothestars or uri:flickr.com/photos/36521983709@N01 or uri:flickr.com/photos/bunny or uri:steph.suprglu.com) and (not(source:flickr.com/photos/36521983709@N01 or source:flickr.com/photos/bunny or source:steph.suprglu.com or source:climbtothestars.org or source:steph.wordpress.com))

unfortunately it still seems to show me stuff from climbtothestars.org, and more surprisingly includes http://johnsy.com/blog/?entry=20060128231117 and http://classictv.about.com/b/a/240796.htm — not the faintest idea what it’s matching there!

The sidebar still doesn’t seem to highlight, though. And is there a way to access more “history”, older links?

I didn’t know about the uri: syntax. That’s pretty neat. I’ll try it straight away and give the sidebar another chance.

One thing that would be really great is the ability to rule out some blogs (for example, I’m not at all interested in tracking keywords or links from my own blogs). Is there any way to do this in PubSub currently?