RE: Credential for web searching

Alan,
Is this along the lines of what you are thinking?
http://www.patentsearchers.net/researchers.asp

Todd

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Subject: Credential for web searching

These are questions that came to mind while reading Ran Hock's excellent
book "The Extreme Searcher's Internet Handbook." I am being reminded of
them by seeing the kinds of queries being used on Google, Yahoo, AOL,
etc that link to our free site.

1) Is there a credential or certification that can be earned for web
searching?

2) If so, is there a registry of information professionals that have
earned it?

3) If not, are there any plans to develop one? SLA would be a natural
for this but the questions relate to people on the other lists as well.

Alan

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