Building a key Website Library

There is a place for "searchless searching" in your overall search strategy. You can build a library (a set of bookmarks or Favorites) of links to sites (and, sometimes, individual documents that are regularly updated) that you find as the result of a search, or have recommended to you, or that you happen upon because they are linked to other sites that you have found.
These Web sites, called key sites, are typically ones that you can, and do, refer to frequently. They may be single-purpose sites, like the page of downloadable tax forms on the Internal Revenue Service site or the International Food Wine and Travel Writers Association site, or a link site like
Refdesk.com with categorized links to many different dictionaries, calculators, and other reference resources.

• Key Sites are helpful
  As often as I search for information on a completely new topic, that's as often as I find I have to go back and find information I have had to find before. For example, next year's schedule of trade shows and presentations in my field, or a list of "State Fairs" for my vacation. Perhaps somebody two desks down is asking me, for the fourth month in a row, to please get them the "Consumer Price Index" from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. This is where a library of key sites is so handy. I have a section of Bookmarks in my Web browser, and a couple of backup copies as well, of sites I rely on regularly, like a site that lists holidays in countries around the world, and one that links to online newspaper and magazine editions.
  Remember, whatever technique puts information you need on your screen the fastest means you spend less time looking for it and more time using it. Whatever your professional field, whatever your personal interests, key sites are a valuable part of your search strategy.

Since you’ve asked for the latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in tabular format, I’ll provide the most recent figures available as of today, March 3, 2025. Based on the data released in early 2025, the latest CPI report covers January 2025, published on February 12, 2025. Below is a simplified table summarizing key CPI metrics for the U.S. City Average, All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), which is likely what your colleague two desks down is asking for repeatedly! I’ve included both seasonally adjusted (SA) and not seasonally adjusted (NSA) figures where applicable, as these are standard in BLS reports.
Consumer Price Index (CPI-U) - January 2025

Category	1-Month Change (Jan 2025)	12-Month Change (Jan 2024 - Jan 2025)
All Items	+0.5% (SA) / +0.7% (NSA)	+3.0% (NSA)
All Items Less Food & Energy	+0.4% (SA) / +0.6% (NSA)	+3.3% (NSA)
Food	+0.4% (SA)	Not specified in summary*
Food at Home	+0.5% (SA)	Not specified in summary*
Food Away from Home	+0.2% (SA)	Not specified in summary*
Energy	+1.1% (SA)	Not specified in summary*
Gasoline	+1.8% (SA)	Not specified in summary*
Shelter	+0.4% (SA)	Not specified in summary*

Notes:

• SA = Seasonally Adjusted; NSA = Not Seasonally Adjusted.
• 12-month changes for subcategories like Food, Energy, and Shelter weren’t detailed in the summary data available to me, but the All Items and Core CPI (All Items Less Food and Energy) are the primary headline figures.
• Data source: BLS CPI News Release, January 2025 (published February 12, 2025).

This table reflects the latest CPI data as of now. If your colleague needs more detailed breakdowns (e.g., by expenditure category or region),
Regarding Your Field: Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
Since you mentioned your field is Search Engine Optimization, I assume this CPI request might be unrelated to your personal work unless you’re analyzing economic trends impacting digital marketing budgets or consumer behavior online.

A key site is not just an interesting site that you might want to see again sometime. It is a site that meets these conditions:

1. It contains reliable information.
2. It contains current information and is updated to remain current.
3. It meets a need for information you need to obtain quickly and on an ongoing basis.

Key sites are valuable because you've already found them! If you find yourself regularly searching for a particular site on a particular topic, consider making it one of your key sites. Click the developing-your-site-list link to consider key sites you may have found and still need to find.

• Developing your key site list
  By this point in the course, you have had the opportunity to perform both simple and advanced searches with several directories and search engines. In a recent exercise, you may have located sites and documents that could be of use to you as key sites. Other sites that have been referred to as part of the lessons may have interested you as potential key sites. Take a minute or two to consider what Web sites or specific documents you would like to have in your library of key sites.
  1. If you are new to searching on the Internet and are just beginning to uncover your key sites, write a short list of the types of sites you would like to find and save as Bookmarks or Favorites. How might you search for them? The items on your list will serve as a checklist as you continue to develop your searching techniques and your search strategy.
  2. If you have experience in searching on the Web, you may have already built up a set of key sites. Consider for a moment whether any have become "stale" or unreliable and if it might be time to search again for any replacement key sites on your list.