The internet has the potential to store lots of information about you, sometimes whether you like it or not. Signing up on social networking websites, submitting comments and ultimately writing a blog will allow readers to contact, interact and research unique things about you.
With a simple Google search, you are able to find mentions of your online username and sometimes bring up relevant results using your full name. A recent project from the MIT Media Lab; Personas, is a new tool that searches the internet for mentions of your name and collates it’s results in categories of where it thinks your online presence is most suited.
One of the biggest complaints about the App Store is that is really difficult to find new and innovative apps for your iPhone or iPod Touch. Whilst Apple have a Featured and What’s Hot section within their App Store, the organic searching of apps is predominantly down to the name of the app, not the features it possesses.
Luckily there are quite a few websites on hand to help clear the confusion around App Store searching, the newest of them being a service called uQuery, with their self proclaimed tagline: The AppStore Search Engine.
Last month, I was looking around for a new laptop, since my old one is completely out of date. I wanted the HP Touchsmart, due to its touch smart capabilities. Unfortunately, Future Shop and Best Buy both overpriced it by too much, so I decided to get it online. HP’s website sell’s the same model for a slightly lower price, but the discount was not as much as I had hoped.
Fortunately, after much researching, I came across a great coupon code that dropped the tablet instantly to half price. Coupon codes are easy to find, but working ones are the hardest to find. A good site that has balance is SwoopUp.
On 08.10.09, In Cool Websites, by Patrick
Ah yes, Bing. The revolutionary search engine by Microsoft that might, take over the search engine market. The difference between Bing! and Google, is that Bing gives you more “smarter” results. Google you spew every single webpage that has your search terms.
Bing! will have more websites that are worth your time to look at. A recent study showed that more and more people are transitioning to Bing, though Google is still far ahead. However, Microsoft has a new partnership with Twitter, and that might change everything.
Bingtweets a “combined” search engine. When you search something such as “pork chops”, the search engine will not only search Bing, it will search Twitter updates too.
Tired of searching for something on your everyday search engine and not getting exactly what you need. Viewzi is the solution to your problems. Viewzi is a visual search engine that gathers a screenshot of each website in your search result. This can improve your productivity when you are searching for a certain website. For example, you are looking for the official website of “Willineedit?” and you don’t want to see useless results like ads or another website reviewing “Willineedit?”
On 04.09.09, In Cool Websites, by Matt Brian
As schools and business look to move their work towards a more electronic way of life, sometimes spelling and grammar can be pushed to the back of the checklist when submitting a piece of work. Going back ten years, every ofice or student would have access to a paperback dictionary but we now have to ask ourselves, what do we use now? Can we even find where it is now?
Whilst there are plenty of dictionary websites, none are quite so simple and fast as Definr, a Ruby-on-Rails powered website created by Christian von Kleist.
Twitter continues to grow, it now boasts over 8 million users. Many prominent users of Twitter have long noted it’s ability to drive traffic and buzz about a product, service, website or idea. Not only have individuals taken to marketing themselves using the microblogging service, companies are starting to realise it’s true potential.
One Twitter tool that should be used any person who is attempting to market themselves appropriately is Monitter. This service is an Ajax-powered website that searches the Twittersphere for keywords that you specify.
How many times have you been talking to someone online when they keep asking you a series of questions you really don’t have the time or inclination to answer? Instead of being outright rude to someone, why not send them to “Let Me Google That For You” and get over your message loud and clear?
What this service will allow you to do is to enter the question someone is asking you inot their web form. They will then generate a unique URL that you can send to your friend. When your friend clicks that link, they will have a small animation (like the screenshot above) automatically fill out a Google Search for the terms you supplied and take your friend to the generated search results.
There’s nothing better than a bit of subtlety, I’m sure they won’t bother you so much in future!
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