7 Ways of Searching & Virtual Shopping for Amazon Books
Do you shop at Amazon for books? Then your first destination is probably the large search field on the top. But as a long-standing Amazon book shopper, you will be glad to know that it’s not the only way to search for books. Here are more ways to browse through Amazon’s shopping stocks and search for the product you want.
Are Your Search Results Being Personalised To Your Individual Tastes?
One of the biggest attractions of the Internet is that we basically have instant access to all of the information in the world - but we rely rather heavily on search engines to bring that content to us. A worrying trend is emerging in both Google search results and your Facebook friend feed in that what you see is increasingly personalised to your preferences.
Bing Introduces Typeless Searching - Does It Work? [News]
Bing has introduced typeless searching on the iPad, with the goal of reducing the amount of tapping, and copying and pasting that users of the iPad have to do to perform searches in a web browser like Mobile Safari. Does Bing accomplish its goal?
Quixey Helps You "Functionally" Search For The Right Apps Based On What You Want To Do
Quixey describes itself as a functional search engine for apps across any platform and for any use. Quixey is in beta right now. But the well designed and user-friendly website has hit the ground running with its avowed aim of helping you find just the right app for the task you had in mind.
How To Find Files Online Without Having To Use P2P Software
Find music, movies and more without the use of peer to peer (p2p) software. You just need to know where to look. For most people, Bittorrent is the definitive way to find less-than-legal files on the web. On the modern web, however, it's not necessary to use a p2p network to find the files you want; you can find them straight from your browser. It's just a matter of knowing where to look.
3 Useful Tools to See & Compare Search Results Side-by-Side
Searching multiple search databases simultaneously is nothing new. Today's little collection includes best multi-feature web-based tools to search at least two search engines and see results side by side (either to compare them or just to be able to see more search results at a time)
Try Out Some Awesome Unity Lenses [Ubuntu]
Quickly browse the latest news from Reddit, that particular book you're looking for or answers to your Ubuntu problems. Ubuntu's new Unity interface features Lenses, which can put a variety of different searches just a quick click or a keyboard shortcut away. The "Lens" concept is new to Ubuntu's Unity interface. By default Ubuntu includes two lenses, found in the launcher: one for applications and another for programs.
4 Great Craigslist Search Engines to Make Your Searches on The Site Easier
In a web 2.0 era, Craigslist has refused to make major alterations to its site. This has advantages, but one disadvantage is the lack of a great search function. It can be hard to find specific information, particularly if you’d like to search multiple locations at once. Let’s take a look at some search engines that solve that problem.
Structure Your FireFox Browsing History With FromWhereToWhere
We've seen quite a few interesting tools that could allow us to make the most of and get more productive with our browsing history: here are 4 Firefox addons to search and record browsing history and here's another guide on how to record and print out browsing history on Firefox and Internet Explorer. FromWhereToWhere is another way to dig into your browsing history and structure it in some way.
Discover & Switch Between Different Search Engines With Boounce [Firefox]
We regularly find and share various search tools that allow you to discover new search experiences and become search-savvier. Today's Firefox addon is a great example of how tools can make searching much more fun. Boounce is a new tool that is aimed at making you more search efficient. It lets you easily jump between various search engines and discover more topical search databases.
The 5 Coolest Google Search Hacks You Probably Never Realized Existed
Search results are only as good as the query you enter! While there are many operands or search operators that the general crowd is aware of, such as quotes or some calculations, there are several cool Google search hacks and tricks that most people have never realized existed, let alone used consciously.
How To Find Creative Commons Content With Google
Creative Commons content isn’t always as easy to find as you think. In fact, most things that you find and copy are copyrighted in a way that makes it illegal to copy it without asking the owner for permission. However, the Creative Commons license can help you with that and make you feel better as a person by being a good citizen of the internet.
CoolPreviews - Browse Through Search Results Faster With Interactive Site Previews
Surfing the web comes down to performing search engine queries and then clicking on links to check if the site has the answers that you want. I've used the Google preview option before, but never really found the time to really dig into how much time the right page preview solution could save. That is, until I discovered CoolPreview.
How To Find Similar Images Using Google's Image Search
Like all Google products, Google Image Search has continuously been tweaked and improved. The latest change comes to the Google Similar Images option. Google has put in a feature that now you can use to search for similar images across a single site.