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You want to find someone, or information about someone, and you want to do it fast. There are a few shortcuts and sites that can help you do a free instant people search.

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Search engines celebrate Thanksgiving

Thursday November 26, 2009
Happy Thanksgiving to my readers in the States! I hope you all have a great day with family, friends, and food. Here's a look at how Google and Yahoo are celebrating the holiday today with a special logo:

google thanksgiving

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More Thanksgiving resources on the Web

How do I find Thanksgiving dinner recipes on the Web?

Wednesday November 25, 2009

Tomorrow is Thanksgiving in the States, and those of us who celebrate this food-filled holiday fall into one of two categories: everything is already done and we're sitting on the couch watching football, OR, we're frantically cooking and baking in preparation for guests who will be here any minute. Either way, you might want to know how to find a few of your favorite Thanksgiving dinner recipes on the Web. First, let's look at a few search engines for recipes.

  • Thanksgiving stuffing recipes: Try this search in Yahoo; they've got search results nicely categorized with the best stuffing recipes at the very top.
  • Thanksgiving turkey recipes: Again, Yahoo is going to be your best bet for easy search results. Ask gives you some good results that you'll have to scroll through - you'll want to take advantage of the related topics to the immediate right of your search results. My last pick would be Google, simply because there are so many results to pick through.
  • Pumpkin pie recipes: Yep - your best pick would be Yahoo here, followed closely by Bing.

Short on time? Don't want to spend time searching for your recipes? Here are some instant links for you:

The Turkey:

The Stuffing:

Side Dishes:

Rolls:

Pies:

More Thanksgiving fun

Many educational studies have shown that if you have fun while you're learning something, you tend to retain it better. Well, what better opportunity to test this theory than the Thanksgiving Scavenger Hunt, all about Thanksgiving traditions, Thanksgiving history, and Thanksgiving trivia. Plus, it's a GREAT way to test your Web search skills and have fun at the same time!

Recipe search by ingredient - how to do it on the Web

Tuesday November 24, 2009

recipe search by ingredient 'Tis the season for some serious baking, cooking, and recipe planning, and since I am a bit of a recipe junkie, I've been compiling a long list of great dishes I can't wait to try out via the Web.

Doing a recipe search by ingredient is useful, especially if you've got a few food items and no idea how to put them together. You can use any search engine you like to do this; simply input your ingredient, say, "chicken", and then "recipes". Got more than one ingredient? No problem: try chicken+lemon recipes (a little bit of Boolean search there).

There are also a few recipe search engines that let you search for multiple ingredients easily. For example:

Do you have a favorite recipe search tip or recipe search site? Please share in the comments.

More fun with food on the Web

Clusty for the Wii

Monday November 23, 2009
clusty wii

I've long been a fan of Clusty, a meta search engine with lots of interesting features, such as a government-specific search utility. Clusty has a great new optimized interface for the Nintendo Wii so you can browse it more easily via the Web; you can find it at wii.clusty.com. Best feature? Large buttons so you don't make time-consuming mistakes with your Wii controller.

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Search the Web with Nintendo Wii: Between championship games of baseball with my kids on the Nintendo Wii, I've had the chance to scope out a few Wii-friendly browsers and sites made specifically to search the Web from the Wii console, and here's what I've turned up so far.

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