About Web Search: The Year In Review and Happy New Year!
Saturday December 31, 2005
It's been a great year here at About Web Search. Take a walk down memory lane with the About Web Search 2005-Year In Review table of contents. You'll find ... Read More
The Year In Review: December 2005
Saturday December 31, 2005
December 2005 at About Web Search was full of holiday cheer - we looked at Torrent Typhoon, the top five extravagant web search computer systems, ZoomInfo.com, the top ten ... Read More
Internet Movie Database - a Movie Search Engine
Saturday December 31, 2005
The Internet Movie Database is the biggest movie database on the Web. Featuring top movies, movie news, movie reviews, movie trailers, movie showtimes, DVD movie reviews,celebrity profiles,etc., the Internet Movie ... Read More
Web Search Year in Review: November 2005
Saturday December 31, 2005
November 2005 at About Web Search brought in a lot of interesting news and developments, including a look at Digg, the top ten lyric search engines, how the Death ... Read More
Reverse Lookup
Saturday December 31, 2005
If you're trying to find someone's address or phone number, sometimes the easiest way to go about it is to use a reverse phonebook lookup. Usually, all you have to ... Read More
Web Search Year in Review: October 2005
Saturday December 31, 2005
Lots more search engines were profiled in October 2005, including Podscope, Zabasearch, MSN Search, MyStanky, and Yahoo Reference Search. We also had an interview with Jill Whalen and looked at ... Read More
Top Ten Tips to the Top of the Search Engines
Saturday December 31, 2005
Jill Whalen is one of the top search engine optimization experts out there today. Here are her top ten tips for any site owner that wants more traffic, more sales,and ... Read More
The Year in Review: September 2005
Saturday December 31, 2005
September 2005 was the start of the 100 Search Engines in 100 Days project, we looked at setting basic security options in Firefox, and we learned how to check ... Read More
The Year in Review: August 2005
Friday December 30, 2005
About Web Search in August 2005 was all about finding people with Zabasearch, free movie downloads, and the August Scavenger Hunt - as well as a great time at the ... Read More
Step by Step Internet Favorites Tutorial
Friday December 30, 2005
Internet Explorer is the most popular browser out there today, and while it has its problems and critics, Internet Explorer still has a lot of useful features that make web ... Read More
The Year in Search: July 2005
Friday December 30, 2005
July - not just for barbeques and sun tan lotion. July at About Web Search saw the July Scavenger Hunt, a first look at Isohunt, a BitTorrent search engine, ... Read More
A Brief History of the Internet
Friday December 30, 2005
What is the Internet, anyway? Webster's defines the Internet as "an electronic communications network that connects computer networks and organizational computer facilities around the world." To understand the Internet, it's ... Read More
The Year in Search: June 2005
Friday December 30, 2005
June 2005 at About Web Search brought in the June Scavenger Hunt, how to find clipart and other graphics on the Web, and the basics of search engine optimization.
Get ... Read More
The Year In Search: May 2005
Thursday December 29, 2005
May 2005 was a busy month; we learned to change Internet Explorer's default search engine setting, tested our skills with the search engine quiz, and learned how to organize Internet ... Read More
What is the Invisible Web?
Thursday December 29, 2005
What is the Invisible Web, and how do you find it? Find out the basic definition of the deep Web and learn how to search its resources.
The Year In Search - About Web Search April 2005
Thursday December 29, 2005
The Best Reference Sites on the Web were profiled, we learned how to create breaking news alerts, and a Safe Search Checklist helped parents keep their kiddos safe on ... Read More
Web Dictionary - Glossary of Web Search Terms
Thursday December 29, 2005
Want to impress your friends with your vast knowledge of spidering, Boolean searches, and engine algorithms? This Search Terms Glossary will help you. This is a Web dictionary for web ... Read More
The Year in Search - March 2005
Thursday December 29, 2005
March at About Web Search brought in book reviews galore, including Web Search Garage Connecting Kids and the Internet, and Surviving PC Disasters.
Check out the recap of every month ... Read More
Find Online Translation Tools
Wednesday December 28, 2005
Have you found something online that you'd like to read, but don't know how to read the language it's presented in? Whether you need to translate something from English to ... Read More
The Year in Search: February 2005 Web Search Recap
Wednesday December 28, 2005
February 2005 at Web Search was not only about hearts and flowers, but everything from technical requirements for multimedia to proper linking netiquette.
World Wide Disaster Remembrance Week
Wednesday December 28, 2005
At this time last year in southeast Asia, a horrific disaster took place that took the lives of hundreds of thousands of people, destroyed villages and towns, and snatched ... Read More
Find New Year's Eve Drink Recipes with Droogle
Wednesday December 28, 2005
New Year's Eve is coming up fast, and a good drink recipe can be somewhat difficult to find using conventional search engines. Use Droogle, a drink recipe search engine, ... Read More
The Year In Search: About Web Search January 2005 Recap
Wednesday December 28, 2005
"Should auld acquaintance be forgot, And never brought to mind?...." Yes, it's that time of year again, and so I've done a recap of every month here at About ... Read More
Twas the Night Before Chrismas - with a Web Search Twist
Friday December 23, 2005
Here's my (pitiful) twist on the classic Clement Clarke Moore poem, "Twas the Night Before Christmas", with search engines, search engine optimization, and general geekery. Happy Holidays!
"Twas the night before ... Read More
100 Search Engines in 100 Days - Photo Gallery
Thursday December 22, 2005
It's been an interesting 100 Days of Search Engines. I've learned a lot, I've met a lot of very fascinating and intelligent people, and I've actually dreamt about search engines ... Read More
Fun Google Logos and the Christmas Scavenger Hunt
Thursday December 22, 2005
Google is at it again with some fun logos; yesterday's was a tiny mouse in the "O", today's is this one:
Isn't it just too precious for words? Everyone all together ... Read More
Google Zeitgeist 2005 Released
Tuesday December 20, 2005
Google Zeitgeist 2005 is here, in all its Google glory. Here's a few highlights:
Top Gainers of 2005
1. Myspace
2. Ares
3. Baidu
4. wikipedia
5. orkut
6. iTunes
7. Sky News
8. World of Warcraft
9. ... Read More
Free Recipes on the Web - Christmas Cookie Recipes, Recipes for Christmas Dinner, Holiday Recipes
Tuesday December 20, 2005
I've been scouring the Web the past few weeks looking for the perfect Christmas dinner recipes, and here are just a few of the best sites I've come across:
Bed and ... Read More
Subscribe to Google Zeitgeist
Tuesday December 20, 2005
Surprisingly enough, Google Zeitgeist, a site that "is regularly updated to reflect tidbits of information related to the search behavior of Google users", does not have an RSS feed. But ... Read More
NASA World Wind
Tuesday December 20, 2005
Move over, Google Earth; here comes something meatier! It's NASA's World Wind, an amazing program that lets you zoom from satellite altitude into any place on Earth. More from the ... Read More
Day 99 of 100 Search Engines in 100 Days - Clipfire
Tuesday December 20, 2005
Clipfire is a shopping search engine with a novel twist - it's also a community where you can post good deals, shopping sites that you like, products that you ... Read More
Day 98 of 100 Search Engines in 100 Days - LjSeek.com
Monday December 19, 2005
LjSeek.com is a search engine dedicated to only sifting through the LiveJournal blogging community. If you're a dedicated LiveJournal user or just looking for information, you'll find that LjSeek ... Read More
Google Transit
Monday December 19, 2005
If you're wanting to plan a trip using public transportation systems, you might want to check out Google Transit. Enter in specific information, for example:
100 nw couch st, portland ... Read More
USPS Holiday Mailing and Shipping Deadlines
Monday December 19, 2005
Check out this very useful information from the United States Postal Service - a list of the Holiday Mailing and Shipping Deadlines. Find a post office in your area, ... Read More
Only Six Shopping Days Left Until Christmas
Monday December 19, 2005
There's still time for you last-minute shoppers to take advantage of some pretty good online deals, but you'll have to act FAST. Here's a few tips to get you started:
Top ... Read More
Yahoo Developer Network - Now With JavaScript
Monday December 19, 2005
This via Jeffrey McManus, head of the development team over at Yahoo: Yahoo has unveiled the first in an eventual series of language-specific development centers, and the first one is ... Read More
Day 97 of 100 Search Engines in 100 Days - TalkDigger
Sunday December 18, 2005
TalkDigger is a search engine that finds what links are talking about links. Make sense? Well, in a nutshell, TalkDigger lets you enter in a URL, and then goes ... Read More
Top Dogpile Searches of 2005
Saturday December 17, 2005
Dogpile was kind enough to send me a quick overview of their Top Searches of 2005 - and here's the scoop - Dogpile's Top Searches of 2005.
Related:
Vote for ... Read More
Day 96 of 100 Search Engines in 100 Days - Oodle, a Classifed Ads Search Engine
Saturday December 17, 2005
Oodle is a search engine dedicated solely to scouring the Web for classified ads - auto classifieds, pet classifieds, loofah classifieds (it could happen), from 76 different metro areas ... Read More
Day 95 of 100 Search Engines in 100 Days - Droogle
Friday December 16, 2005
Droogle is a drink recipe search engine - yes, that's right; all Droogle focuses on are alcoholic drink recipes, mixed drink recipes, holiday drinks, and a ton more fun ... Read More
Yahoo and Google Financial Search Weirdness
Friday December 16, 2005
I just did a search for the current value of Google's stock - it's kind of an ongoing "pour lemon juice into the paper cut" kind of deal with me, ... Read More
Google Music
Friday December 16, 2005
Yep - the tireless worker bees at Google have launched yet another feature, and that's Google Music. Basically, it's just a search shortcut; we've seen this already when you search ... Read More
AOL Top Search Terms of 2005 - Search Year in Review
Friday December 16, 2005
AOL has released their list of the AOL Top Searches for 2005; the list is divided into months or categories, which include Movies, Songs, Gadgets, News Stories, and much ... Read More
Top 100 Lycos Searches of 2005 - and WWPHSF
Friday December 16, 2005
We are ALL about top searches today here at Web Search Central, as you can see from my previous posts about Yahoo and A9.com. Not to be outdone, Lycos ... Read More
Yahoo 2005 Top Searches
Friday December 16, 2005
Yahoo has released their list of the Top Searches for 2005, the list includes overall top searches such as:
Britney Spears
Angelina Jolie
Lindsay Lohan
Celebrity top searches (which pretty much overlap the ... Read More
Day 94 of 100 Search Engines in 100 Days - Top Ten Crime and Law Enforcement Search Engines
Thursday December 15, 2005
Find crime statistics, crime scene investigation information, police information and more with these Crime and Law Enforcement Search Engines.
Related:
Don't forget to check out the rest of the search engines profiled ... Read More
Best Google Product of 2005 - Vote For Your Favorite Google Rollout
Thursday December 15, 2005
Google has done a TON of stuff this year - that's what happens when you only allow your employees to snack on triple-strength espresso, Jolt cola, and your Google ... Read More
Day 93 of 100 Search Engines in 100 Days - Opinmind, a Blog Search Engine
Wednesday December 14, 2005
Opinmind is a unique kind of blog search engine. It not only searches blogs, but it searches those blogs for opinions expressed on whatever subject you might be looking for.
Related:
Don't ... Read More
Trendalicious - A Real-Time View of del.icio.us Most Popular
Wednesday December 14, 2005
I've had Trendalicious on my Firefox toolbar for a while now, and I check it every hour or so to see what's popular at del.icio.us. It's a great way to ... Read More
Best Ads on TV - View Funny TV Ads on the Web
Wednesday December 14, 2005
If you're a fan of funny TV ads, then have I got the site for you. Check out BestAdsOnTv.com, a collection of some of the most funny TV ads ... Read More
Musipedia - The Open Music Encyclopedia
Wednesday December 14, 2005
Check out Musipedia, "a searchable, editable, and expandable collection of tunes, melodies, and musical themes." At the time of this writing, Musipedia had over 30621 melodies and musical themes ... Read More
Day 92 of 100 Search Engines in 100 Days - Picsearch
Tuesday December 13, 2005
Picsearch is a search engine dedicated solely to finding images on the Web. Learn more about Picsearch and how you can use it to find pictures.
Related:
Don't forget to check ... Read More
GiftorNot - A Gift Buying Advice Site
Tuesday December 13, 2005
Via Emily Chang, check out GiftOrNot, a cool service that helps you figure out a gift for someone based on Amazon ratings and a host of other interactive deciding factors. ... Read More
Alexa Web Search Platform Beta-What Is It?
Tuesday December 13, 2005
I've been seeing a lot of buzz today about the new service Alexa has rolled out - Alexa Web Search Platform- so I thought I'd try to wrap my ... Read More
Konfabulator now Yahoo Widgets
Tuesday December 13, 2005
After acquiring Konfabulator back in July, Yahoo has rebranded it and given the site a whole new very cool look - check it out at Yahoo Widgets.
So what ... Read More
The Best of 2005 - A List of Lists
Tuesday December 13, 2005
It's that time of year again, when lists and more lists start poking their heads up all over the place. I thought it would be fun to start keeping track ... Read More
And Speaking of Free Books Online...the Etext Center Collections
Monday December 12, 2005
While we're on the subject of free books online (see previous post about Authorama), I thought I would share with you the University of Virginia Library's excellent Etext Center, a ... Read More
Authorama - Read Free Books Online
Monday December 12, 2005
Authorama is a site that features free online books - completely free, all free, all the time. Did I mention that they are free? Yes?
Okay, anyway, some of ... Read More
Day 91 of 100 Search Engines in 100 Days - Snap.com
Monday December 12, 2005
Snap is a new kind of search engine; it not only goes out and retrieves results for you, but the more people use it, the smarter it gets. From ... Read More
Day 90 of 100 Search Engines in 100 Days - Daypop
Sunday December 11, 2005
Daypop is a current events search engine. Daypop crawls sites that are updated frequently in order to bring searchers the latest news; included in Daypop's index are newspapers, ... Read More
Day 89 of 100 Search Engines in 100 Days - Technorati, a Blog Search Engine
Sunday December 11, 2005
Technorati is a real-time search engine dedicated to the blogosphere. It only searches through blogs to find exactly what you're looking for. At the time of this writing, Technorati ... Read More
Yahoo Buys del.icio.us
Saturday December 10, 2005
From the New York Times:
"Yahoo, the online media company, said Friday that it had acquired Del.icio.us, a small Internet start-up company, in a move to expand its social ... Read More
A Round Up of Interesting Christmas Links-Christmas on the Web
Saturday December 10, 2005
We're about to decorate the Christmas tree, we're listening to Bing Crosby, and if the dog can stop trying to eat all the ornaments we'll get done quickly. Since I'm ... Read More
Day 88 of 100 Search Engines in 100 Days-EducationWorld-An Educational Search Engine
Friday December 9, 2005
EducationWorld is an extremely deep site that not only has a search engine focusing only on educational and teaching-related Web sites, but also has extensive resources for educators and ... Read More
The Chronicles of Narnia - Best Narnia and C.S Lewis Sites on the Web
Friday December 9, 2005
I've been a fan of C.S. Lewis's classic series The Chronicles of Narnia since I was 7 years old (only ten short years ago...oh how the years fly by...don't ... Read More
Top 10 Best Free Ecards Sites on the Web
Thursday December 8, 2005
Here are my picks for the Top Ten Best Free Ecard sites on the Web - all of these offer free funny ecards, free birthday ecards, and lots more personalized ... Read More
Day 87 of 100 Search Engines in 100 Days - BoardTracker, a Forum and Message Boards Search Engine
Thursday December 8, 2005
BoardTracker is a search engine dedicated to only sifting through forums and online message boards. It's a highly targeted search engine and brought back relatively good results.
Related:
Don't forget to ... Read More
Squidoo-Find a Lens, Build a Lens
Thursday December 8, 2005
Squidoo is the brainchild of uber-marketer Seth Godin. What exactly is Squidoo (other than a really interestingly named website?) Let's first look at what a lens is - from ... Read More
Yahoo Answers
Thursday December 8, 2005
Yahoo Answers came out today - it's a "place where people ask each other questions on any topic, and get answers by sharing facts, opinions, and personal experiences." Funny, ... Read More
Top 10 Web Search Geek T-Shirts
Thursday December 8, 2005
If you're looking for a great new t-shirt for your favorite geek, check out my list of the Top Ten Web Search Geek T-Shirts. I've made it easy for ... Read More
Day 86 of 100 Search Engines in 100 Days - Top 10 Domain Name Search Engines and Services
Wednesday December 7, 2005
Here are my picks for the Top Ten Domain Name Search Engines - there are a ton more than these ten out there, however, I've found these to be the ... Read More
Listen to Radio Online - Find Free Online Radio Stations
Wednesday December 7, 2005
PublicRadioFan is the best site on the Web to find a public radio station, anywhere in the world. There's lots of different ways you can search for a free ... Read More
Hoping for a White Christmas? Check Weather.com
Wednesday December 7, 2005
As I was idly fiddling with various online weather reports yesterday, vainly trying to get the one that would tell me yes, Wendy, it will snow soon, I stumbled ... Read More
Day 84 of 100 Search Engines in 100 Days - ZoomInfo, a People Search Engine
Monday December 5, 2005
ZoomInfo is a search engine that scours the Web for information about people, and nothing else. Trying to find people using a general search engine brings back a ... Read More
Gilbert and Sullivan Archive on the Web
Monday December 5, 2005
Via MetaFilter, you can now view all of Gilbert and Sullivan's work at the Gilbert and Sullivan Archive. Works include:
The Mikado: "Includes MIDI files for all of the ... Read More
Blogging Baghdad - Iraq News from NBC
Monday December 5, 2005
BloggingBaghdad is a NBC News blog that aims to cover Iraq news:
"Blogging Baghdad aims to provide a dynamic look at the story behind the story of covering the news ... Read More
Find a Christmas Market in Germany
Monday December 5, 2005
The picture to the left is of the Nuremberg Christkindlesmarkt; I used to live about ten miles away from this gorgeous town square and was able to visit the ... Read More
Manuscript Museum - View Original Manuscripts and Documents Online
Monday December 5, 2005
The Karpeles Library Manuscript Museum is the "the world's largest private holding of important original manuscripts & documents." Some of the more interesting include:
The Bill of Rights: The original ... Read More
Day 83 of 100 Search Engines in 100 Days - OneLook.com, a Search Engine for Words and Phrases
Sunday December 4, 2005
OneLook is a dictionary and translation metasearch engine. OneLook searches more than 900 online dictionaries at the time of this writing in order to find whatever definition that you're looking ... Read More
Day 82 of 100 Search Engines in 100 Days - Shopping Search Engine FatLens.com
Saturday December 3, 2005
FatLens is a shopping search engine with a few unique features I haven't noticed in other shopping search engines, such as event ticket search and eBay listings included in ... Read More
Pop Some Bubble Wrap - Really, Go Ahead
Saturday December 3, 2005
Pop Bubble Wrap to your heart's content with this fun site. You can even put it on manic mode and go absolutely nuts popping all the little bubbles you ... Read More
Top 5 Extravagant Web Search Computer Systems
Friday December 2, 2005
What would you do if you could buy ANY computer system, for ANY price? Well, that was my question and while I don't have the so-called "real" money to buy ... Read More
Day 81 of 100 Search Engines in 100 Days - Torrent Typhoon, a BitTorrent Metasearch Engine
Friday December 2, 2005
Torrent Typhoon is a BitTorrent metasearch engine. Torrent Typhoon searches major BitTorrent sites and at the time of this writing offers over 400,000 torrents available for search.
Related:
Don't forget to ... Read More
Christmas Scavenger Hunt
Friday December 2, 2005
In the mood for a bit of Christmas cheer? Try my new Christmas Scavenger Hunt, and test your knowledge of Christmas food, Christmas music, and Christmas TV shows. Here are ... Read More
Day 80 of 100 Search Engines in 100 Days - A List of Extreme Niche Search Engines
Thursday December 1, 2005
Most Internet search engines have a general focus: their aim is to find and index information on the Web and make it searchable for you; after all, that's how they ... Read More
XBox 360 on eBay - Get It Cheap!
Thursday December 1, 2005
You can buy a brand new XBox 360 on eBay right now for the low, low price of $6.25! Except that it's missing a few things...like electronics, games, and ... Read More
Everyone's a Podcaster - Even the Muppets
Thursday December 1, 2005
This is rich. Via Steve Rubel, I learned that everyone's favorite crotchety old Muppet men are podcasting. This from the official Muppet site:
"This Week's Episode: Surly seniors Statler and ... Read More
A Timeline of Google Acquisitions
Thursday December 1, 2005
Interesting information via Search Views; you can check out CoolTechZone for a "comprehensive list of all the companies that Google has acquired complete with dates and associated Google services." These ... Read More