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Wendy's Web Search Blog April 2008 Archive

By Wendy Boswell, About.com Guide to Web Search since 2004

How to Effectively Use a Search Engine

Wednesday April 30, 2008

Smarten up your Boolean searches with Boolify

Tuesday April 29, 2008
One of the more interesting and simple to use Web search tools I've come across lately is Boolify, an educational tool that teaches you how to use Boolean search ... Read More

Five Ways to Send a Free Fax Online

Monday April 28, 2008
Last week, I needed to send a fax to someone. I don't have a fax machine, and I didn't have time to run downtown and pay $5 (!!!!) a ... Read More

How to Find a Website

Saturday April 26, 2008
There are literally millions of websites out there, but how do you find them? Learn how to find a website quickly and easily with my article titled How to Find ... Read More

RSS Feeds: What are RSS feeds, and what can I do with them?

Friday April 25, 2008
What are RSS feeds and how can they help you? You'd be surprised. For instance, did you know that you can: Customize your job search Subscribe to specific and specialized news alerts Make ... Read More

Read books online? You bet!

Thursday April 24, 2008
You can easily find free books to read online with my list of some of the most popular and well done free books sites; check 'em out in my article ... Read More

Get your comedy on at "Funny or Die"

Wednesday April 23, 2008
If you're a fan of comedian and former Saturday Night Live cast member Will Ferrell, then you're going to love Funny or Die, an online video site that showcases well-known ... Read More

The Top Ten Sites for Movie Torrents

Tuesday April 22, 2008
Looking for movie torrents? It's easy to be overwhelmed with the number of torrents found in an average search engine query. I've made finding the best movie torrents with my ... Read More

Five Ways to Avoid Porn on the Web

Monday April 21, 2008
Here's the scenario: you're searching for something innocent on the Web, and along comes something definitely NOT so innocent. Of course, this only happens when you have one of your ... Read More

Search Engine Cheat Sheets

Saturday April 19, 2008
Have you really, really gotten the most you can out of your friendly neighborhood search engine lately? What I mean is - have you dug under the surface of ... Read More

Organize your travel plans with TripIt

Friday April 18, 2008
We're fast approaching the season commonly known as "Road Trip Time" in my neck of the woods, and in order to avoid various unpleasantries that were experienced in last year's ... Read More

Find high quality music videos at PluggedIn

Thursday April 17, 2008
Music videos are a great way to understand the artist's conception and interpretation of a particular song - plus, they're great eye candy. Unfortunately, a lot of the music videos ... Read More

Use SkreemR to find MP3 files on the Web

Wednesday April 16, 2008
You can find DRM-free music, podcasts, speeches and much more with SkreemR, an MP3 search engine. For instance: Kermit the Frog Barack Obama Radiohead Mozart Neato! Want to find even more music and multimedia? Here ... Read More

Need to send a naughty link? Try NSFW

Tuesday April 15, 2008
First, what does NSFW mean? It's an acronym for Not Safe For Work. If you see the term "NSFW" on something, then it means that what you're about to look ... Read More

Looking for something to read? Try BookMooch, a free book exchange

Monday April 14, 2008
I love to read; in fact, I usually have at least three books going on at any one time (right now I'm reading a murder mystery, a selection of short ... Read More

Find the latest and greatest movie trailers at Apple Movie Trailers

Saturday April 12, 2008
I'm a huge sucker for movie trailers; in fact, my favorite part of going to a movie at the theater are the movie previews at the beginning of the show. ... Read More

Looking for a cheaper cell phone plan? Try BillShrink

Friday April 11, 2008
Tell me if this sounds familiar: cell phone bills that read like ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs, pushy salespeople that use snake oil salesmanship to trick you into a cell phone plan ... Read More

Change Your Desktop With Desktoptopia, a Free Desktop Manager Download

Thursday April 10, 2008
I have a confession to make, dear readers: I change my desktop wallpaper about as often as I change my socks (which is every day, just in case you ... Read More

If You Can Hum a Tune, You Can Find Music with Midomi

Wednesday April 9, 2008
Have you ever gotten a song in your head, but you can't for the life of you remember what the name of that song is? A new service called Midomi ... Read More

See How Easily You Can Track Your Friends With Spokeo

Tuesday April 8, 2008
How many social networks do you belong to? Do you have an account at: Facebook MySpace Twitter LinkedIn YouTube Well, chances are, if YOU have an account at any of these services, than you have ... Read More

The Lazy Man's (or Woman's) Shortcut to Finding Good Content on the Web: Content Aggregators

Monday April 7, 2008
The Web is a big place - we're all pretty aware of that by now. Fortunately, there are some smart folks out there who figured out how to put a ... Read More

The Top Ten Most Useful Google Services

Saturday April 5, 2008
Here are my picks for the top ten most useful Google services: the products that consistently help people achieve the ultimate productivity, demonstrate ease of use, and are viable for ... Read More

Free Spyware Removal Tools on the Web

Friday April 4, 2008
If you're not careful on the Web, you can pick up some spyware - however, you can easily clean up your system with free spyware removal tools. Here are ... Read More

March 2008 Best Sites of the Day

Thursday April 3, 2008
Can you believe it's April already? Well, you know what that means - and here they are, the March 2008 Best Sites of the Day. Once you're done checking ... Read More

The Top Fifty BitTorrent Tools

Wednesday April 2, 2008
BitTorrent technology, while somewhat controversial, is here to stay....and you can use it to download completely free and legal content on the Web. In fact, you can use BitTorrent ... Read More

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