How to unblock blocked sites
Friday July 31, 2009
Why are sites blocked? Certain countries (China, Saudi Arabia, and more) block anything to do with popular culture, sexual issues, women's resources, or politics. In addition, both large and small ... Read More
Use a Search Engine to Find Movie Showtimes
Thursday July 30, 2009
You can use Google, Yahoo, MSN, and Ask to find a movie or movie theater with showtimes near you. In fact, I used Google to find an early showing ... Read More
Breaking: Microsoft has sealed a deal to team up with Yahoo
Wednesday July 29, 2009
There are a lot of very happy people in Sunnyvale, California and Redmond, Washington today! This morning, it was officially announced that Yahoo and Microsoft are teaming up. Here are ... Read More
Where can I find free music downloads?
Tuesday July 28, 2009
Is there such a thing as free music downloads - LEGAL free music downloads? Sure! Here are a few sites that I can recommend:
Free Music Downloads: Free music downloads ... Read More
Use Web MD to find health information, answer common health questions, and more
Monday July 27, 2009
Web MD is one of the most popular health resources on the Web for a few simple reasons, and here they are (in no particular order).
The Symptom ... Read More
Search of the Week: Cash for Clunkers
Saturday July 25, 2009
This week's big search breakout was Cash for Clunkers, a car allowance rebate system recently released from the U.S. Department of Transportation.
The country that searched the most for this ... Read More
Is Google always the best search engine?
Thursday July 23, 2009
Quick: what do you think of when I say the words "search engine"? Chances are, you probably think of Google, arguably the most popular search engine on the Web today.
But ... Read More
Don't search Craigslist every day - set up RSS feeds and get the content delivered to you
Wednesday July 22, 2009
Craigslist, one of the most popular community and classified ads site on the Web, is great for finding pretty much anything you can think of, from rental stables to a ... Read More
Free ebooks at Barnes and Noble
Tuesday July 21, 2009
Barnes and Noble have unveiled a giant new ebooks store with over 700,000 books available for download along with free e-reader software for the iPhone, BlackBerry, Mac and PC platforms ... Read More
Mobile applications to become as large as the Web? I don't think so!
Monday July 20, 2009
At the VentureBeat MobileBeat conference last week, a panel predicted that mobile apps will outpace the Web by the year 2020. Mobile apps are small software programs that do very ... Read More
Search of the Week: Harry Potter
Saturday July 18, 2009
With the world premiere of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince this week, searches for "Harry Potter" were burning up the Web. According to Google Insights, searches for the Chosen ... Read More
Search Twitter postings alongside search engine results with BingTweets
Friday July 17, 2009
Microsoft's Bing, which launched with some fanfare last month, has quietly rolled out a new Twitter search utility called BingTweets.
BingTweets is simple to use. You can look at ... Read More
Five sites for free printable coupons
Thursday July 16, 2009
I do quite a bit of my shopping online, and I'm always on the hunt for even better deals. That's where the following sites come in. All of these consistently ... Read More
Where to find the best free desktop wallpaper on the Web
Wednesday July 15, 2009
I have a confession to make, dear About Web Search readers.
I'm addicted to free desktop wallpaper.
Yes, it's true. And just between you and me, it's really getting out of ... Read More
Use WebListy to find the top ten sites for any country and topic
Tuesday July 14, 2009
If you've been wondering what are the top filesharing sites in China, the top image sites in South Korea, maybe even the top photography sites in Mexico, well, then you're ... Read More
Explore the world of birds with the Internet Bird Collection
Monday July 13, 2009
If you're a birder, you will love the Internet Bird Collection, a non-profit, volunteer endeavor to collect as much information as possible about birds from all over the world. If ... Read More
Search of the Week: Steve McNair and Sahel Kazemi
Saturday July 11, 2009
The top breakout search of the week ending July 10 for Google, Yahoo, and Ask was, sadly, the death of NFL star Steve McNair and his girlfriend, Sahel Kazemi (you ... Read More
Five sites for free college courses
Friday July 10, 2009
If you've ever felt the hankering for a bit of higher education, but you don't want to pay the hefty bills that go right along with it, then ... Read More
Need crossword help? Try OneAcross
Thursday July 9, 2009
If you're a fan of crossword puzzles, and you need a bit of help (especially on that dastardly Sunday crossword puzzle!), you'll want to give One Across, a crossword search/computational ... Read More
Shop locally with Milo
Wednesday July 8, 2009
If you're looking for a specific item and you'd like to see what the best deal is in your local area, you might want to try Milo, a search engine ... Read More
Google Maps: now with real estate listings
Tuesday July 7, 2009
How do you search for real estate listings on the Web? Do you use a specific realty company's website, Craigslist, Zillow, or Trulia? Well, now you can use Google Maps ... Read More
Five ways to make that link shorter
Monday July 6, 2009
How many times have you come across a great Web site that you want to send to a friend, and the darn URL is so long that it ends up ... Read More
Happy Fourth of July
Saturday July 4, 2009
Happy Independence Day! You really should be at a barbeque or something right now, instead of inside looking at a computer, but since you are, and you chose this site, ... Read More
Figure out where to meet with Happy Median
Friday July 3, 2009
Need to meet someone, and want to figure out a good middle meeting ground? Try Happy Median, a simple site that plots, well, a "happy median" between two addresses. Simply ... Read More
Cut the clutter with Readability
Thursday July 2, 2009
Love the content on a Web page, but you're not too crazy about all the extra stuff cluttering up the page (ads, images, multimedia, etc.)? No problem. Just use Readability, ... Read More
Sharpen up your photos with Tourist Remover
Wednesday July 1, 2009
Summer time is a great time for taking all sorts of photos, but inevitably, you're going to get a photo with some unwanted people accidentally walking through your shot. ... Read More