QuickTips Index
How to Effectively Use a Search Engine
Search engines are some of the most useful tools on the planet, but what if you're not sure how to use them? Learn how to use a search engine more effectively.
Read Books Online
Read books online for free with my picks for the best free online books sites.
Free Reverse Lookup with Google
You can do a free reverse lookup with Google. Learn how you can do a reverse phone number lookup.
Five Things You Can Do With Craigslist
Did you know that you can find a house to buy or rent on Craigslist? Interact with people all over the world in a variety of forums? Barter your services for something else? That's just the tip of the Craigslist iceberg. Here's a few more things you can do with Craigslist.
How to Remove Personal Information from Zabasearch
Find out how to remove your personal information from Zabasearch.
Halloween Games Online
Here are a few of the best free Halloween games online, from scary to silly.
Use the Web to Find a Roommate
Find a roommate using the Web.
Google Phone Number Search
You can use Google to find both business and residential phone numbers on the Web. Find out how to use Google to find phone numbers.
Find a Grave
Did you know that you can find a grave online? You can also view many cemeteries on the Web.
Best Digital Photo Sharing Sites
Looking for the best digital photo sharing sites on the Web? Here are a few of my favorites; you can share your digital photos, print them out, or make them into a digital photo album.
Online Radio Stations
Listen to radio online with this great list of a few of my favorite free Internet radio stations.
Free eBooks on the Web
There are a ton of sites that offer free eBooks on the Web. Here are a few sites where you can find free downloadable eBooks.
Fifty Things You Can Do With RSS
RSS, a simple technology that makes content come to you, can be used literally hundreds of different ways to simplify your life. Here are just fifty different things you can do with RSS.
Nintendo Wii Web Search
The Nintendo Wii is not only great for gaming, but you can also search the Web via Wii-friendly browsers and Web sites.
Wists - Share and Publish Your Shopping Lists
Wists is a fun visual way to find, share, and publish your picks for some of the most unusual and interesting shopping finds on the Web.
Share2me
Share2me is a free browser plug-in that allows you to share your favorite stuff on the Web with your friends across a variety of platforms.
Upscoop
Upscoop is an intriguing service that allows you to track your friends at various social networking sites, i.e., MySpace, Friendster, etc.
Wikiseek, a Wikipedia Search Engine
Wikiseek is a Wikipedia search engine. Read more about Wikiseek to see if it might be a good fit for you.
Quintura
Here's my impression of Quintura, a tag cloud search engine.
The Best of About Web Search Freebies
Here's a roundup of all the freebies on the Web that I've featured in the last two years at About Web Search.
Search YouTube with Podzinger
Search YouTube for one particular spoken word with Podzinger, a search engine that actually peeks inside the spoken words of the video or audio program itself to find what you're looking for.
Amazon's Askville
Learn more about Amazon's newest addition Askville, a community question and answering site.
Get Financial News at Blinkx
Looking for financial news? Now you can search for financial news through Blinkx, a video search engine that incorporates financial content from sources such as the Wall Street Journal Online, MarketWatch.com and Barron's Online.
Ask.com's AskCity
Ask.com, formerly known as Ask Jeeves, has an incredibly rich mapping product out titled AskCity. Learn more about AskCity and what it can do for you.
The Best Black Friday Sites
The day after Thanksgiving is traditionally known as Black Friday in the United States. It's the day when serious holiday shopping begins in earnest. Many stores offer some pretty good deals for Black Friday - you can find out which ones have the best deals with my article listing the best Black Friday sites on the Web.