Posts Tagged ‘search’

10 More from the Webware 100

Last week, I looked at the apps chosen by CNet for the productivity section of the Webware 100. There were, however, 10 other sections – 9 categories of apps voted for as top in their class and an extra categories of apps chosen by the editors at CNet. This week, I want to look at a selection of applications from the rest of the Webware 100… Continue reading

June 4 2009 | By Dustin | Tagged: backup, image-editing, online, search, software, sync, twitter, web-app, webware-100 | 6 comments»

8 Tools to Find Someone Online

Finding a way to contact someone has gotten a lot easier: just type their name into Google and follow a few links. For many people, you'll quickly find a profile on Facebook, a blog or even an email address you can use to get in touch. But a Google search doesn't turn up good results for everyone. Maybe the person you're trying to reach has a fairly common name. You… Continue reading

May 14 2009 | By Thursday | Tagged: contact, recruiter, sales, search | 24 comments»

Keyword Google Music Search

Here's a quick browser keyword to add to the list. This one will make it mega easy to find MP3s hidden amongst open internet directories.

Create a bookmark in Firefox

Use the URLs in this text file as the bookmark location in your Firefox bookmarks

Assign a keyword to it - eg. music

Type the keyword (eg. music) followed by the search term (eg. beatles) directly into the address

July 18 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: google, music, search | 43 comments»

Fine Tune Twitter for Value

If you've been shunning Web 2.0 social apps for an entire year, I forgive you for not knowing about Twitter. Otherwise, where have you been? Twitter is a multi-mode message delivery system used most often to answer the question "What are you doing?" Only, the cool kids know that the answer to that question is far less useful than "What has your attention?" But I've come up with something… Continue reading

May 21 2007 | By Chris | Tagged: hacks, howto, search, software, twitter | 6 comments»

Cool Things You Can Do With Google

No one would argue the fact that Google is one of the most useful sites on the Internet. Unfortunately, most people only use about 3% of its power. Smart Google users, on the other hand, know how to turn Google into a quick calculator, translate foreign sites, create their own customized search engine, and search for movie reviews and stock quotes with special search queries. In this article, we'll show… Continue reading

May 21 2007 | By Kim | Tagged: google, search, tips | 74 comments»

Find great content with Blog Strings

If you enjoy reading or writing blogs, Blog Strings is a site worth checking out. Blog Strings promises to connect bloggers and readers on one site. The site is free for readers and bloggers and the idea is that readers can find great blogs and bloggers can promote their blog. Seems like a win-win. Let us know what you think the comments. Blog Strings is a new… Continue reading

April 3 2007 | By Kyle | Tagged: blog, content, search, Technology | 3 comments»

Safe search engine for kids

Quintura is a tag-based search engine that specializes in searching for content about a particular topic. They recently created a version of their main search engine specifically for kids aptly named Quintura for Kids. Quintura for Kids has an interface complete with mountains and trees, perfect for children. More importantly, Quintura for Kids is intuitive and safe for children. If you are uncomfortable… Continue reading

April 2 2007 | By Kyle | Tagged: kids, search, Technology | 2 comments»

Search social media content

Zudos is a search engine that allows you to search the web for up to date information about any topic. Zudus queries a number of networking sites to pull relevant information about the topic you are interested in. Zudus is a simple tool to search "the sometimes chaotic social media space." Zudos is a tool that allows you to easily monitor what everyday people and the… Continue reading

March 27 2007 | By Kyle | Tagged: Communication, search, Technology, zudos | 1 comment»

Search through lists with WhatALi.st

As you know, "list posts" have become very popular recently. If you are a lover of lists, WhatALi.st is a site you'll enjoy. WhatALi.st is a search engine that leverages social networking elements such as tags, comments, and voting. WhatALi.st also allows users to create and share sites about any topic. What is WhatALi.st? WhatALi.st is a list engine completely managed by users. Thanks to new… Continue reading

March 24 2007 | By Kyle | Tagged: list, online, search, software | 4 comments»

Discover websites based on topic

Delexa.org is a Web site that pulls data from del.icio.us and Alexa to categorize the 50,000 most popular sites in the US based on topic. Delexa lets you search by Web site or topic tag. Delexa is a fantastic way to find quality Web sites based upon the content. I've only been scanning delexa for a couple of hours and have already discovered some fantastic sites… Continue reading

March 13 2007 | By Kyle | Tagged: alexa, del.icio.us, search, tags, Technology | 1 comment»

Find Free Software With deligio

Deligio is a search engine that specifically searches freeware and shareware software. The site is pretty simple, just search for whatever you’d like the software to do, and Deligio returns a list of freeware and shareware applications that will do what you requested. If you find something you absolutely love, deligio also supports tagging and sharing so you can let others know just how great your find is. deligio

March 1 2007 | By Kyle | Tagged: freeware, search, software, Technology | 4 comments»

Search, Add & Organize with Firefox Smart Keywords

Firefox has a handy feature that allows you to use your address bar as a dialog box to a search. When you find yourself repeatedly searching a particular site you might as well just search in your address bar from any page, right? For instance, by default, Firefox uses the address bar to search Google's I Feel Lucky search, but you can create your own.

At a search dialog all you… Continue reading

February 7 2007 | By Craig | Tagged: firefox, keywords, search | 6 comments»

Quick Lifehack: Track your Car with your Todo list

Dude, where is my car? It is not funny, but once in a while I had trouble finding my car in a large car parking complex. I used to trust my memory - I remember the location, usually using the color code and the number on the pole, after I parked my car. However when I come back from a long night partying, I couldn't remember the location anymore… Continue reading

December 6 2006 | By Leon | Tagged: carpark, Lifehack, search | 12 comments»

Five Other Ways to Speed Up Firefox Search

Follow up on the last week post, Speed Up Your Search with Top Bookmarklets, lifehack.org readers suggested couple more quick ways to search with keywords in Firefox. For those who may not read our comment box regularly, I want to consolidate those in a post for you:

Use Context Menu: Highlight the word, right-click and select Search Web for "..." -- JDB
Use Quicksearch: Use Alt-D to go to Address Bar

August 21 2006 | By Leon | Tagged: firefox, search, software | 3 comments»

Speed Up Your Search with Top Bookmarklets

I am getting tired of using Firefox's Search Bar. The effort is just too big. To search a word on a page, I need to: highlight and copy the text, move my mouse, select the search service, click on the textbox, paste the text and press enter. 5 steps for a search - Not a good deal. Another alternative? I use bookmarklet. After you bookmarket those following bookmarklets, all you need… Continue reading

August 17 2006 | By Leon | Tagged: bookmarklet, search, software | 14 comments»

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