Sunday, November 1, 2009
Zemanta
Blogging can be fun, but it can be difficult to put a good blog post together,particularly when it comes to adding images and links to make the page more interesting.Zemanta is an add-on for Firefox or Microsoft’s Live writer blogging tool.
Zemanta opens as a sidebar in the window with a collections of pictures shown.At first these are random,but type into the search box and you will see a collection of relevant shots, all available for free use of charge.Double clicking or dragging one adds it to the post.The same applies to the links and tags that appear at the bottom of the post- each can be added to the post with a click.
Based on the text of your post, it automatically suggests labels .Also "Latest Update" gives you a list of blog posts from other blogs writing about similar topics.Zemanta is a great way to discover sites deals with similar topics, and if you'd like to point your readers to those articles for further reading, clicking on them in the sidebar inserts them as "Related reading" links at the bottom of your post .
You can use Zemanta with both Gmail and Yahoo mail.Even though a little irritating,it is a really cool to quickly and easily add images and links to your email.
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
ChunkIt - Browser Plugin
Give your favorite search engine super strength by transforming your favorite search engine into an information powerhouse.ChunkIt a browser-plug-in that enhances your searches on Google, Yahoo, and other engines.
It searches within the pages of your engine's results to find your search terms in context. ChunkIt also searches Web pages and discovers information that conventional search tools may have never revealed. In addition to mining content on a Web page, ChunkIt will mine all of the links on that page for information relevant to your search.
By clicking on a "chunk" in the left panel, ChunkIt will highlight that information in the context of its original Web page. There's no need to bounce between multiple windows. ChunkIt also makes it fast and easy to find information in reference manuals, PDFs, legal docs, and news sites.
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