Thursday, May 14, 2009
Google Has Just Launched a New “Search Options”
Google has just launched a new “search options” feature .While you search, you can see a link “Show options”, which will expand to the the left-hand sidebar."Show options" is a link on search-result pages, offering such filters as videos, forums, and reviews. You can 
The Search Options panel also gives you the ability to view your results in new ways. One view gives you more information about each result, including images as well as text, while others let you explore and iterate your search in different ways.
Time line option lets a user group results by when they appeared and drill down to specific points in time."Wonder wheel" option graphically groups results in a wheel formation, with the searched topic in the center and linked, related subjects on the spokes.
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Friday, July 18, 2008
SearchMe.com - Cool and Useful Visual Search
Have you seen 
yet? SearchMe is a visual search engine — the results are shown as screenshots of each site, built in an iTunes coverflow sort of way.
Searchme lets you see what you're searching for. As you start typing, categories appear that relate to your query. Choose a category, and you'll see pictures of web pages that answer your search. You can review these pages quickly to find just the information you're looking for, before you click through.
It also provides a neat way to pre-scan the pages and highlight the search terms present on the site.Simply put, Searchme lets you see what you’re searching for, before you click through.
Friday, July 4, 2008
Streamzy: A Fresh Face For Streaming Music
Streamzy offers users the ability to search for media and play this media streaming live on the Web. In addition to offering the ability to play or listen, users can also register for a free Streamzy account where they can save playlists and retrieve them on any computer with Internet access.
Streamzy provides a slick, simple interface for finding and playing full-length songs and music videos by just about any band you can think of. Playback controls at the top of the screen allow full control of what you're hearing, and you can switch things up at any time by double clicking on another search result.
Streamzy's interface is nicer, it includes videos, and it lets you save playlists. Playlists and videos can now be viewed in full screen mode, in addition to the addition of video and other improvements made in the latest version of the site.
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
Configure Search Engines in Firefox and Flock.
Browser search engines are the ones which are not used frequently. Whenever we want to search anything, we directly go to Google home page and do a search. This tutorial aims in helping you to make the best use of browser search engines in Firefox and Flock by configuring them.
1. Firefox: In the top right corner you can see the search engine. The default search is Google. When you click on the icon next to search box, you get the configuration settings for Firefox.
In the search manager you can add or remove a search engine from the list. Before you add them, you need to get the search engine extensions from Firefox extensions page.
Firefox search engine extensions can be got from here. Firefox supports all the major search engines most popular are Google, Yahoo, Technorati, eBay, Live etc.
2. Flock: Flock is another great browser with all the features of Firefox. Configuring Flock search is also similar to Firefox. The search is located in the top right corner of browser and by clicking the icon you get the Search preferences.
The search preferences are almost similar to Firefox. You can add more search engines through extensions. The complete list of search engines can be found on flock extensions page.
Once you have configured the search engines, whenever you need to search, select the search engine, type in and press ALT+ENTER. The search results are opened in new tab.
