Category: Search software

Quintura Site Search is a hosted site search, analytics and monetization solution for online content publishers. It provides visual-based search and navigation for site visitors. Among the users of this technology are the websites of the US magazines Maxim and Hilary as well as Russian Newsweek and Cosmopolitan in Russia. The launch of Quintura Site Search into the U.S. market on October 21 comes after the technology was awarded a U.S. patent. Quintura also raised new funding from Mangrove Capital Partners last month to scale the site search business.

Google presents its new Chrome browser in comic book form.

I do most of my work on Macs and most of my surfing I do in Firefox. One of the main reasons I use Firefox is that with its huge choice of add-ons it is highly customisable. But there are some valueble add-ons for Safari as well, for instance Inquisitor, a search plug-in.

Google Transit is a tool based on Google Maps, which lets you plan trips using public transport. Now it’s even easier to do your part to prevent global warming: Google Transit is part of the latest upgrade of Google Maps for Mobile.

If you already use Google Maps for Mobile, you know that this little app makes it easy to find directions on the go. If you don’t have Google Maps on your mobile but want to try it out, head over to the Google Maps for Mobile home page. It’s quick and easy to download and install. I was up and searching for directions in a couple of minutes.

Sensebot is a semantic search engine still in closed beta (we reviewed it last summer). The main boon of Sensebot is that it summarizes Google search results through text mining. But even if you’re not in on the beta testing, you can still profit from the technology by installing the Sensebot Summary plug-in for Firefox.

SurfCanyon is a Firefox plugin that claims mind reading capabilities. Even though there’s no actual magic involved, this nifty little app does a great job of digging though the search results for the hits you need, even though Google buried them on page 12.

Previews is a Firefox addon that provides you with instant previews of links while you browse. Every time I surf the web, I come across links that seem interesting, but turn out to be disappointing. Previews helps me avoid clicking on these links.

PicLens is a Firefox addon that makes image search fun and easy. It is as easy to install as any other Firefox addon. Once you have restarted Firefox, you are good to go. Set out for your favorite image search site. In the search results, an icon will appear in the images. Click it, and the rows of little thumbnails is transformed into a 3D slide show, filling your entire screen.