Search Engines

If you are like most people, you probably have a favorite search engine that you use all the time. Chances are good that it is Google. There is nothing wrong with that, but once in a while it is worth the trouble to take a look at an alternative.

I have been playing around with Blekko and it has some interesting features, the most notable of which is its use of slash tags in the search query to limit results to desired categories. You could do the same with Google's advanced search feature, but how often do you bother to do that. The tags let you hone your search quickly when needed; if you want a broader search, simply leave them out.

Give it a try.

Book Recommendations from Booklamp

A new site called Booklamp claims to use a sophisticated software to analyze patters in a book's content. It then uses this information to match a book or author you like to other books or authors that you might like. There are many sites that claim to do this and some do it better than others. I tried a few searches and Booklamp seems to work pretty well. But it is new, so we will have to wait and see. Check it out.