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- Cool Websites and Tools [June 1st]
- 5 Effective Ways to Deal With the “Too Many Tabs” Syndrome in Firefox
- 4 Actually Useful Health Apps For Your Android Phone
- Top 10 Websites for Error Codes & Troubleshooting
- Hot Tech Deals [June 1st]
- How to Install Mac OS X on a PC (Without Using a Mac)
- Two Simple Steps To Clean Up Your Applications Library [Mac]
- 6 Most Powerful Search Engines for Social Networks
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| Cool Websites and Tools [June 1st] Posted: 01 Jun 2010 08:31 PM PDT
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| 5 Effective Ways to Deal With the “Too Many Tabs” Syndrome in Firefox Posted: 01 Jun 2010 06:30 PM PDT
Having tons of open tabs slows down Firefox. And as the tabs turn Firefox into an MB hungry monster, they also slow down your computer. Even if memory is not an issue, too many tabs just make it tough to find anything. So what are your options? Just leave as is, discard the tabs, or move them to your helplessly unorganized bookmarks? Bad idea! Here are some strategies to help you manage your tabs.
1. Make Use Of The Bookmarks BarThe bookmarks toolbar is a great place to temporarily store information, for example, when you’re researching jobs or hotels for your next vacation. You can just create a folder for the purpose and shovel all links in there when you need a break from researching. When you’re back, right-click onto that folder and select > Open All in Tabs.
As you see, I use one letter abbreviations, so that the folder names don’t take up a lot of space. Should you require more space, you can use an extension called Multirow Bookmarks Toolbar. Another extension, Smart Bookmarks Bar can shrink individual links to just the favicon of the respective site. Another way to store links is using the Read It Later extension, which was reviewed by Mark and more recently by Abhijeet in Get The Awesome Read It Later Extension for Firefox 3. 2. Install Session ManagerRather than storing your project links in folders, you can manage them with the Session Manager extension. Not only does it automatically save your browsing sessions, even when you crash, you can also save sessions and open them individually from > Tools > Session Manager > Load Session…
Since you can deselect links from a saved session before opening it, you have full control over the links that will open. That way you can even recover links from a massive sessions that crashed your browser
Make sure you don’t accidentally replace links in an existing session. Now that you have temporarily stashed away most of your open tabs, let’s look at ways to actually manage open tabs. There are many extensions that help you deal with an overloaded tab bar. You can organize your tabs, make them smaller, or extend the available space. Here is a small selection of tested add-ons. 3. Group Tabs with TabGroups ManagerThis is an ingenious extension. It let’s your group your tabs based on topics. The drawback is that it occupies a little more space. One row shows the category tabs and the second row displays open tabs.
You cannot rename the Start tab. However, when you remove all tabs from it, it automatically disappears. To remove other categories, click the – on the far left of the category bar. Through > Tools > Extensions > TabGroups Manager you can access the > Options or rather the Preferences window for this extension. It contains a plethora of settings, for example positioning of the GroupBar, mouse and keyboard commands, settings for session backups, and loads more. In fact, this extension would deserve an entire article to explore all its potential.
4. Lock and Keep Some Tabs Always Open with TabberwockyIf there are tabs you always need to be open, you should consider an extension like Tabberwocky which will lock and protect your tabs. It also supports multirow tab bar, tab progress bar, and highlighting of unread tabs, all very useful features for keeping control over your tabs.
5. Save Tab Bar Space with FaviconizeTab
To save tab bar space, you can use the FaviconizeTab extension to replace the context menu with the site’s favicon. Here is a comparison between a full-fledged MakeUseOf tab (right) and a faviconized MakeUseOf tab (left). Other extensions to consider are Tab Mix Plus, ColorfulTabs, or New Tab King. The latter was also reviewed by Karl in his article The Must-see “New Tab King” Addon for Firefox. More helpful Firefox articles on MakeUseOf:
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| 4 Actually Useful Health Apps For Your Android Phone Posted: 01 Jun 2010 04:30 PM PDT
Here at MakeUseOf, we’ve covered many health apps over time, such as the WellBook health tracking tool. As far as mobile apps, Sharninder covered the Lose It calorie intake calculator for the iPhone. In this article I’d like to review 4 of the top health applications from the Android Market. This review includes a calorie tracker, an emergency First Aid app, a workout log and an herbal research tool.
4 Top Health Apps for Your AndroidUnlike most other people, I don’t usually do the whole “New Years resolution” thing in January. Instead, once summer rolls around and June arrives, I feel very motivated to get back in shape so that I can really enjoy our weekend camping and hiking trips without feeling like I’m completely out of shape. The following mobile apps really inspired me to maintain my health, and I’m positive they’ll do the same for you. Calorie CounterThe first app is a very cool calorie counter that goes far beyond any mobile calorie counter that I’ve ever seen. On the Android Market, it is simply called Calorie Counter. The application lets you look up just about any food imaginable in order to learn the calorie and nutritional content. Obviously, having such convenient access to nutritional information will help you make much better informed food choices, and of course it will greatly improve your eating habits.
This app has every method of searching you could think of, including areas for general food, popular and supermarket brands, restaurant chains and even the ability to scan the barcode on food packages and instantly get information on its nutritional content. The application goes even further than just serving as a reference. You can keep a calorie log in the form of a “food diary,” you can keep track of how and when you exercise, and of course it helps you to track your weight over time so that you can monitor your progress.
In terms of nutrition, the app only provides the basics, such as protein, fat, carbs, fiber, sugar and of course calories. You may not get the mineral and vitamin content, but in all honesty the information that is provided is really all you need to make healthy food choices.
The food diary is an awesome feature that lets you quickly add whatever food you eat during the day. A major problem with many online calorie trackers is that you must log into the Internet in order to log your calories, you weight and other statistics. However, with this application installed on your Android, you will no longer have to worry about whether you’ll remember to log your daily calories when you get home. Just pull out your phone and add the entry to your Food Diary, and you’re done! First AidThe next application that I’d like to cover is aptly called First Aid. One of the first rules of staying health is avoiding injury, and to avoid injury you must stay safe. But how do you protect the health of your family members when tragedy strikes? Do you know the Heimlich maneuver? Do you know CPR? If you have First Aid by your side, you’ll never have to wonder if you’ll know what to do when something horrible happens.
The Android app provides large categories that are very easy to navigate through to find the condition that you’re looking for. For example, under Life Saving Procedures you’ll find a number of skills that can save lives in many life-threatening situations like a choking or a heart attack.
The instructions are brief and to the point, with clear and accurate images that portray how the current step is supposed to look. You’ll find that the instructions are very easy and quick to get at, and the instructions are simple and to the point. Whenever you need help knowing what to do, you can rest at ease when you have First Aid installed on your phone. Medicinal HerbsAnother way to stay health is to take supplements. While some people take vitamins and call it good, I’m actually a believer in the power of herbal medicine. For centuries, herbs and plants have served as medicine and cures for humanity. Many common herbs have the ability to cure skin conditions, illnesses, allergic reactions and much more. However, at times it can be very difficult to know where to look for accurate herbal information. Enter Medicinal Herbs for the Android phone.
Medicinal herbs provides a decent sized database filled with all of the most popular and most effective medicinal herbs. If you want to dig any further and learn more, all you have to do is click on one of the herbs.
Once you do, you’re whisked away to the specific herb page, where you’ll learn everything you ever wanted to know about that particular herb. In particular, you’ll learn what the medicinal herbs are either proven to do for you, or at least believed to do. In some cases, the claims are questionable, but in other cases many people swear by them. However, in every case if you intend to use herbs to treat an illness, always check with your doctor first. Workout CoachThe last health app I’d like to cover is called Workout Coach on the Android Market. This is an app that I looked for for a very long time before stumbling across this one. There are a lot of Android apps that help to monitor your running patterns through GPS and manual data entry, but not quite as many useful apps that focus on your workout in the gym. Thankfully, Workout Coach does the job.
With Workout Coach, you can monitor your exercise behaviors through an activity log where you enter in the specific exercises and their details about your workout – like the target body area and how many reps you performed.
By keeping a log of your exercise routine and following the history of your workouts versus the results that you expect, you’ll have better insight to fine tune your workouts so that they are much more effective. Have you ever used any of these health apps? Do you have your own favorite apps to add to the list? Share your insight in the comments section below. Our latest mega giveaway: zozi is sponsoring a FREE 7-day, wine-tasting trip in New Zealand for two. Here’s how you can sign up. Contest ends June 25th.
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| Top 10 Websites for Error Codes & Troubleshooting Posted: 01 Jun 2010 02:30 PM PDT
Errors are also more clearly expressed in the form of error codes. Error codes signal a fault of a specific nature. The fault could be due to a wrong user input, or a problem with an installed software or hardware. But error codes have a very important function. They are meant to be hints for troubleshooting. The computer tells us – Okay, this is the problem right now. This could be the cause.
These ten web resources could help save your day. ErrorGoblin
ErrorGoblin presents a simple search bar. Type in the Windows system error code and it displays the reason. The search field takes in the value of the error code in the 0xn or 0xen formats where n is a number. The tool is a quick way to search for a problem because you don't need to log-in or trawl through a list. ErrorGoblin may not always return a result. In that case you can mail them your error code and they will add it to the database. See our directory mention here. ErrorKey
ErrorKey covers a lot of ground by allowing you to search errors across systems like Oracle, Sybase, DB2, HTTP, Flash, SAP DB, and many more. Uniquely, it also fields error help for several automotive sensor systems. You can give the error code number or type in the error text. The site uses its own database and also Google custom search to look for the meaning of the error codes. You need to login to see the full explanation of the error. See our directory mention here. ErrorHelp
Previously known as Bug.gd, ErrorHelp has been renamed. The database and function remain the same. The error guide also gives you a Firefox and IE7 search extension. ErrorHelp has a section on solved errors, which is a huge knowledge base in itself. The site lists about 130,414 errors and their solutions. Users collaborate on the solutions and they can vote in to say that the solution mentioned really works. The site also asks you to share how you solved an error. From the search field, you can also search for Apple and Linux errors and also do a Google search. EventID
EventID's are the unique numbers that correspond to any significant happening in a Windows system or a program. This information gets logged. EventID is a rich reference for these logged events. We have seen the troubleshooting utility of Windows Event Viewer in How to Solve Any Windows Problem with Event ID. The site has a record of 10,569 event IDs and 500 event sources with a lot more info provided by contributors. On EventID, you can also search error codes other than Windows event IDs. Wikipedia's List of HTTP Status Codes
The HTTP codes are the ones you most commonly encounter when a webpage is inaccessible or an entire website is down. HTTP Status codes are the error messages returned by the server to the browser when the target website does not load properly. It usually includes the HTTP Status code and the reason like 'Internal Server Error' or the famous '404 Not Found' error. If you want to quickly look more deeply into the HTTP error, Wikipedia has a neatly arranged list of the codes. SMTP Error Codes
Probably after the 404 Error, this is the most common kind. We have all seen it sometime or the other when a mail is left undelivered or simply bounces. SMTP errors define the system status between the email server that sends the email and the email server that receives it. Usually we don't pay attention to the three digit error code. But if you want to, the About.com page is a good place to understand the meaning. Each digit in an SMTP error code means something and in combination they tell us what went wrong and where. List of POST / beep codes
Computers still beep when they boot up. An irregular beep is a signal that there's something wrong with the hardware. It could be a loose RAM (a long BEEP), or it could be something as serious as a faulty motherboard. The nature of the beeps may vary with the manufacture, but the above list compiles a few common ones. The site also gives a few solutions you can try out, if you are comfortable with opening up a computer. Windows Stop Messages
How do you walk around a Window's freeze? Stop errors are quite common and they sometimes occur when you are installing Windows. But the one I dread is the “Stop 0×0000007B” error message. That means I have a boot sector virus. The link above lists out a lot of the Stop errors and their solutions via Microsoft support links. You can also take the help of the site's search page. Microsoft Support
The Microsoft Support site comes with two types of error lookup. In the Basic search, you just need to type in the error code. The Advanced search gives you the option to narrow it down by product and the Microsoft locations you want to search like Microsoft Answers & Windows Online or solutions from the Microsoft community. Don't leave out…Google (and others)A generic search for the error taps into other knowledge sources like discussion boards and Q&A websites. Also using a normal search engine like Google, Yahoo, and Bing can direct you straightaway to the product's homepage. For example, peripherals like printers maintain their own lists of error codes. Where do you go in search of error codes and their deeper meanings? Image: Geekandpoke Got Questions? Ask Them Now for FREE on MakeUseOf Answers! Similar MakeUseOf Articles
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| How to Install Mac OS X on a PC (Without Using a Mac) Posted: 01 Jun 2010 11:20 AM PDT
Great progress has been made in hacking PCs to run OS X, and it is now possible to install Mac OS X without a Mac. Thanks to some great tools put together by some brilliant hackers, it is also much easier and does not involve nearly as much time and effort as was once required.
Step 1: Getting The Hardware ReadyI recently purchased the following set of hardware for the purposes of building a Hackintosh (often PCs running Mac OS X are referred to as such):
The motherboard has an 8-pin power connector on it, and although it is possible to connect a single 4-pin connector to it, you may encounter odd issues running with just a single 4-pin connector. To ensure that you provide sufficient power to the board, you should purchase the 4-pin to 8-pin power adapter. Alternatively, you could purchase a power supply with 3x 4-pin connectors (1 for the 20+4-pin main connector, and 2 for the 8-pin connection) or an 8-pin connector. I did not purchase a hard drive or video card, as I used some I already had from another PC, but you will need those items as well. As of the time this article was written, you can get a 1TB drive shipped for $75 and an NVIDIA GeForce 9500 GT video card for $65. I also purchased v10.6.3 of OS X Snow Leopard retail DVD for a mere $29 (was about $35 with shipping & handling). All-in-all, the full system (without monitor) will run you around $600 (you could also add a 22″ monitor for $170). You could certainly try doing it even cheaper with different hardware, but you’ll need to figure out the appropriate changes to make in the BIOS and boot loader installation. I did my best to put together a fairly modern system for a very reasonable price. Having used this set of hardware, I can affirm that it runs OS X Snow Leopard very well. Without a doubt, $600 – $800 is a far cry from what you would spend on an equivalent Mac from Apple. Granted it won’t be as compact or pretty as an iMac, but it will be just as functional. Step 2: Putting The Hardware TogetherIf you purchase the hardware I used, along with a hard drive and NVIDIA GeForce video card, you should be able to follow the instructions exactly as I’ve laid them out. If you’ve never built a PC before but are willing to give it a try, you’ll definitely want to check out The Idiot’s Ultimate Guide to Build Your Own PC. It is a step-by-step guide to building your own PC, with plenty of photos to help you out. You can try following this tutorial with existing hardware you have as well, although you may need to make adjustments when configuring the BIOS and installing the boot loader. The more modern your hardware is, the better the chances are it will work for you. It would be best if you have a 64-bit Intel dual-core (or quad-core) processor, although an older CPU might still work as well. I would recommend NVIDIA GeForce video card, but ATI cards should work too. Step 3: Prepare The Boot DiskIn addition to the hardware and a retail copy of Mac OS X Snow Leopard, you’ll also need a blank CD. You may want to use a rewritable CD if you’re using a different hardware configuration, just in case the first one I recommend doesn’t work for you. There are two boot disk images that will allow you to install OS X directly from the installation DVD:
I successfully used both of them with my hardware setup. However I recommend you try iBoot first, as it is a bit leaner and doesn’t take as long to boot. If you’re using my hardware configuration, be sure to download the iBoot Supported disk image. If you use Empire EFI, download the Empire EFI v1.085 R2 image. You can use one of many free programs to burn CDs if you don’t have one. Be sure to use the disk image burning mode in your CD burning software. Do not just simply copy the disk image file to a blank CD. I like InfraRecorder, because it makes this very easy. All you have to do is click the Write Image button, select the image, and burn it. Once again, you may wish to use rewritable media if you’re using a different hardware configuration than mine.
Step 4: Bios ConfigurationFortunately, the Gigabyte GA-H55M-USB3 does not require a lot of configuration to run Mac OS X. When you first turn on or reboot the machine, press the delete key to enter the BIOS setup. You can just load the Optimized Defaults, and just make a few changes within three sections of the bios: Advanced BIOS Features, Integrated Peripherals, and Power Management Setup.
4.1 – First, go to Advanced BIOS Features and set the First Boot Device to CDROM. I have my USB drive as the second drive and then Hard Disk as third – you can configure yours the same way if you wish to ever boot from a USB drive. Just be sure that Hard Disk is the Second Boot Device or Third Boot Device.
4.2 – Next, configure SATA to run in AHCI mode in the Integrated Peripherals menu. You’ll need to set both PCH SATA Control Mode and Onboard SATA/IDE Ctrl Mode to AHCI.
4.3 – Finally, go to Power Management Setup and set the HPET Mode to 64-bit mode.
Step 5: Installing Mac OS X5.1 – Insert the iBoot (or Empire EFI) boot disk. 5.2 – When you see screen below, eject the disk.
5.3 – Insert the Retail Mac OS X Snow Leopard DVD, wait a few seconds, and press F5. 5.4 – When you see the screen below, select Mac OS X Install DVD (it should already be selected) and press Enter.
5.5 – If all goes well, you should eventually see the language selection screen for the installer. If all did not go well and you do not make it to the language selection screen, try downloading a different version of iBoot or Empire EFI. 5.6 – Select your language and click the arrow to proceed. 5.7 – Next, you need to partition your drive. Click on Utilities > Disk Utility. 5.8 – Select your disk drive. 5.9 – Click Partition. 5.10 – Select 1 Partition for the partition scheme. Note: If you have a drive that is larger than 2 TB, do not create partitions larger than 1 TB. Split the drive into multiple partitions, and be sure the main installation partition is 1 TB or smaller. 5.11 – Enter a name for the partition (I used Hackintosh). 5.12 – Select Mac OS Extended (Journaled) as the Format.
5.13 – Click Options…, select GUID Partition Table, and then click OK.
5.14 – Click Apply. 5.15 – Quit Disk Utility and proceed with the installation. Install on the Hackintosh partition. Step 6: Installing the Boot LoaderDo not fret when you reboot after the installation and get a boot error, as you will need to first boot the machine with iBoot (or Empire EFI). Eject the Mac OS X Snow Leopard install DVD, put your boot CD back into the drive, and reboot the machine. Now when you boot up, you should see a second choice for your installation partition (Hackintosh if you named it that way). Select the Hackintosh partition and press Enter to boot into OS X. Once you’ve completed the first-run setup, open up Safari and download Multibeast. Multibeast is another superb tool by tonymacx86 that makes it stupid easy to install the boot loader, along with all the drivers necessary for your Hackintosh to function properly. In addition to downloading Multibeast, you will need to download the DSDT for the Gigabyte GA-H55M-USB3 and copy it to the desktop. Launch Multibeast and make the following selections (your choices will differ if you have a different motherboard/hardware configuration):
After Multibeast finishes installing, there is one last very important change you will need to make. Launch Terminal (Applications > Utilities > Terminal) and at the command prompt type:
Type your password to edit the file. Look for the line that says:
You will need to change it so that it says:
After making the change, press ctrl-x and save the file. Changing the busratio is very important! If you do not add the You can use tonymacx86’s busratio list for the Intel Core i3/i5/i7 CPUs as a guide for setting the proper busratio for your CPU. If you’re using one of the older Core or Core 2 Duo chips, you won’t need to set the busratio, and you don’t have to use the patched kernel. Step 7: Getting Started with Your New MacSo what now? Most certainly you’ll want to check out 5 apps to get more out of your new Mac as well as 15 must-have apps for your Mac. In fact, you should probably just go ahead and browse the entire Mac section on MakeUseOf, as you’ll find a wealth of great free stuff for your new Mac in there. And most importantly make sure to download MakeUseOf’s getting started manual for Mac. Highly recommended for switchers. If ever you encounter into problems with your new Mac, you can always seek help from MakeUseOf Answers. If you have any problems installing Mac OS X on your PC, just post a comment right here and we’ll do what we can to help. Just be sure to provide as much information about the hardware you’re using:
I never managed to get sleep to work. When I try to put the computer to sleep, it sort of goes into a coma. The fans never shut down and the machine doesn’t wake up when you press the power button. If you manage to get sleep to work with my hardware configuration, please do feel free to share your solution in the comments on this article. There are also many great forums and sites out there that provide a lot of information and assistance with running Mac OS X on PC. Here are just a few you may want to check out: If you do seek assistance from any of these or similar resources, be sure to search for your problem before posting it. You will be flamed to no end if you ask a question that has already been answered. Another tip for posting in these forums: never call it a MAC (in all caps) instead of a Mac, or you will solicit many abusive responses. Mac is an abbreviation not an acronym. Here are a few more links that provide tools and files to help you set up a Hackintosh on hardware other than what I’ve mentioned here:
A million thanks to tonymacx86 for developing iBoot and Multibeast to make installing Mac OS X Snow Leopard on PC a piece of cake. Enjoy your new Hackintosh and let us know what you think of it! Disclosure Statement: Please note that the links to the hardware in this article are affiliate links. MakeUseOf will earn a small commission on any purchases you make. Commissions earned will support the staff of MakeUseOf and allow us to continue to bringing you more great articles. MakeUseOf has teamed up with zozi to provide you (and a friend) a FREE 7-day, trip to New Zealand. Sign up now!
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| Two Simple Steps To Clean Up Your Applications Library [Mac] Posted: 01 Jun 2010 10:30 AM PDT
But life is not static. What we consider as the best solution today might become obsolete tomorrow. Most of the time, there are also more than one solution to a problem, more than one way to do something, more than one applications to achieve the same thing. The result is a bloated Applications folder which filled with unused and outdated apps. Here are two steps that I took to tidy up my Mac’s Applications library.
Step 1: Updating Outdated AppsActually, there’s not much of a problem here. Most modern applications come with automatic updating. If you turn the feature on, the app will check whether there’s any update available and then pop-up the notification. But this process has to be done individually. And the availability of updates is different from one app to another. If you have hundreds of apps on your Mac, checking and updating them all could take a lot of time. Luckily there is a more convenient way available. To check the status of your applications, you can use the help of another application. One of such apps is Bodega. Jackson discussed this app a little while back. This is actually a kind of application store where you can browse for applications and download the ones that you want. Some of the apps are free and some others are not free.
But Bodega can also be used to check the availability of applications updates. Just select the Applications folder from the left pane and Bodega will show you the status of your installed apps. You can sort the result by status – updated, free updates, and paid updates, and click the “Get” or “Buy Now” buttons to update a specific app.
But Bodega does not show all of your apps, only the ones that matches the data that they already have. The reason is – as mentioned in their support page – that they want to be sure that they’re giving users the right updates and information on those applications. Another alternative that you can use to update your apps is AppFresh which is specifically built for this purpose. We’ve discussed the features of this app already so I won’t repeat the babbling here. AppFresh gives more complete list of applications, but it doesn’t offer the experience of “discovering new cool apps” like Bodega.
Step 2: TrashMe – Delete Unwanted Apps EntirelyUsing Bodega or AppFresh, you can find unwanted apps that still reside inside your machine. Maybe those apps are so old that they are unusable, maybe you’ve found another better alternatives, or perhaps the available updates are not free anymore and you are not willing to pay for the updates — like iCompta here.
To uninstall apps in Mac, you can just drag and drop them to the Trash and get away with it. But there are apps that will leave behind some system files. Even though these leftover files are harmless, they do litter our system. To get rid of any app completely, you need the help of uninstaller app. We have discussed three free uninstaller for Mac before and they work just fine. But I’ve just find another alternative that I like called TrashMe which comes from the same developer who created TunesArt.
Using the app is as simple as dragging and dropping your unwanted app(s) to the drop zone. You can also use the “Places” on the left pane to search for and filter your unwanted app(s). After you found the one that you don’t want, check the box next to it and click the “Related files” button.
You will have a list of the files related to the app that you are going to delete. Double-check for unrelated files. You don’t want to delete files that you still need. If everything is checked, hit the “Delete” button.
TrashMe will ask for your confirmation one more time. Be brave and move on with your life.
You may continue uninstalling other unwanted apps based on your findings from Bodega and AppFresh. I myself also using TrashMe to uninstall other uninstallers, which I no longer use. What about you? What method do you use to tidy up your installed applications? Do you know other alternatives to the applications mentioned here? Share using the comment below. Do you like MakeUseOf articles? Do share our articles with others! It’s really important to us. Similar MakeUseOf Articles
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| 6 Most Powerful Search Engines for Social Networks Posted: 01 Jun 2010 09:30 AM PDT
Social network search engines are designed to do this. They can filter out all the unnecessary results you might get if you used a regular search engine for your query. In this article, I’m going to cover the most powerful social network search engines. If you want to be able to gather the results you need without having to search each social network individually, look no further.
SocialMentionBack in March, Ann wrote an article titled How To Search Multiple Social Media Sites At A Time. SocialMention was one of the websites she covered in that article, and for good reason.
SocialMention allows you to search blogs, microblogs, networks, bookmarks, comments, events, images, news, videos, audio, and questions for a specific term of your choosing. It also allows you to create alerts for your searches which are sent to your email daily and install a real-time buzz widget on your site. Just type in your term and hit Search and you will be able to sort the results by date, source, sentiment, keywords, and more. The site provides you with a lot of good information and makes for a very powerful social network search engine. yoName
We first covered yoName almost two years ago in an article entitled 3 Ways To Find People With Social Search Engines. Since then, yoName has grown to support a lot of the major social networking sites, including Friendster, Myspace, Twitter, YouTube, Digg, Facebook, Webshots, Flickr, LinkedIn, and DailyMotion, among others. You can search by first & last name, username, email address, or phone number. Simply type the information into the search field and click YO!. Your results are sorted in a tabbed interface according to different social networks. snitch.nameA directory listing of ours, snitch.name, also known as the social white pages, is a very powerful social network search engine. Right on the main page it gives you options of the all of the sites you can run your query on.
Sites are broken into categories such as Social (Facebook, Twitter, Friendfeed, Bebo, etc.), Professional (LinkedIn), Academic (Google Scholar, MIT, etc.), Blogs (Wordpress), General (Pipl, yoName, Google, etc.), US.gov, and Regional. When you enter the person’s first and last name who you are searching for and click Search you are taken to a very lengthy page where all of your results are separated by social network. Folowen
Folowen was also a directory listing of ours from a while back. This site’s social search is powered by Google and covers most of the top social networking sites, including Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Myspace, Ning, Vimeo, hi5, and Bebo. After running a search, social links are broken up by social network, with the top result showing for each website. If more than one result was discovered for a particular website, you can click more results to see them. SamepointSamepoint was also mention in Ann’s article that I mentioned earlier, but it’s social media search is powerful enough to make this list as well.
Samepoint is more geared towards following the conversation around a particular subject, so when you search, your results appear in a stream of content that provides snippets of the conversation, along with the symbol of the social site the convo is taking place on. You can sort the results multiple ways by selection from the options at the top of the screen. Some of these include, real-time, bookmarks, wikis, networks, groups, microblogs, and news. Google Social SearchWhen you use the words ‘powerful’ and ’search’ in the title, it’s pretty hard to leave Google off the list. Google’s social search feature, which we talked about back in November, offers a way for you to search for content within your own social circle.
If you are signed into Google you can search for a term (just like normal) and click on More search tools off to the left-hand side of the screen. When more options appear just select Social and your results will be filtered to include only those found in your social circle. This is a good way of running a social network search when you are already following the person (or people) you are searching content from. ConclusionSocial search engines are still a pretty new concept on the Internet. Considering most of these sites only became popular a few years ago I’d say there is definitely room for these social network search engines to grow. What do you think of the idea of social search? Did I leave your favorite search engine off the list? Leave your comments below! Image Credit: wagg66 Follow MakeUseOf on Twitter. Includes cool extras. Similar MakeUseOf Articles
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