iBoogie is a search engine that does a meta search of selected directories. They also cluster searches into even more specific subsets, allowing you to select exactly the subject you are really looking for. Additionally, you can search and read news, use tabs to really specify where you want it to search, create your own custom tab to limit searches in specific ways, and much more. This one is certainly worth playing with.
Algebasics is a site that demonstrates the concepts of algebra through Flash animations. It is simply done, making it great for instruction.
Fivelimes is a site that features eco-friendly and social responsible products, services and companies. This is the place to come to find new green products, browse product categories, or read reviews of products written by real people.
WildVoice offers free hosting for podcasts, blogs, and photographs. Right now they are running Halloween-themed podcasts as their feature, but you can also see the most recent posts and other featured posts.
Missing-Auctions.com is a site to search eBay for auctions with mis-spelled words. Often a mis-spelling can let you find items for much less money than if they were spelled correctly. The site incorporates Web 2.0 details like RSS feeds for specific searches, a tag cloud, recent searches, and buttons for IE and Firefox.
Travelistic is a site filled with travel-related videos uploaded by users. You can view featured videos, view entries from the most popular producers, browse through the popular tags, or do a keyword search. Click “Places” and you see a map of the world witih videos to view related to those regions. Of course, if you are a videographer, you can also join the community and upload your own travel-related videos.
MetaGlossary is a site that offers definitions of over 2 million terms, phrases and acronyms. Nicely, the site also has links to the sites where the definitions are pulled from. In the case of acronyms, this means that you are often connected with the association organization. Very handy.
I have been trying to figure out why I like the web-based aggregator Newshutch so very much. It is a lot like Bloglines, but for some reason I find it easier to read. I think at least part of it is the fact that the screen is much less static with items marked “read” in a visual way where they disappear from the screen. I think it is also the Web 2.0 feel of the site, something that is missing in the current Bloglines. But tops for me is that it recognizes all of my feeds, no matter what the format. Very nice.
I might still recommend Bloglines for starting out, but for people who already have a list of feeds they follow, this is a nice step up in Web 2.0 functionality.
Sometimes you have to go out searching for something and stumble upon a really handy website. Such is the case with Locate-A-Flower-Shop.com. I like it much better than the national florist chains, because it allowed me to directly call a florist in the small town I needed who knew all about the funeral I was talking about, the people involved, and talked with me about my choices in a warm and friendly way. It closed the distance gap for me in a meaningful way, something I don’t expect from websites but am happy to have found.
This is exactly what domain searching should have been all along! PCNames lets you start typing in the domain name you are interested in and will immediately tell you whether it is available or taken. If you click on More Tools, you can also take a look at all of the 3-character and 4-character domain names that are available, search for available domain names containing a specific word, look at a list of domains left which can be found in a dictionary, and more.
