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Army photo search

neal — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 13:31:17 +0000

Next time you want to search for Army images on a specific subject, try this trick in Internet Explorer 7 or higher:

1. Go to the Add Search Providers to Internet Explorer page (select “Find More Providers” in the search window on your browser).

2. In the yellow “create your own” box, under step 3, insert the following code: http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=TEST&ss=0&ct=0&mt=all&w=35703177%40N00&adv=1

3. In block 4, name it something memorable, like “Flickr search: Army photos.”

4. Click install.

This limits the search to Army images on Flickr, and it begins right on your browser. Your custom search will appear as one of the choices in your browser’s search window.

Search for visual thinkers

neal — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:00:54 +0000

Searchme, Inc.’s Web service rotates through screen shots to help you quickly identify the page you are searching for. A limited number of beta accounts are available.

Interesting Web search engines

neal — Tue, 07 Mar 2006 13:27:48 +0000

PubSub, Rollyo Offer Web Search Services The Big Engines Don’t

By WALTER S. MOSSBERG

Link: Personal Technology — Personal Technology from The Wall Street Journal..

PubSub is an automated system that constantly matches your search terms against millions of blogs, online discussions, news releases and SEC filings, and notifies you when there is a match. Rollyo allows you to create your own little search engines, focused on topics you care about and sources you prefer. Both do things standard searches can’t. Rollyo stands for "Roll Your Own Search Engine." While it uses Yahoo’s search technology, it allows you to target a query by limiting the Web sites that are searched to only those you think will yield the best results. Instead of searching the entire Web for "sourdough," you could limit your search to a collection of sites you believe have the best information about bread. These customized search engines are called "searchrolls."