WebMynd is an extremely useful Firefox add-on that embed search results from Flickr, Wikipedia, Backtype (for blog comments), Delicious, Digg, Amazon, LinkedIn and a dozen other custom locations into Google search pages.
It’s like building a personal Google Universal Search page but you have complete control over sources that are displayed in the search results. And since WebMynd would search the other sources after displaying the main Google results, you won’t see any real dip in performance or speed.
The results are neatly embedded in the right side of the Google page and you can easily re-order and / or hide any of these services. WebMynd will remember the settings even if you exit the Google search page.
WebMynd also includes a recording feature (disabled by default) that keeps a track of all websites that you may have visited inside Firefox. If you are worried about privacy, keep this feature "OFF" as this data is periodically uploaded to WebMynd’s servers for history search visual playback.
Best of all, the new release works with Yahoo and Windows Live Search as well.
I think most Google users will love the WebMynd Firefox extension but Google may have issues with it since it pushes the AdSense ads way down the search page that they are almost invisible.
Related: Make Google More Useful
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Reader Comments
Good one, but useful only while at home! Wenmynd is a service, which requires you to sign up before using it. People like me who work 8 hour days in an office with search result requirements every 10minutes, webmynd’s not useful as access to it is blocked on office networks. checked this out with friends in offices elsewhere & case is same with every single one of them. Anyway, thanks for the post.
Written by Raj on 02.26.09
Raj – I guess you only need to sign-up if you want to use the website recording feature that keeps a track of your search history.
Written by Amit on 02.26.09
Amit, how safe is it to hand your personal search history thru insecure connections to webmynd. there are others addons that enhance your search experience but expect you to register & login everytime you search google & keep our keywords, results & frequency of visits. I dont want my competitor to have the slightest clue, what my next moves are gonna be. search results = money!
Written by Raj on 02.26.09
To add to the above comment, its not just for enabling the recording feature, if one does nor register & login (everytime), the embedded search results feature will remain disabled.
Written by Raj on 02.26.09
“Customizegoogle” addon maybe the single most effective addon in firefox’s arsenal. its a competition killer for mozilla. apart from some amazing features, it blows all the ads away and adds a “Try your search on” feature that gives you links to search Yahoo, Ask, AllTheWeb, Live, Lycos, Technorati, Wikipedia, Bloglines & Altavista from the same results page.
Written by Raj on 02.26.09
This is what call a Universal Search page. But it does not seems safe to hand our personal search history through insecure connections to webmynd as said by Raj. But simultaneous I can say that this Firefox add-on can be extremely helpful to get A-Z search result on a keyword.
Written by Royal Blogger on 02.28.09