Wildcard Based Search for English Words

22 feb 2009

Regular search engines like Google are of little use when searching for English words while playing Scrabble or Hangman. Google Appengine based WordWaldo helps you “cheat” by searching for words by starting, ending or in-between characters.

Check Google PageRank of an Entire Website Using Sitemaps

29 jan 2009

Check the Google PageRank of an entire site quickly, right in your browser. You can upload the XML sitemap of your blog and find the PageRank of all pages online.

Yahoo Currency Converter Gets Smart; Adds Pocket Guides

27 jan 2009

I normally use the Google search box as the default currency converter but in situations where you don’t know the exact currency code or the official currency of some country, the all new currency converter from Yahoo! will come very handy.

How to Recover Deleted Web Pages from the Internet Automatically

14 jan 2009

When a website is lost and backups of web pages are unavailable, you can use Warrick to automatically recover the lost website from search engine caches of Google, Yahoo, Windows Live search and the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine.

Create Graphs Online with Google Chart Maker

07 jan 2009

Learn how to create and embed charts in your web pages with Google Charts API.

Perform Case Sensitive Search with Google

30 dec 2008

Words with capital letters don’t always have the same meaning when written with lowercase letters. Google however treats all search queries as case-insensitive and hence you’ll see the same results for March (month) or march (walking briskly).

Identify Country Flags by their Appearance or Color

29 dec 2008

Flag Identifier is an online search tool for quickly identifying flags based on their color, shape, or the design pattern (vexillogram).

The Best Websites for Kids Packed inside a Browser – Kido’Z

28 dec 2008

Kidoz is an internet browser with a very beautiful interface where kids can not only browse websites but they can also watch educational videos, nursery rhymes or cartoons on YouTube.

How Much Damage Can a Nuclear Bomb Cause?

22 dec 2008

Nuclear weapons cause catastrophic damage but have you ever wondered what would be the actual extent of this destruction if atomic bombs of various intensity were dropped on some city?

A Portable Wiki for your USB Drive

16 dec 2008

Looking for a portable wiki software that you can carry around on a USB stick? Check out Tiddly Wiki – a wiki so small in size and requires no installation.

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