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Work

Google Adds Thumbnailed Results With Page Previews

3:00AM Kevin Purdy | If you’re looking for a particular web page rather than a particular result, Google has added “Page Previews” to the left-hand search options sidebar to make that feat much easier. More »
Money

Boozle Hunts Down Cheap Drinks In Your Area

10:00AM Angus Kidman | Throwing a party but don’t want to spend a fortune on alcohol? Boozle lets you search by location to find the cheapest provider of a given beer, spirit or premix in your area. More »
Travel

VRBO Finds Economical Rentals For Your Next Vacation

10:00AM Jason Fitzpatrick | Looking to holiday on the cheap with space to spare? Check out VRBO to find thousands of vacation rentals at great prices. More »
Organise

Cyclo.ps Makes Searching For Stock Images Simple

9:00AM Jason Fitzpatrick | If you’re looking for a better way to quickly find royalty-free stock images, Cyclo.ps makes searching multiple photo sites a breeze. More »
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Google Images Adds Similar Search Function

12:00AM Kevin Purdy | The same day that GazoPa’s similar image search graduates from beta, Google upgrades its own Google Labs similar search experiment to a full-fledged Google Images feature. A “Find similar images” link under certain pictures pulls off the trick. More »
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GazoPa Finds Images Similar To Uploads, Links Or Drawings

12:00AM Kevin Purdy | Hitachi-powered image search site GazoPa (boy, they’re really out of web names, no?) is a fairly robust engine for finding same or similar images. Its differentiation comes in hunting similar videos, digging through Flickr and letting you draw your search. More »
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Google Launches Social Search Experiment To Search What Your Friends Are Posting

8:00AM Adam Pash | Last week Google and Bing announced they were going to start indexing Twitter in their search engines; today Google’s releasing its Google Social Search experiment in Google Labs to incorporate relevant content—like tweets—in your results based on your social circle. More »
Fix

Prevent Google, Bing And Yahoo From Tracking Your Clicks

2:05AM Kevin Purdy | Every time you click results in Google, Yahoo or Bing, a special URL tracks your click—and makes it annoying to copy and paste. The CyberNet blog runs down click-track-preventing tools for all three search engines. More »
Communicate

Manage Your Google Reputation

8:00AM Adam Pash | We’ve always emphasised the importance of monitoring your online presence, and now Google’s jumping in with their own tips for managing your reputation through search results. More »