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How Google Desktop ranks files

Sun, 18 Mar 2007 12:00:00 +0000

Google filed a patent for Google Desktop last month, that hints at how they rank search results. Last access time, where the item is stored, file type and file size are mentioned as factors, but there are probably some more left unmentioned.

Finding subversives using Amazon wishlists

Wed, 11 Jan 2006 12:00:00 +0000

Finding subversives using Amazon wishlists.

Technorati Blogfinder

Tue, 13 Sep 2005 12:00:00 +0000

Technorati Blogfinder tags blogs.

Flickr Explore

Wed, 03 Aug 2005 12:00:00 +0000

Flickr has introduced a set of new exploration features. You can view interesting photos, tag clusters, and Flickr’s favourite sets / groups.

Tagging

Fri, 22 Jul 2005 12:00:00 +0000

Tagging is in full swing.

del.icio.us, Furl, My Web 2.0, Spurl etc. tags URLs
Yummy tags PDFs
Rojo tags RSS feeds
Tagcloud, 24 eyes, Feedmarker, etc. tag RSS posts
Technorati tags blog posts
Tagsurf tags discussions
Job Bazaar tags job postings
Gmail tags e-mails (but you can’t share tags)
Connotea and CiteULike tag academic references
Swik tags open-source projects
Snippets tags source code
43 things tags things you want to do
43 places tags places you want to visit
Diggs tags stories
Library Thing tags books
Reader 2 tags books
Upcoming tags events
Dinnerbuzz tags restaurants
Flickr tags photos
Tagzania tags locations
Freesound tags sounds
Podcast tags podcasts
Upto 11 tags P2P music
Music mobs and Genie Lab tag music
You tube tags videos

In fact, supr.c.ilio.us tags tagging sites!

Comments

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S Anand 9 Aug 2005 9:41 pm: A tagged list of tagging sites at supr.c.ilio.us.

Picasa

Tue, 20 Jul 2004 12:00:00 +0000

Picasa is good. I incorporated all my photos in it, and I can now search for photos of people by name. (I have catalogued my photos’ file names with peoples’ names.) Now, with Google taking over Picasa, we will soon be able to store/share photos on Google, and search across others’ shared photos, using Google’s image search!

Software to caption digital images

Thu, 08 Apr 2004 12:00:00 +0000

Smart way of captioning digital pictures.

Bitzi tracks digital media

Mon, 28 Apr 2003 12:00:00 +0000

Bitzi. “The Free Universal Media Catalog”.

Wiki Weblogs

Mon, 02 Dec 2002 12:00:00 +0000

Wiki Weblogs. This is a feature that I could use. You can have a weblog organised around dates (or whatever), and around keywords. Several blogs already use this. Question: how should I transition from my (currently 100% manual) blog to one of these?

Semantic web

Sat, 27 Jul 2002 12:00:00 +0000

A story dreaming for the semantic web.

My blogger code

Sat, 12 Jan 2002 12:00:00 +0000

My blogger code is B6 d t++ k++ s u- f+ i o- x– e+ l c. So?

The Semantic Web

Sat, 21 Jul 2001 12:00:00 +0000

Tim Berners-Lee’s article on The Semantic Web is the first one that helped me understand what’s so great about the RDF (Resource Description Framework).