July 29, 2008 – Vol. 2, Issue 15

Guess what these sites have in common?

Answer: their names are fun to say. But that’s not all. They’re useful despite having funny names (Google, anyone?). Looking to track stats for your web site or locate a lost love? We’ve got ya covered. Read on.

Ahhh…the one that got away…can be found…

Pipl.com is an amazing people finder. Their search engines are designed to dig through web content that most web crawlers never even touch. They troll personal profiles, member directories, scientific publications, court records and numerous other deep-web sources to help you find who you are looking for. So dust off that old yearbook, it’s reunion time!

Say Woopra 10 times fast, its fun

And it’s functional. Woopra offers live tracking of visitors to your website and provides over 40 different statistics and analytics about them. This can give you great insight into how your site is being used and how you can make changes to best meet the needs of your customers. Check it out while it’s free in beta, try it or just say it out loud.

I feel twingly all over.

Because the twingly blog search engine is spam-free, you don’t have to sort through a lot of junk to find what you’re looking for. (It’s our new fav!) They have also developed two products in combination with their search engine: Twingly Blogstream – a widget connecting traditional media to the greater blogging community, and Twingly Screensaver – a visual representation of the real-time state of the blogosphere. Check out twingly.com, you might get twingly all over too.

Stump the Researcher

I’ve been wondering. How much do Americans spend on Fast Food? What do the trends look like in the current economic environment?

For a Big Mac, we’ll tell you. Read here.

Vacation Notice: We will be on vacation the week of August 4th. Hey, even researchers need a break now and again!