Research

http:/ / a9.com/
A9.com, Inc. researches and builds innovative technologies to improve search experience for e-commerce applications. In addition to web search results we present book results from Amazon.com that include Search Inside the Book. When you see an excerpt on any of the book results, click on the page number to see the actual page from that book. (Amazon registration required.)

http:/ / www.howtocreate.co.uk/ browserSpeed.html
There is a speed war on the web. Browsers compete on many fronts; security, standards support, features and speed. Most people are aware of which major browser fails on three of these, but one of them is still open for grabs. Speed.

http:/ / www.derailer.org/ clientquotes/
This is a collection of clients' quotes, unadulterated (except for formatting), from an old Dreamless thread, right up until Dreamless died and this thread was lost.

http:/ / www.cluelessmailers.org/
The research that went into building this site has uncovered some very nasty information. The number of Clueless Mailers is increasing rapidly... and more seriously, the sharing of unethically-acquired email addresses among some mailers/marketers and their customers is rising fast. In addition, more and more large "legitimate" businesses are being snowed into believing that "single opt-in" is a legitimate way to acquire addresses... and "opt-out spam" is becoming an everyday nuisance.

http:/ / www.copernic.com/ en/ products/ agent/ professional.html
The most complete version of the Copernic Agent product line- really goes beyond traditional Web searching by integrating powerful and innovative tools to find, manage, analyze and track information on the Internet. Get unparalleled control over your search results and do much more with them. Stay up-to-date by receiving e-mail notifications when new relevant information is found. That's the edge you need to become a search professional.

http:/ / www.evernote.com/ en/ products/ evernote/
With EverNote 1.0, you can easily store and quickly access typed and handwritten memos, webpage excerpts, emails, phone messages, addresses, passwords, brainstorms, sketches, documents and more!

http:/ / www.tomato.com/ ~bobby/ trivia/
Over 600 A-Z lists from Astronomy to Zoology. Click on any of the following letters to browse the lists.

http:/ / douweosinga.com/ projects/ googlehacks
The projects listed below are Google Hacks in that they use Google for something fun or interesting in a way that Google was not designed for.

http:/ / labs.google.com/
Google labs showcases a few of our favorite ideas that aren't quite ready for prime time. Your feedback can help us improve them. Please play with these prototypes and send your comments directly to the Googlers who developed them.

http:/ / www.google.com/ webhp?complete=1&hl=en
As you type into the search box, Google Suggest guesses what you're typing and offers suggestions in real time. This is similar to Google's "Did you mean?" feature that offers alternative spellings for your query after you search, except that it works in real time.

http:/ / www.google.com/ press/ zeitgeist.html
With a bit of analysis, this flurry of searches often exposes interesting trends, patterns, and surprises. On a monthly, weekly, and sometimes daily basis, this Google Zeitgeist page will be updated to reflect lists, graphs, and other tidbits of information related to Google user search behavior.

http:/ / johnny.ihackstuff.com/ index.php?module=prodreviews
An inept or foolish person as revealed by Google. Some of this information includes 'Medical records, bank account numbers, students' grades, and the docking locations of 804 U.S. Navy ships, submarines and destroyers.'

http:/ / www.googlism.com/
Find out what Google.com thinks of you, your friends or anything!

http:/ / www.mikeindustries.com/ blog/ archive/ 2005/ 03/ how-to-snatch-an-expiring-domain
The entire 75 day process of domain expiration, and what it's like to deal with three services that help you snap up a web site address once it’s for sale to the general public. Arm yourself with info from someone in the know.

http:/ / www.geobytes.com/ IpLocator.htm
This IP Address Map lookup service is provided for FREE by Geobytes, inc to assist you in locating the geographical location of an IP Address.

http:/ / www.keyhole.com/
Quickly zoom from space down to street level and combine imagery, 3D geography, maps, and business data to get the total picture in seconds.

http:/ / sandbox.msn.com/
This is the place to play with new MSN technologies, look at prototypes, and peek behind the scenes at some of our new ideas.

http:/ / www.sysadminco.com/
This should almost be placed under "humor"... read what most sysadmins have to deal with on a regular basis. Ouch!

http:/ / www.research.att.com/ projects/ tts/ demo.html
Web-based text-to-speech multi-lingual demonstration. Enter some text and press the "Spkea" button. An ordinary WAV file is created that contains the speech.

http:/ / 20q.net/
20Q.net is an experiment in artificial intelligence. The program is very simple but its behavior is complex. Everything that it knows and all questions that it asks were entered by people playing this game. 20Q.net is a learning system; the more it is played, the smarter it gets.

http:/ / zipcodesdownload.com/
Complete and affordable United States ZIP Codes Database, Canadian Postal Codes Database and Mexican Postal Codes Database with latitude and longitude coordinates, region and country names as well as other important information. We also provides United States ZIP Code map by county and city in PDF digital format.

http:/ / desktop.yahoo.com/
Find anything on your computer, View search results instantaneously - as fast as you can type, Protect your privacy with easy search controls, It's free!

http:/ / research.yahoo.com/
Our goal is to cultivate knowledge, solve fundamental technology problems and translate theory into application so that our partners, advertisers and consumers can maximize the social and economic potential of the Internet. Whether developing novel algorithms or employing existing technologies in new ways, we strive to help Yahoo! pioneer the next online revolution and the next and the next

http:/ / www.dnsreport.com/
This site will provide you with a DNS report for your domain. A very large percentage of domains have DNS problems; this site will help you find those problems and fix them. Also, the "Mail Test" tool will help find mail delivery problems for your domain.

http:/ / www.dnsstuff.com/
Lots of friendly DNS tools. spam database lookup, WHOIS, Email test, IP routing and more.

http:/ / www.pgts.com.au/ pgtsj/ pgtsj0208d.html
If you wish to find out more about a robot, or update the details click on the robot name.

http:/ / samspade.org/
SamSpade is both a windows application and a website that allow you to: ping, nslookup, whois, IP block, whois, dig, traceroute, finger, SMTP VRFY, web browser, keep-alive, DNS zone transfer, SMTP relay check, Usenet cancel check, website download, website search, email header analysis, Email blacklist query, Abuse address query, S-Lang scripting & Time.

http:/ / www.senderbase.org/ search
SenderBase is an email reputation service designed to help email administrators research senders, identify legitimate sources of email and block spammers. You are viewing a report on the top senders of email on the Internet based on data provided from over 9,000 organizations that receive email.

http:/ / directory.google.com/ Top/ Computers/ Internet/ Abuse/ Spam/ Blacklists/
Make sure your mail server is not an open relay and find out if you are on any of these blacklists

http:/ / www.whois.sc/
Domain name search lookup that allows a wildcard search of all current/deleted/expired whois domains.