Ok I'm blind - I've already got a search engine powered by google in my blog - why would I want two....?
(I thought it was a bit familiar)
I guess with Rollyo we can be specific about what we want to be searched (as in my test)
Tuesday 15 February 2011
"Thing 9 - create your own search engine"
Using Rollyo to create my own seearch engine was really easy. You don't even have to sign in - although I did create yet another account as I wasn't convinced that my first attempt had worked because I couldn't "see" it.
My immediate thought was to create a search engine for my musicblog, but I thought I would try it out on my 23 things blog first.
It seems to be yet another way that we can put our blogs "out there" as the search engine and personal profiles that you can create can be made visible. I liked the fact that it's easy to go back into and add or change sites and that you don't have to put too much personal information in if you don't want to.
I didn't make this search engine publically visible for this test as I wasn't sure what that might mean and I didn't ask permission from people to include their blogs. So it is just for me, to help me find things.
I'm not sure which words it is picking up- when testing it, I think it is being selective, However "thing" seems to work!
My immediate thought was to create a search engine for my musicblog, but I thought I would try it out on my 23 things blog first.
It seems to be yet another way that we can put our blogs "out there" as the search engine and personal profiles that you can create can be made visible. I liked the fact that it's easy to go back into and add or change sites and that you don't have to put too much personal information in if you don't want to.
I didn't make this search engine publically visible for this test as I wasn't sure what that might mean and I didn't ask permission from people to include their blogs. So it is just for me, to help me find things.
I'm not sure which words it is picking up- when testing it, I think it is being selective, However "thing" seems to work!
Thursday 10 February 2011
Thing 8 - Library thing
I' ve been using library thing to show new books for music on my music blog. it was a really simple thing to do and I've been updating the lists quite regularly. The widget works really well and it's nice visual for the blog (not sure how "legal" the cover images are though?)
I've now added some of the fiction that I can remember reading in the last six months . There were others but if I can't remember them now, why would I bother putting them in Library Thing?
Perhaps I could use it for books I've read and given away, or even books I want to give away?
To divide the books up as I'm not sure I want to show the music students what I've been reading ... or maybe I should?, I've put my books into a folder. That was easy, but it's a shame that the names are pre-set. I've also played around with making sure that my books have the right cover images (important for me as that's how I remember them and I do judge a book by its cover....!)
I think the recommendations are interesting but no more useful than amazon - I haven't shared my list with other library thing users yet.
I've now added some of the fiction that I can remember reading in the last six months . There were others but if I can't remember them now, why would I bother putting them in Library Thing?
Perhaps I could use it for books I've read and given away, or even books I want to give away?
To divide the books up as I'm not sure I want to show the music students what I've been reading ... or maybe I should?, I've put my books into a folder. That was easy, but it's a shame that the names are pre-set. I've also played around with making sure that my books have the right cover images (important for me as that's how I remember them and I do judge a book by its cover....!)
I think the recommendations are interesting but no more useful than amazon - I haven't shared my list with other library thing users yet.
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