Real Time Searching

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There is a new way to search the web, and to tell you the truth, I am loving it.

Are you looking to see who got voted off Survivor tonight? Do you want to see who is Tweeting about it, or posting about it on Facebook? How about New Moon? Are you loving everything Twilight? You can find out all types of interesting things by using real time search engines, like leapfish. Just type in what you are looking for, and you will find all kinds of things about it, related to it, and who is talking about it.

I just typed in New Moon, and there are a ton of Tweets that showed up, and they are from right now, not three weeks ago. Most of the Tweets are talking about tonight's episode of The Office. Apparently Jim gave Kelly a New Moon poster for Christmas, and she freaked out a bit. At least that is what I am getting from the Tweets.


Google also has real time search now, and they used the social media to promote it's launch. I typed in "Survivor Samoa" on Google's real time search, and they also listed a bunch of Tweets . People are really talking about how this week, Shambo's dream of getting rid of Dave finally came true. I now know where to go if I ever miss an episode of my favorite shows, because you can be caught up in a few minutes reading what everyone is Tweeting.

Real time searches are going to be the hot new thing, in my opinion. Immediate satisfaction is great, and getting all the detail with one click is so simple.

I love it.

You're Looking For Me?

Two nights ago, I was shocked when I got online and found a message from someone I worked with twenty years ago. I can't believe I can say that; twenty years ago. That's something my parents said. When did I get old enough to start saying the things to my kids that my parents said to me? That's crazy.

Anyway, I had looked for this person in the past, and had not been able to find her. She had two beautiful daughters, and I was their babysitter. I loved those girls like they were my own. I remember one year, when the girls were about two and five, my friend and I took them to the mall and had a video made of them singing a song by New Kids On The Block. It was adorable! I gave it to their mom as a Christmas gift, I think. I wonder if she still has that?

Man, I am sidetracked again. The point of all of this is that I was shocked to see that she was searching for me. I was shocked that she even remembered me. I like searching online for people, but never realized that people might be looking for me to. (If this sounds weird to you, read my Friends post under this and you will understand my craziness, just a little) This got me wondering who else might be trying to find me. I checked MyLife, which is the site I like to use to find people, to see if they could tell me who was searching for me.

They could. As you can see in this screen shot, 64 people have been searching for someone with my name. (I whited out my last name to protect my privacy, although most of you know what it is anyway, so I don't know why I did it) Of course I want to know who those 64 people are, so I will be upgrading my account soon. Since I have moved pretty far from where I grew up, I am curious to see if anyone can find me.

I am excited to see how her girls look all grown up, and to catch up on all that has happened since I have last seen her.

I wonder if her girls remember me?

Favitt

I love customizing all the different pages I use online. My Yahoo background is a pretty pastel purple. My Twitter background is purple, too. I just found out that I can use Favitt to customize my Google search page. Favitt says you can use one of their backgrounds, or upload one of your own. After several attempts, I finally figured out how to find the page I customized, and you can see my customized page here. I used a picture of Ollie, Brandi's cat that died a few years ago. I couldn't get it to center on the page, no matter how hard I tried. I guess I need to get in there and really look around, and hopefully I will get it looking the way I want it to.

If you don't want to use your own photo, you can use one of their backgrounds. They don't have very many to chose from, but the beach one is pretty enough. It was very simple to switch them out, so you could use a different picture every week, or even every day. I would love to see what you decide to do with your Favitt page. If you make one, leave me a link in the comments so I can check it out.

Make Your Search Easier

Do you often search online for music, videos, and games? If so, check out Rapid4me.com. You can use this site to Search Rapidshare Files and find exactly what you are looking for. I will admit that there are many things about the internet that I still need to learn. I love finding sites like this that make simple tasks even easier.

Of course I had to check out how it worked, so I types Sugarland into the search box. I was not too happy with the links that popped up on the side. They were for private fantasies and orgasm movies and something called spermholle. Because of this, I will not allow my children to use this site. I am not sure if I will ever use it again. I'll have to go in and see if I can find a settings button where I can turn off the adult ads.