SimilarWeb: Search similar sites

Analyst firm Netcraft recently published data showing that by January 2011, the Internet worked 273 301 445 sites. It's just a huge amount of information, which contains almost all the human knowledge and can answer any question. But the paradox is that the search for necessary information in the chaos becomes like looking for a needle in a haystack. And if Google is trying to solve this issue carefully sorting and describing every straw, the service SimilarWeb approach to this problem a few on the other side.

SimilarWeb - a search engine similar content, featuring a few sites similar to the site, which looks at a given time by the user. This technology in combination uses both its own algorithm and user ratings to form the best results for each user.

Familiarity with the work of the service is better to start with site SimilarSites.com. Here you will see a form to search for sites. However, there does not need to enter a search query word and the address is already known to you site, analogues which you want to find. But it is much more convenient to use the capabilities of the service with the help of special browser extensions that are available for Google Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer.

After installing the extension in Google Chrome, there is a new button on the toolbar when you click on a pop-up window extension. There has three tabs to display different information.

Similar Sites - shows a list of similar sites viewed on your site now. Top Sites - the most popular sites on this topic, and the tab Buzz displays the last reference to the site on social networks. Extension for Firefox has similar functionality, but there is information displayed in a special panel on the left or right.

SimilarWeb - it's a great solution that will help you easier, faster and more productive to find information on the web. Of course, this does not replace our usual search engines, but with the help of this handy extension You can sometimes make these interesting findings, which you will never fall into the usual results Search.

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