Source: news.searchenginestoday.org

Meet PageBull, a new metasearch engine. Like most other metasearch engines, PageBull samples results pages from several major search engines and delivers them in one consolidated and simplified list.

The Pagebull metasearch engine presents results as screenshots of the listed web pages.

However, what really makes it different from other search engines is that all results are presented as graphics of the search results pages. It isn’t just a question of adding simple thumbnails to regular search results since it completely eliminates text alltogether.

PageBull shows the search results in a 3 by 4, 2 by 6 or 4 by 3 image grid, depending on your Internet browser window size and depending on the exact screen resolution of your pc monitor.

If desired, you can also use a drop down menu to customize the image grid to your specific taste.

It’s exciting to see the rather large amount of data that can be contained in small graphics such as this.

It may be difficult to read the text present in the images, but the main headlines immediately offers an idea of what the page is all about.

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By: Kim Roach | Source: sitepronews.com

Over 1 million people have traded in their real lives to explore an online world known as Second Life.

Second Life is a 3-D virtual world built entirely by its residents. This new world was released in 2003, before blogs and user-generated content hit the mainstream. Needless to say, Second Life was way ahead of its time.

However, Second Life still shows a very close resemblance to real life. Within the buzzing online world, people are buying houses, buying clothes (one of Second Life’s hottest industries), throwing parties, going to concerts, and taking their own pictures, and even opening up their own businesses.

American Apparel was the first "real world" company to open a store in the virtual world of Second Life. Their ultra-modern clothing store is located on a beach resort and has quickly become a hot-spot within Second Life. The launch of their new store has created a viral buzz that spread to Forbes, Business Week, and many other news outlets. The viral buzz has bolstered sales for their online and offline clothing.

A number of other real-world brands are getting involved as well. They include Intel, Nissan, Reuters, Sony BMG, Adidas, CNET, and Wired. Major marketers, advertising agencies, and news outfits are all starting to take part in Second Life.

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