The WhoisLike.it homepage is so sparse that it makes Google's home page look crowded. But it couldn't be easier to use. Just type in the URL of a web site you like, and WhoisLike.it will analyze the content and spit out a list of sites that seem to have similar content. Each site features a screen shot to boot.
It's not quite clear how WhoisLike.it determines which sites are similar. It could be checking for incoming and outbound links, or the service could be looking for keywords and comparing a site with other pages in its database. But it does appear to work pretty well. While you certainly won't find every similar page on the web this way, WhoisLike.it will probably turn you on to a few interesting sites you may not have seen before.
[via Rotor Blog]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
4-28-2008 @ 12:56PM
Richard Chuah said...
The site is ok and i can check all the site i wants. But this WhoiLike.it still not support extension of domain while my blog is using /blog. It is disappointed to me. It is a great site.
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4-28-2008 @ 1:06PM
eppyjerk said...
Is it me, or is this thing totally not doing anything?
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4-28-2008 @ 1:13PM
eppyjerk said...
Correction. It just started working.
4-29-2008 @ 9:10AM
Aalaap said...
it still doesn't seem to be doing anything
4-28-2008 @ 2:01PM
gbeide said...
It's funny. I tried searching for a site like whoislike.it and surprised it didn't come up with http://www.similicio.us. What else is funny is I did the opposite in similicio.us, and didn't come up with whoislike.it.
Weird. But http://www.similicio.us is pretty much the same thing.
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4-28-2008 @ 2:17PM
GigiNYC said...
From the sound of it, it reminds me of the "Similar Pages" option on Google. When you enter a web address into the search field of Google, the first result will always be the direct listing for that site -- and if you click on the "Similar Pages" link for that result, Google will produce about two or three pages worth of links to other sites which are similar. It might be interesting to do a side-by-side comparison between Google and WhoIsLike to see which one comes up with more and/or better results.
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5-03-2008 @ 7:40PM
Jim said...
I don't think Google similar pages is comparable. It gives you a list of pages similar to the item whereas this sites and similicious actually give you similar websites. The big difference is that Google similar pages would be better for finding specific information rather than broadly exploring sites of interest. Furthermore, whoislike isn't working for me right now but can it be better than similicious?
4-29-2008 @ 8:42AM
Stuart Halliday said...
I correctly typed in "theaquariumwiki.com/" and it thinks I've entered a incorrect domain!
It doesn't like the lagging forward slash.
Bloody Stupid machine. :-)
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4-30-2008 @ 10:05PM
Lorne Lavine said...
The site doesn't work with IE...what, are they serious??
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