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Search Cloudlet for Firefox brings tags to Twitter search

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Search Cloudlet is a plugin for Firefox that adds relevant tag clouds to searches you conduct using Yahoo! or Google. We first looked at the program a few months ago and were impressed with the way it helps refine your searches.

Now there's a new version of Search Cloudlet that works with Twitter search as well. When you conduct a search using Twitter, a tag cloud will pop up with relevant terms. For example, if you search for "Jim Cramer," you'll find a lot of results for "Jon" and "Stewart."

You can also filter your results by clicking ont he Authors, @To, or #Tags buttons. Or if you'd rather not see the tag cloud at all, just hit the Off button.

Filed under: Search, web 2.0

Search Cloudlet helps find what you're looking for - with tags

Search Cloudlet
Seach Cloudlet is a plugin for Firefox that adds a tag cloud to Google and Yahoo! search results. While this might not sound incredibly useful, it is. Here's how it works: You enter a search term and Search Cloudlet brings up a list of related tags. Click that tag to refine your search by addind that term. For example, if you're looking for the new Battlestar Galactica webisodes, you can start by typing just one word, like "battlestar" and keep clicking links until you find what you're looking for. It's great for people who aren't always sure what keywords will be the most useful.

You can also click the Sites tab to show a list of web sites featuring content matching your query. So if you want to limit your search to, say, Wikipedia articles, just click on the Wikipedia link. The Net tab lets you limit your search by domain type, such as .com, .org. or .net. I'm not really sure how useful this feature is. And if you want the tag cloud to go away all you have to do is click the Off button.

[via Wired]

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