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SimilarSites is not just for Firefox anymore


A few months ago, Brad wrote about a Firefox plugin called SimilarWeb that shows a sidebar full of sites related to the one you're currently looking at. SimilarWeb is still around, but now anybody can use a non-plugin version called SimilarSites. Instead of installing anything, you just type in the URL of a site you're interested in and get recommendations. The add-on might look cooler, but the web version works in any browser.

The recommendations on SimilarSites are quite accurate. When I put in Download Squad, it recommended our esteemed sometimes-rivals over at Lifehacker, as well as one of our sister sites, Engadget. Digging deeper, you'll find slightly more obscure software blogs that look pretty interesting. This is the real strength of SimilarSites.

Everybody's heard of Lifehacker, but now I have some new-to-me sites to add to my RSS reader. Give it a whirl with your favorite site and see what you find.

Filed under: Browsers

SimilarWeb for Firefox helps you find web sites you might like

SimilarWeb
Amazon, Netflix, and plenty of other web sites try to give users helpful suggestions based on their habits. If you've purchased or rented Firefly DVDs, you might be interested in Buffy the Vampire Slayer, for instance. SimilarWeb does something similar - but for web sites. If you're visiting Download Squad, you might also be interested in checking out Engadget or Slashdot.

What's most interesting about SimilarWeb is the way it works with Firefox. When you install the Firefox add-on, you'll see a new button in your navigation toolbar that turns a sidebar on and off. Every time you visit a new page, SimilarWeb will find pages that cover similar topics. You can adjust the settings to display large thumbnails, favicons only, or a a list of web sites by name and favicons (you can fit far more sites on a page in this view than you can with large thumbnails). If you don't don't like having the sidebar take over the left side of your browser window you can move it to the right side.

If you want to help make SimilarWeb's suggestions better, you can visit any web page and suggest a similar site either using the sidebar menu or by clicking the little arrow next to the toolbar button.

[via Firefox Facts]

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