When I use del.icio.us I try and limit it to articles or subsections of webpages, rather than just a general link to the homepage of some web service, etc…. So in order to chronicle the best overall websites that I discover in any given week, I’ve decided to just post them here with a quick look at what they do. This week I was catching up on WordPress widgets so most of these sites are blog-service related
- Vod:pod: This site is similar to del.icio.us int hat it allows you to tag and catalog videos you stumble across on the internet. You can add a button to your browser that picks up the video from the site you are are and puts in on your Vod page…and from there you can add videos to your ipod, share them with friends, and do other things like create your own ‘Top 10′ list. Also, there is a tool that allows you to feed your newly tagged videos to your blog or website with a personalized widget, similar to the del.icio.us tool I have in the bottom right of this page.
- Netvibes: Though still in beta, this site is a pretty amazing tool for creating a personalized homepage. It is very similar to iGoogle but Netvibes allows you a lot more control over the look and feel of your page…you can have RSS feeds and widgets just like iGoogle, but you have much more freedom as far as layout is concerned. Also, there are dozens of themes you can apply to your site, rather than the 5 o 6 that Google offers…and you don’t have the large Google header at the top of the page. It is very rare that I criticize the Great Google but as far as personalized homepages go…well, I think I may switch mine to Netvibes.
- Sonific: Sonific creates a ‘Songspot’ based on your musical preferences that you can then post on any other website or blog. Also, it is focused to indie music and smaller record labels, but the quality is high, and the high quality tagging of the songs makes searching a snap.
- Meebo: Meebo is probably one of the coolest things I’ve seen in a long time. You can login to just about any IM client on their webpage and chat directly through their emulation. This can also be hosted on your own website to allow others to chat through Meebo. It is approximately 10,000 times easier and more user friendly that AIM Express, the Java-based client for online access to your AIM account.
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