Tuesday, October 12, 2010

StumbleUpon.com

          I really enjoyed this website. It is a type of search engine that finds the best of the web, recommended just for you in repsonse to your personal needs. On StumbleUpon.com,  there is a wide range of topics to choose from. You start by chooseing your topic. Each time you click the same topic, it gives you a new result. My favorite topic out of hte bunch was 'Arts'. I liked this topic because the results would mostly be interative. Fun shapes would pop out, you could draw. This website was really easy to use and actaully very enjoyable. It was also very differnt from any other websites i have ever used before. The reuslts that StumbleUpon.com provides can not easily be found threw Google. From now on, I will start using this website as often as possible.
         Google and StumbleUpon are alike and dissimmilar in many different ways. StumbleUpon.com is a discovery engine that finds the best webpages upon your topic request. It allows the user to discover and rate Web pages, photos, and videos that are personalized to their tastes and interests. StumbleUpon also has it's own toolbar. This website also requires a subscription in order to use it. upon choosing your desired topic, StumbleUpon.com gives you random not precise info on the chosen topic. The results given are different each tiem you click the topic. Google.com is a search engine that provides many different results in response to what is being searched. It is free to use and does not require subscription. Both websites are similar because they both provide information to the user.
          StumbleUpon.com is used when no specific detailed search is being looked for. If the topic is given, but there is no specicif thing you are looking for then this is the website to use. Google is used when a specific result is needed. It is used when you need info fast.

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