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LocPDF: Search PDF with Preview

LocPDF is another search engine that makes your life easier when it comes to locating PDFs online. Don’t get the first statement wrong. LocPDF is not just another PDF search engine. There may be a number of search engines out there who specializes on indexing or providing direct links to PDFs, but most of them do just that.

What makes LocPDF different from the rest is the preview system that it features. Not only that it helps you find PDF files easily, it also allows you to properly preview a file before the download. You get to preview the file through a thumbnail after searching and further enhance the view when you click on it. When you’re satisfied with the result, you can now proceed with the download.

This is a great search alternative to popular search engines such as Google, Bing and Yahoo. If you’re looking for a particular PDF document, you might want to try out LocPDF. The preview feature makes it easier for you to check on the document first before downloading it.

Tags: LocPDF, pdf, PDF Search, Preview, search-engine

A Glance on Today’s Front Page with Newseum

Newseum is an interactive museum of newspapers. The site offers quite a number of awesome features for editors, journalists and readers. Newseum keeps an archive of national and international front pages that chronicle events of historical significance. They also post analysis on today’s front pages from all over. A virtual tour of the real life Newseum which will open soon in Washington is also available in the site.

The most useful and coolest part of the website is the “Today’s Front Pages” page. In this page, you can have a preview of the front pages of every newspaper in the world that makes a submission to Newseum. You can view them in list, gallery and map. The interactive map tool is my favorite among the rest. With this tool, you can mouse over a location and the preview of the front page will appear on the right side. If you want to take a closer look on the front page image, all you have to do is click on the orange dot where your cursor is pointed and a bigger image will appear in a new tab/window of your browser. The image that will be given to you is hardly readable. But fear not, just go into list view and find the newspaper/location that you want, and then you can download the readable PDF.

This is a useful site that you may want to visit first before going to the online version of your favorite newspaper(s). Newseum is also a great help to keep you informed about the latest news in the front pages of other local newspapers from other places that interests you.

Tags: archive, front, News, newseum, page, Preview

Introducing Snap Shots from Snap.com

I just installed a nice little tool on this site called Snap Shots that enhances links with visual previews of the destination site, interactive excerpts of Wikipedia articles, MySpace profiles, IMDb profiles and Amazon products, display inline videos, RSS, MP3s, photos, stock charts and more.

Sometimes Snap Shots bring you the information you need, without your having to leave the site, while other times it lets you “look ahead,” before deciding if you want to follow a link or not.

Should you decide this is not for you, just click the Options icon in the upper right corner of the Snap Shot and opt-out.

Happy Anniversary Snap Shots!

Tags: Plugin, Preview, Snap Shots, Worpress tools