SEO has essentially destroyed search engines, what are some very useful websites that you might not get given by Google?

  • 👍Maximum Derek👍@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    1202·
    9 months ago

    This To That tells you what type of adhesive to use to glue different materials together. It’s handy for Halloween when suddenly you need to figure out how to attach vinyl to styrofoam or something (hot glue)

      • Sklrtle@lemmy.world
        12·
        9 months ago

        I agree it would be better if the site included brands from other countries too, but it can still be used as a starting point. I’m sure you could Google the item and figure out the equivalent where you’re from.

  • oleorun@real.lemmy.fanEnglish
    109·
    9 months ago

    https://favicon.io/favicon-converter/ - Convert an image to a favicon file in many formats.

    https://ninite.com/ - Easiest way to set up a new Windows PC with the latest common applications without toolbars, prompts, or anything like that. Not necessarily obscure but I like to peddle it.

    https://www.printablepaper.net/ - Need a check register? Graph paper? Lined paper? College ruled or wide ruled? Dot paper? Calendars? If it’s on paper, chances are you can find it and print it here.

    https://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/ - Need a good bedtime story? This site is best read right before falling asleep.

  • seaQueue@lemmy.world
    911·
    9 months ago

    Want to know something about published science fiction or fantasy? Forget Goodreads or Wikipedia bibliographies, the ISFDB has ridiculously comprehensive details about every book, author or magazine I’ve looked up.

    https://www.isfdb.org/

    Google will give you ISFDB results if you search for an author or title plus “isfdb” but it’s not nearly as high in the rankings as it should be.

    • maegul@lemmy.mlEnglish
      141·
      9 months ago

      Awesome!! Hadn’t seen this before.

      I think this goes on some list I’ve started of old-style fecking awesome web pages that represent exactly what us old timers are talking about when we say the internet has lost something vital. No frills, community driven, information rich and dense web page producing long lasting value. Just compare this to some recipe page with flocks of ads.

    • Scribbd@feddit.nl
      15·
      9 months ago

      This wording always has me imagining beefy American footballers tackling stained carpets.

    • Kuadhual@lemm.ee
      1·
      7 months ago

      Sadly, today I was greeted with this message: We have discontinued our stain solution website.

  • hperrin@lemmy.world
    571·
    9 months ago

    https://port87.com

    An email service that uses addresses like yourname-appname@port87.com to organize all your email into a folder for every app/service.

    You can also make these addresses screen senders before their email goes through, for something like yourname-friends@port87.com.

    You can mark them as public and they’ll be included in a list if someone emails the bare address (yourname@port87.com), so you can share your bare address all over the internet without getting spam.

    (Full disclosure: I created and operate this service.)

    • Tuggles@lemmy.world
      131·
      9 months ago

      So, you can do this with gmail already. What’s your pitch on why someone should use Port87 instead of Gmail (besides the obvious Google is evil, etc.)?

      • atoro@lemmy.ml
        24·
        9 months ago

        A lot of services have stopped accepting + addresses as valid, or even stripping them before saving. So at least for a while, - addresses could be more useful

        • lud@lemm.ee
          3·
          9 months ago

          I think outlook also accepts it.

          Personally I just bought a domain and have a catch all that redirects everything to my email.

            • lud@lemm.ee
              2·
              9 months ago

              If all you want is to receive emails and forward them to another email (like Gmail), it’s straightforward and free. If you want to send using your domain, you usually have to pay someone or spend a bunch of time learning how to set up a mail server on your own and how to get your mails out of people’s spam box. Or you have to find an easy-to-use workaround (I know there is one for Gmail but it’s a bit annoying to set up and use)

              Here are the steps to setting up a catch-all using Cloudflare:

              1. Get a domain (they are actually pretty cheap)
              2. Add the domain to Cloudflare. (If you bought the domain from Cloudflare, this is already done. And Cloudflare is among the cheapest places to buy domains so I recommend it.)
              3. Open the site in the Cloudflare web dashboard and open the tab called “email”
              4. Add a destination email and enable catch-all.
      • hperrin@lemmy.world
        9·
        9 months ago

        I don’t have it on the promotional site right now, but here’s the breakdown:

        • Receive unlimited mail, 500MB storage: Free
        • Send unlimited mail*: $1/month
        • 2GB extra: $2/month
        • 10GB extra: $6/month
        • 20GB extra: $10/month
        • 100GB extra: $20/month
        • 1TB extra: $40/month

        There are upcoming features that I haven’t done the market research and cost analysis for yet to determine pricing, but these are the features that are still in development:

        • Native mobile app (right now it’s a PWA): Free
        • IMAP/SMTP/CardDAV for third party clients and to import/export/sync: Undetermined price
        • Custom domain with unlimited addresses: Undetermined price
        • Additional users for you custom domain: Undetermined price

        * The reason for charging $1/month to send email is so that spammers won’t use my service to send spam. A spammer is very unlikely to divulge their real payment information.

        • xigoi@lemmy.sdf.org
          5·
          9 months ago

          That sounds reasonable! Though personally, I definitely wouldn’t use an e-mail service without IMAP support.

          • hperrin@lemmy.world
            6·
            9 months ago

            I feel you. Technically, the service is in a public beta test, only because I don’t have all the features complete yet.

            I have the IMAP spec printed out in a binder at my desk. I have to write the server myself because of how Port87 works (I can’t just use an off-the-shelf server, like Dovecot). But I’m working hard to get IMAP support out soon! :)

            PS: also, once I do write it, the IMAP server will be open source, just like the CardDAV server I’m working on.

  • Sterile_Technique@lemmy.worldEnglish
    47·
    9 months ago

    For those in school:

    https://www.desmos.com/scientific - badass scientific calculator. Desmos has a mobile app as well.

    https://www.madeintext.com/subscript-generator/ - Helpful for typing out shit like: Na₂HPO₄ + H⁺ → NaH₂PO₄ + Na⁺

    Also Windows Key + Period will open up a menu with a shit on of emojis and special characters, for things like that → arrow.

    ^note that it’s got tabs on both the top and bottom of the menu

    • AnonStoleMyPants@sopuli.xyz
      3·
      9 months ago

      Man, this made me remember that the win+period -window used to have a search bar in it. Loved it. Then suddenly I guess Microsoft thought that it was too convenient because it vanished.

      • Sterile_Technique@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        9 months ago

        It still -kind of- does, it’s just not super intuitive anymore. Open the menu, select the tab, then just start typing your search. The text you type will appear in the text field you were typing in before opening the win+. menu, but as you type it’ll filter the emojis and symbols down to the ones that match your input, and then replace your input when you click one.

        Really should just have a search bar. -_-

      • Azzu@lemm.ee
        3·
        9 months ago

        It simply uses the text field you use it in as the search bar, you can just start typing and get results.

    • TurboLag@lemmings.worldEnglish
      10·
      9 months ago

      If you need earbuds, http://www.scarbir.com/ does similar.

      This guy is gold! I’ve bought a few pairs of cheap headphones after reading his comparisons and reviews, and all have been spot on! He tests on both iPhone and Android, and he explains the differences in sound quality if very approachable and concise ways. When I need headphones again, his site is my no 1 stop.

  • AlmightySnoo 🐢🇮🇱🇺🇦@lemmy.world
    35·
    9 months ago

    https://live.sympy.org/

    It’s basically an interactive Python session using a Python interpreter compiled to WebAssembly and which then runs locally on your device via your browser without having to install anything on your end.

    It’s very cool to check some calculation out very quickly on your phone or tablet.

    Or if you want a full local Jupyterlab experience using the same WebAssembly tech: https://jupyterlite.readthedocs.io/en/stable/_static/lab/index.html (based on the JupyterLite project: https://github.com/jupyterlite/jupyterlite)

  • Bappity@lemmy.worldEnglish
    341·
    9 months ago

    http://remove.bg is a website that makes removing backgrounds from photos or artwork a lot easier! I think it uses A.I or something, it’s been super helpful for me a couple times.