Cloudlet is a search engine that offers a variety of search options, including Boolean searches, wildcards, and custom filters. This makes it perfect for finding the information you need quickly and easily. Cloudlet also offers a user-friendly interface, making it easy to use.
Setup
Once you have installed Search Cloudlet, having a quick look through the options is a good idea. This will let you become familiar with the services that Search Cloudlet works with.
In the first tab area you can specify the services that you would like to integrate Search Cloudlet with (very nice!).
In the second tab, you can modify number of cloud items displayed and the font size to best suit your personal needs. This can be especially helpful if you need or want to conserve some screen real-estate!
In the last tab there are options concerning hyperlink style and the integration of Surf Canyon for Google based searches (if desired). Notice that instructions are provided for adding or removing terms to search queries. Click on the left side of the link to add the term or click on the right side of the link to remove that term.
Search Cloudlet in Action
So, how does Search Cloudlet look when conducting a search? Here you can see the Tag Cloud for the term “Kubuntu Linux” when we searched using Google.
And here is the Tag Cloud for when we searched using the same term with Yahoo…
Finally, we see the result when we searched for “Kubuntu Linux” on Twitter. Notice that we focused exclusively on the “#Tags” category only to really refine the search here and cut out less-relevant results.
Conclusion
Whether you love using Tag Clouds for all of your searches or are just looking to try something new, Search Cloudlet is definitely a fun and useful extension for your Firefox browser!
Links
Download the Search Cloudlet extension (Mozilla Add-ons)
