Search Tip -

Google Image can tell the difference between an image with a face in it and one that doesn’t. It can also display only images that appeared in the news.

The feature isn’t an official search term yet, so you need to hack the URL to make it work.

Example, enter the word iris in the search box. You will see a lot of images of the flower. Now go the address bar and type &imgtype=face to the end of the URL. Go to that URL and you’ll now see photographs of people instead of the flower.

You can also limit your search to only images news images. For example, try a search for The Shins. You will get a lot of photographs for the band. Now append &imgtype=news to the search URL and you will have a much smaller result.

Found on Lifehacker.

Online Identity Management

The Pew Internet and American Life Project released a new report titled Digital Footprints: Online identity management and search in the age of transparency. The 50 page report has some interesting statistics:

47% of Internet users have searched for information about themselves online.

60% of Internet users are not concerned about how much information is available about them on the Web.

61% of Internet users do not feel the need to limit the amount of information about themselves online.

The report is based on a December 2006 national telephone survey.
-found on iLibrarian

Top 4 Fast Moving Websites May, 2007

1. Dada - Video (video sharing)
2. 800Flight.com (discount airfares)
3. AltDesire (online dating)
4. AutoQuotes.com (multiple price quotes)

More online usage and search stats from Hitwise.