How Far is It

Do you go for walks or jobs around your neighborhood? Do you want to know how far away a friend's house is? A free tool by DaftLogic.com let's you plot points on a Google map and see the distance. The tool is simply called, "Google Maps Distance Calculator".

Click here to visit the Distance Calculator tool

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Not Sure What You Want to Watch, Read, Or Listen

Have you ever watched a great movie and wanted to find similar movies? What about listening to a song, and wanting a similar song? You might have even not been sure what you wanted, and just needed some help picking something to pass the time.

TasteKid.com let's you input music, movies, shows, books, authors, and games to find similar items. You could type in the movie title, "Inception," and it will give you similar movies such as, "Shutter Island (instant video)," "Source Code (instant video)," "The Adjustment Beureau (instant video)," and many more suggestions.

If you like the band, "Linkin Park," then you might get similar artists back such as, "Fort Minor," "Limp Bizkit," "Three Days Grace," and many others!

It's a free site, and it's a fun tool if you haven't tried it yet. Bored? Give it a shot!

Click here to visit TasteKid.com now!

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Reverse Image Lookup

Do you have photos or other images in an online portfolio or website that is for display purposes only? Have you ever wondered if someone is using your images without your permission? There's an interesting website called TinEye.com that let's you upload an image (or provide a URL to an image), and it will search billions or images online to see if it can find a match. It doesn't try to match the name of the file, but instead it matches the actual image itself. The technology seems pretty impressive, so give it a try yourself. It's free and fun!

Click here to check out TinEye.com

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Content Copyright Infringments

Are you worried about people stealing your content online? Have you ever written research-intensive articles or reports, and wanted to make sure nobody else was using your information online? The Internet is so large that the best Internet police for your rights, is yourself.

A website called Copyscape.com is a good tool to try to help protect your content from online thieves. The free version lets you put in a website URL to check, but the premium version ($.05 per search) lets you copy-n-paste content and many other features.

Using a tool like Copyscape.com allows you to find websites that are illegally using your content, and then you have the option of requesting them to remove your content and/or filing a copyright infringement notice.

There's a website simply called DMCA.com that has professional to help with this type of issue, but that's only if you're willing to pay about $200. Although, for only $10 a month (or $100 a year) they give you plagiarism scanning, image watermarking, badges for your website, tools for Do-It-Yourself takedowns, and more!


For other sites similar to Copyscape.com you could look at the top 10 results on MoreOfIt.com, which does a good job finding similar sites for websites you are looking at.

Click here to view the Top 10 similar sites to Copyscape.com

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