Internet is full of various websites and there are billions of them. Out of all those I’m pretty sure that you are using only few hundreds. But there are lot of similar may be better websites for the same purpose.
Just think that you are using Facebook.com everyday. Now you want to find an alternative website for Facbook.com. How to find such a web site out of billions of website in the internet?
The answer you are looking for is WebSiteLike.org. It’s an internet search engine like Google, but it not only keeps index about websites, but also about related websites. They have the largest related website database and it’s getting updated frequently using a proprietary algorithm.
How to Use WebSiteLike.org?
- Go to WebSiteLike.org
- There is a search box and you have two options
- You can directly type a website domain name.
- Then it will give you related websites.
- Or you can enter a keyword such as “Technology”
- Then it will give you a result with websites which are actually having content about technology.
- In the search result you will be able to see a short description of the website, its topics and thumbnail.
- In search result you can directly go to the website by clicking on the website name.
What is the Technology inside WebSiteLike.org?
They are using Google bot like automated application to crawl the web and collect information about entire World Wide Web. Then they keep that information in a data structure where they can find them with related topics.
Most importantly they link indexed websites based on their topics, so they can easily suggest related website within few seconds.
Accuracy Test
As the first step I entered Wikepedia.org in to the search box and initiated a search. First three results are mentioned below.
- Hudong
- Wikimedia
- Wiktionary
Result is acceptable and all the given top sites are similar to Wikipedia.
Then I tried entering Facebook.com. Here are the first three results.
If you ask a human what are the similar websites to Facebook and you will get the same answer.
Finally I tired entering a keyword which is Technology. Here are the first three results.
Third website said that “access denied”, then I looked for other two. Yes, both of those websites are about Technology. However I’m not totally happy about the suggestions for the given keyword. It could have done a better job.
WebSiteLike.org is great internet tool for you to find similar websites easily. This is giving us a hint of Semantic web by indexing pages considering its meaning. If you enter domain name, suggestions are highly accurate, yet suggestions for keywords need some improvement.
Try WebSiteLike.org and share your experience here with Notes of Genius community.
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