Like Evernote, Springpad lets you organize your information by assigning each item to a notebook. In Springpad, you can even assign an item to more than one notebook; however, it's a little more awkward to go from one notebook to another. In Evernote, you just have to click on a new notebook in the ever-present left column, while in Springpad you need to go back to your home page first.

Once in a notebook, you have a number of filters you can use to find items faster. You can click on an entry type (such as "movie" or "product") or a tag. You can also look for anything you may have flagged, or for current alerts (which can be dated tasks or products that have price changes).

Unfortunately, there are also a few glitches -- for example, when I go to my Alerts section, the listing of overdue alerts includes both those tasks that are actually overdue and those that I've completed, which is less than useful.

You can also type a search term into a box at the upper-right corner of the screen.