10 New Ways to Discover What You Need on the Web

04.03.2009

is a service aimed at finding content related to whatever content you're already reading. It powers features on sites like WashingtonPost.com that suggests other stories on the subject you're currently reading about.

You can also go to Evri's site and type in the name of a person, product, or thing you're interested in, and--if the noun is one that's in what seems to be a fairly limited database--Evri will show you a page with information sorted by type: a snippet of the Wikipedia entry in one corner, news stories in another section, and slider windows with related pictures and videos. You can also explore related concepts through an interesting visual interface.

Not enough? You can have Evri everywhere you go by loading it's browser toolbar. It will highlight every term on the page you're viewing for which Evri has information. Hover over the word and Evri pops up a box with related news stories, connections, images and videos.

I haven't spent much time with the toolbar, but even with Evri's limited database, it feels like there's too much highlighting going on the page. I'd stick to Evri's Web site instead.

How Simple: Simply Too Much