If that sounds like you, perhaps you’d do well to pay Ziipa a visit. A so-called visual search engine for sites nested in the world of Web 2.0, Ziipa will interest virtually anyone who’s tired of the the same old, same old. Too much Facebook or Flickr in your life? You can quickly scour Ziipa for things that are less Top 40 and more indie rock in flavor.
There are a number of ways to search Ziipa for things you may not have heard of before or previously paid any attention to. There’s the requisite search bar at the top, for one. You can also take a look at the Top 10. You can take it page by page. Or you can busy yourself with the Tag cloud. We recommend the last option.
At times, Ziipa can be a little loose with how accurately a tag might fit one’s own description of one service or another, but it is largely on the mark. And so long as you’re into the idea of piloting your way around sites and services buried beneath industry mainstreamers, there’s a good chance you’ll be pleased with what you see. The variety of names is substantial in number, enough to satisfy most curious observers, and the presence of a front page screen shots for each domain listed will go far in giving you an easy peek at where it is you might want to visit.
