Thing 3: Talkdigger

Boy is this one a gold mine!!!! Platinum even :)

http://websearch.about.com/od/enginesanddirectories/a/talkdigger.htm

TalkDigger lets you enter a URL and then searches a variety of search engines to see what sites are linking to it. Sort like the database Web of Science allowing you to search for articles that cite a specific seed article of your choice.

I started out randomly putting in URLs like www.aclib.us; www.ufl.edu; www.utk.edu and got a few hits that were OK but not spectacular. But then, I put in as a seed URL www.arthurian-legend.com (an authoritative website I have used before) and got some great results. I found other authoritative websites that I was already aware of as well as some new ones. I also discovered some fun website discussion sites (not particularly authoritative, but interesting) as well as some art sites with great fantasy art related to the Arthurian Legend that I had completely missed until now.

TalkDigger and a good seed URL opens up worlds of on topic sites. I loved it!