Touchgraph

Analyze web connections visually with Touchgraph, a java relationship graph. It works by putting in your keyword(s) and then a list of sites will appear. Here’s some keywords to try:

- “virtual worlds”
- “mmo”
- “second life”

Think 3D search engine. It can be an serendipitous way to explore different related websites. For example, the virtual worlds query led to a hub for 3D Chat with spokes leading to different types of chatrooms. One of my fellow VTOR authors and I were talking earlier about finding related stories in a niche and I suggested Yahoo Pipes.

If you’re looking to find something new and interesting tools like these on various topics links like these are worth bookmarking.