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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP/Vista/NT
- Date added: March 13, 2008
- Total Downloads: 66,990
- Downloads last week: 52
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 38 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: Jessica Dolcourt on November 07, 2008
If a picture is worth a thousand words, a thumbnail image of every search result is at least worth the 50 or so in a search result summary. When you search Google, Yahoo, or Bing, SearchPreview (formerly GooglePreview) displays a thumbnail preview of your Web site results next to their descriptions, so you can confirm or rule out the site at a glance.The SearchPreview add-on includes a few customization options, like limiting the maximum number of returned images one a page, and including popularity rankings. In our tests, SearchPreview is accurate and didn't hinder performance. It does sprinkle sponsored links into the search results from time to time, a behavior you can nullify in the settings. A feature that magnifies the thumbnail size from the search results page would be a welcome improvement in future releases. SearchPreview isn't essential for searching, but it certainly comes in handy.
Publisher's description
From Edward Ackroyd :This is a Mozilla Firefox browser extension that inserts preview images (thumbnails) of Web sites, Amazon products and stock charts into the Google and Yahoo search results pages.
Version 3.5 includes unspecified updates.
CNET Editor's Note: The Download Now link will prompt a local download of the Firefox extension. To install the extension directly, open the file using your Firefox browser.
What's new in this version:
Version 3.5 includes unspecified updates.
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User reviews of GooglePreview 3.5
- Average user rating: 4.3 stars out of 38 votes
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Version: GooglePreview 3.5
Pros: Its probably one of the best extension for Firefox!
Take a peek to the site before you click it!
And it doesn't slows down your search.Great extension
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: GooglePreview 3.5
Pros: I like it, You can actually see the thumbnail of a webpage from google and yahoo search result. But...
Cons: ... It would have been better if if you can click the thumbnail and see the the bigger thumbnail of the page without visiting it since the thumbnail image is very small.
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Version: GooglePreview 3.5
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Version: GooglePreview 3.5
Pros: Works as eye candy on a search results page and actually gives you a preview of a website before clicking on it. Although the preview is to small to read any text the picture of the website can be very helpful when searching for websites never visited before. Google does it again
Cons: It needs an option to enlarge the preview so the text on the preview is readable. Other than that it delivers as advertised.
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Version: GooglePreview 3.5
Pros: Doesn't slow down searches.
Gives a sneak preview of the web site.Cons: Can't zoom in on the web site prior to going there (and not all the sites are easy to see without a zoom feature).
Summary: Overall, a good extension. But, the product could use a few minor tweaks. Overall, for a free application that doesn't slow down your search engine, this isn't a bad thing to have at all.
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