New browser tools: search bookmarklet & search plugin

Just a quick message to let you know of two exciting new features that have been added to folowen recently:

1. folowenThis: is a simple tool to easily submit a search to folowen from any webpage you are browsing:
   1. Simply highlight the text of the name you want to search for,
   2. then click on the folowenThis bookmarklet on your browser.
   3. For installation instructions go to http://folowen.com/folowenthis
2. Install Search Plugin: now works on Internet Explorer as well as Firefox

Thank you for all the great feedback and continuous support, we want to hear more on what else would you like folowen to do!

A very exciting week!

We’ve had a very exciting week or 8 days so far since we launched the beta; the feedback was amazing and encouraging all over.

Thanks to all the people who took the time to check folowen out and write about it on their blogs:

Moh’d Marwen Meddah @ StartupArabia: Folowen Releases Public Beta With New Features

Ghaith Saqr @ ArabCrunch: Folowen Goes to Public Beta Adds Direct Follow

Jane Hart @ Jane’s ELearning Pick of the Day folowen

Abhijeet @ MakeUseOf: Folowen: Quick Social Profile Search

Charles S. Knight @ AltSearchEngines: Just search my name and I’ll folowen you anywhere.

Charlie @ Intersting Pile: neat sites

And of course thanks to all people who tweeted folowen’s launch!