I know, I know...another gadget review post. But, this is a must-read. If you are a "dyed-in-the-wool" Firefoxer like me, then you probably have more than a few of your favorite add ons for various tasks. One of my favorite add ons for blogging and web research is Similar Web, and frankly, I can't imagine surfing the Internet without it.

Similar Web works like this: Let's say you are researching a topic and you already know of one website that deals with it. Unfortunately, that's not enough. Perhaps, the topic demands more results, or in order to be thorough or authoritative, you need to review more information.

For example, this evening, I was researching blog directories for listing my blog Cyber-Esq. I already knew of Technorati, Bloglines, and Blog Catalog, but listing one's blog with 3 directories may not get it noticed. Enter Similar Web - with one click of a neat and tidy toolbar icon, Similar Web opened up and provided the following list of sites that were "similar