[LL] means provided by Linden Lab and [3P] means provided by a Third Party.
Introductory Guides and Help
- SL Quick Start Guide [LL]
- SL Help Portal – Has links to several guides and lots of intro information. [LL]
- Searchable Player of Torley’s Video Tutorials (login required) [LL]
- Second Life Answers – Submit a question and get an answer from fellow SL residents (maybe). Search through old questions and answers. [LL and 3P]
General-Purpose SL Search Engines
- search-beta.secondlife.com – The new SL search (beta). [LL]
- Search.SecondLife.com – A web version of the inworld “Search” (for ALL, People, Places, Events, Groups, Wiki, and Secondlife.com). PG only. [LL]
- SL Map Search – Search for SL places or events on the SL map. [LL]
- SecondPages – They describe themselves as “Second Life yellowpages,” but their scope is much broader than businesses. SecondPages is for sale. [3P]
- Metaverse Ink’s MI-Search – Products, designers, notecards, places and land for sale. It lists about 2 million products with images, descriptions, and a link directly to the store. There is also support for scripted vendors. It uses a staff of 14 friendly robots to scan the SL grid twice a week. [3P]
- Gridaverse map search. Not maintained, but still interesting. [3P]
- ThreadMap – Search SL photos with attached descriptions and locations. [3P]
SL Shopping on the Web
- The Second Life Marketplace [LL]
- Textures R Us (TRU) – Shop for SL textures on the web. [3P]
- metaLIFE Marketplace [3P]
- The Metaverse Shop (English & Spanish) [3P]
- Cariama (English & French?) [3P]
- You can search for “dancing shoes” (or anything else) for sale inworld: Go to Search.SecondLife.com, enter “dancing shoes” into the form, click “Search”, click the Places tab, then click “See Profile” for one of the places. It will list all the things for sale at that place (provided that the owner has made them visible to web search), along with the price and location. [LL]
- SL Classifieds – Lists all current classified ads in order of how much was paid for the ad, from highest to lowest. [LL]
Music in SL
- Tunes inSL – A catalog of SL musicians maintained by Crap Mariner. Click on the musician’s name for a bio. [3P]
- SL-LiveMusic.com – A list of SL live musicians. [3P]
- SL Events Search: Live Music – Click on “All Categories” then select “Live Music”. [LL]
- Musicians in SL – Thinkerer Melville’s list of SL musicians. [3P]
- SL Live Radio – Internet radio station playing SL musicians 24/7. Managed by Cher Harrington. [3P]
- TRAX Music Centre – sim full of listening booths where you can hear music by SL musicians. Also resources that advise on venues, agents, streaming providers, etc. [3P]
- SL Live Music Jams is a Facebook group where people plan RL music events (jams) by SL musicians. [3P]
Resources for Educators in SL
- SimTeach Wiki – Created by Jeremy Kemp at San José State University. [3P]
- Second Life Education microsite – Created by Linden Lab. Launched in March 2010. [LL]
- The SLED (SL EDucators) Mailing List [LL]
- Education Directory – Academic organizations in SL. [LL]
- List of educational institutions in SL (2010) [3P]
General Directories of Places in SL
- SL Destination Guide [LL]
- SL Index – a catogorized index of places, assembled by SLI Chun. [3P]
- Great Places to Visit – A list assembled by Dr. Anthony Curtis at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke. [3P]
- KoiNUP’s SL Places – Lists the “coolest” and “just discovered” places submitted by SL residents. [3P]
- b-places – Lists SL places that people have voted on. [3P]
- sl2go [3P]
- LL Parks and Recreation Directory – places built by the Linden Department of Public Works. [LL]
Directories of Specific Types of Places in SL
- Fashioncentric – ‘Find the Best Fashion in Second Life.’ A guide to fashion stores (created by Sasun Steinbeck, proprietor of Kiosk.Net). [3P]
- Fashion Slurls [3P]
- Art Galleries of SL – Generated by the kiosks you see at galleries inworld (created by Sasun Steinbeck, proprietor of Kiosk.Net). Related blog. [3P]
- Science-Related Places in SL – part of the Science Center group wiki, managed by Troy McLuhan. [3P]
- The SLHealthy Wiki – Lists health-related places, projects, events, etc. [3P]
- SLBiz2Life – SL business directory. [3P]
- Second Life Railroads [LL & 3P]
Calendars of SL Events
- SL Events Calendar [LL]
- Steamlander Calendar – Aggregates most calendars in the Steamlands. [3P]
- Info Archipelago – Events in the Info Archipelago (Info Island, Community Virtual Library, etc.) [3P]
- Science-Related Events Calendar [3P]
- Treet.TV Schedule [3P]
- Chilbo Calendar (for the mainland community named Chilbo) [3P]
- Nonprofits Calendar in SL [3P]
SL Social Networks (Profiles, Photo Sharing, Forums, Events, Etc.)
- Second Life Link – A Facebook application that connects SL and Facebook. [3P]
- SLuniverse – SL Universe, includes Snapzilla, SL’s oldest photo-sharing site. [3P]
- Second Citizen MK II [3P]
- ProfilesLive.com – Formerly SLprofiles.com. [3P]
- me2oh.com (beta launch in June 2010) [3P]
- moolto [3P]
- Mixoom – Formerly SLBuzz. [3P]
- Linked Prim [3P]
- SL Flickr groups – SL photos on Flickr. [LL and 3P]
- BlogHUD – System to blog from inside SL. [3P]
- AvMatch.com – For singles, dating and socializing. [3P]
- Second Friends [3P]
SL Statistics
- SL Economic Statistics [LL]
- Second Life Grid Survey at GridSurvey.com, assembled by Tyche Shepherd. [3P]
- Current SL Statistics generated real-time by Metaverse Business [3P]
- SL Statistical Charts, assembled by Tateru Nino. [LL and 3P]
SL Region Databases
- Second Life Grid Survey – Region Database managed by Tyche Shepherd. [3P]
- SL Server Neighbors Database – Find out which SL regions share the same Linden Lab server as a given region. [3P]
- ObiJan Techologies database of SL regions (sims) – Get basic information about SL sims. Change the URL ending to change the sim. (The link takes you to their page about the sim named Da Boom.) [3P]
SL-Related Blogs
- Top virtual worlds blogs collection at Alltop. [3P]
- Active SL Blogs – This survey was done in April, 2009. [3P]
- Breedables Inc. is a blog about all the kinds of breedable pets in SL (see the list in their right sidebar). [3P]
- Blogs about hunts (scavenger hunts for free prizes) and freebies: SL Hunts, SL Freebie Hunters, FabFree, Second Life Freebies. [3P]
Shared Whiteboard / Drawing Board Sites that can be used in SL Shared Media (Media on a Prim)
- Dabbleboard [3P]
- Twiddla [3P]
- Scribblar [3P]
Other SL References and Lists on the Web
- Official SL Wiki – Includes the LL Office Hours (anyone welcome), the LSL Portal (a reference for the Linden Scripting Language) and much more. [LL]
- SL Wikia – A user-generated SL encyclopedia. It’s where the SL History Wiki moved. A good source for information on old communities and SL people. [3P]
- SL Events Calendar – Shows upcoming events. You can filter by date and category. [LL]
- SL Solution Provider Directory – Lists professionals who can help you do a project in SL. [LL]
- Jenn Forager’s list of Alternate SL Viewers [3P]
- LSL Scripting Library [3P and LL]
- Strawberry Singh’s list of SL photographers. Her sidebar also lists many fashion magazines and blogs. [3P]