Second Life Guides, Directories, and Search Engines

[LL] means provided by Linden Lab and [3P] means provided by a Third Party.

Introductory Guides and Help

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

General Directories of Places in SL

Directories of Specific Types of Places in SL

Calendars of SL Events

SL Social Networks (Profiles, Photo Sharing, Forums, Events, Etc.)

SL Statistics

SL Region Databases

SL-Related Blogs

Shared Whiteboard / Drawing Board Sites that can be used in SL Shared Media (Media on a Prim)

Other SL References and Lists on the Web

Other SL Meta-Guides Like This