Google Bookmarks
Google Bookmarks is a free online bookmark storage service, available to Google Account holders.[1] It was launched on October 10, 2005.[2] Google Bookmarks allows users to bookmark favorite websites and add labels or tags, and also notes.
Users can access their bookmarks from any computer by signing in to their Gmail account. The bookmarks are searchable, and searches are performed on the full text of the bookmarked pages, not just the labels and notes.[citation needed]
Google toolbar has tools enabling a user to easily create bookmarks and quickly access them. Bookmarks can also be created manually from the web interface, or by use of third-party tools such as Firefox extensions created for the purpose of managing the user's Google Bookmarks account[3] and keeping them synchronized to the browser's bookmarks.
A simple javascript function labeled Google Bookmark is created on the Firefox Bookmarks Toolbar, which opens a window to save the bookmark to the Google Bookmarks. This same function can be imported into other browsers as a bookmarklet.[4]
Like Delicious (owned by AVOS), which is a social tool to share your bookmarks with the community, Google Bookmarks uses lists to share bookmarks with others, and the public.[5] Many websites will encourage bookmarking to Google Bookmarks through third party buttons on their sites, knowing that Google's search engine tracks these bookmarks and considers them significant when ranking public search results.[6]
[edit] Discontinuation
On December 19, 2011 Google will shut down the lists feature of Bookmarks, along with 6 other services. Google Bookmarks itself will continue to run as usual.[7]
[edit] References
- ^ Bookmarks Google help
- ^ Google Targets Del.icio.us by Michael Arrington in TechCrunch on October 11, 2005 (retrieved on January 20, 2011)
- ^ Official list of add-ons for Firefox
- ^ Alex Chitu, "Useful Google Bookmarklets", Google Operating System
- ^ Google Bookmarks Team, Google Bookmarks Lists
- ^ Eric Ward, "Google Personalized Search, Google Bookmarks & Link Building", Search Engine Land (Mar. 5, 2007).
- ^ "DailyTech - Google Axes 7 More Products/Initiatives in Fall Spring-Cleaning Effort". http://www.dailytech.com/Google+Axes+7+More+ProductsInitiatives+in+Fall+SpringCleaning+Effort/article23355.htm. Retrieved 2011-11-26.
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