{"id":2422,"date":"2009-09-23T22:30:46","date_gmt":"2009-09-23T22:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learningaloud.com\/blog\/?p=2422"},"modified":"2009-09-27T23:53:42","modified_gmt":"2009-09-27T23:53:42","slug":"sidewiki-from-google-cool-but-beyond-my-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/learningaloud.com\/blog\/2009\/09\/23\/sidewiki-from-google-cool-but-beyond-my-control\/","title":{"rendered":"Sidewiki from Google – Cool, but beyond my control"},"content":{"rendered":"

Google introduced a feature within the Google Toolbar that allows users to comment on web sites. Other Google users can then review these comments. In the image below, I have identified the toolbar (in the case added to Firefox) and a comment I added to my own web page. The service is called Sidewiki<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Here is the description from the official Google blog<\/a> and the NYTimes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Here is perhaps the most useful post I found on sidewiki (Danny Sullivan<\/a>).<\/p>\n

This idea is not exactly new and reminds me of some of the features of Diigo<\/a>. Most others have compared sidewiki to other services so perhaps they are seeing something different in this product.<\/p>\n

It is important to note that this service has already drawn criticism. Jeff Jarvis<\/a>, normally a Google advocate (What would Google do?), predicts this will generate criticism of Google. I think the issue is that I as creator of content cannot control whether this service is linked to me content or not. I might welcome the interaction and see this is easier than some other add-on (e.g, tinychat), but I might also prefer that others not add to what I offer and perhaps encourage links elsewhere. The point is I am not in control. Google offers other services based on the inclusion of a small bit of code within the HTML of a page, this approach might have solved the lack of control issue. (Follow-up post<\/a> from Jarvis)<\/p>\n

I did a Twitter search on sidewiki<\/a> and it has been a very hot topic today.<\/p>\n

BTW – the Google toolbar has other interesting capabilities. For example it, allows the translation of a page into other languages. Cindy is in Russia<\/a> at the moment. So, babe – see if someone can read this.<\/p>\n

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Google introduced a feature within the Google Toolbar that allows users to comment on web sites. Other Google users can then review these comments. In the image below, I have identified the toolbar (in the case added to Firefox) and a comment I added to my own web page. The service is called Sidewiki. Here … Continue reading Sidewiki from Google – Cool, but beyond my control<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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