{"id":3408,"date":"2012-04-30T01:33:11","date_gmt":"2012-04-30T01:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learningaloud.com\/blog\/?p=3408"},"modified":"2015-12-01T21:31:58","modified_gmt":"2015-12-01T21:31:58","slug":"marker-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/learningaloud.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/30\/marker-to\/","title":{"rendered":"Marker.to"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you write much, you likely read a lot. If you read to write, you also likely have explored many systems for taking notes, highlighting, and other systems for &#8220;boiling down&#8221; your research into the ideas that you then build back up into the content you offer others. (In case this is the topic that interests you, <a href=\"http:\/\/gettingsmart.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/digital-annotation-don\u2019t-just-own-a-book-possess-it\/\">try this<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This is not about my use of such tools. This post was <a href=\"http:\/\/thenextweb.com\/apps\/2011\/10\/07\/marker-to-lets-you-highlight-annotate-and-share-on-the-web\/\">prompted by a post I read<\/a> that commented on ways to offer what you highlight to others. The post focuses on a Chrome extension (there are extensions available for other browsers), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marker.to\/\">Marker.to<\/a>, that allows highlighting and offers a link so you can share the page you highlighted complete with your marks to others. I can probably offer you half a dozen ways to do this, but what I like about this approach is that it does not capture the content from the original site. As a content creator, I hope individuals come to my site. I do not want a service to take content from my site and then provide it to others.<\/p>\n<p>When you install the Chrome extension, a new tool will appear near the top right-hand corner of your browser.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/learningaloud.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/chrometooloc.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3409\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/learningaloud.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/30\/marker-to\/chrometooloc\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/learningaloud.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/chrometooloc.png\" data-orig-size=\"253,58\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"chrometooloc\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/learningaloud.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/chrometooloc.png\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3409\" title=\"chrometooloc\" src=\"http:\/\/learningaloud.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/chrometooloc.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"253\" height=\"58\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This tool (the highlighter) allows you to highlight and opens a dialog box that offers a URL that you can offer so others can view the highlights you have added.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/learningaloud.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/highlightedpage.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3410\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/learningaloud.com\/blog\/2012\/04\/30\/marker-to\/highlightedpage\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/learningaloud.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/highlightedpage.png\" data-orig-size=\"360,255\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"highlightedpage\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/learningaloud.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/highlightedpage.png\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3410\" title=\"highlightedpage\" src=\"http:\/\/learningaloud.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/highlightedpage.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"255\" srcset=\"https:\/\/learningaloud.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/highlightedpage.png 360w, https:\/\/learningaloud.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/highlightedpage-300x212.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The URL (here is a sample &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marker.to\/YX4mLT\">http:\/\/www.marker.to\/YX4mLT<\/a>) can be added to content you create to take your readers to the content you have highlighted.<\/p>\n<p>When I find a tool I like, I always wonder how the creators will receive compensation. I must admit I am often a little concerned. Will the company go away or sell out? Is there something I am missing? 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