Google Sidewiki

Logo of Google Sidewiki

Google Sidewiki is an online service from Google launched on September 23, 2009.[1] Google Sidewiki is an extension for web browser. You have Sidewiki for Internet Explorer and Firefox through Google Toolbar.[2] You have Sidewiki for Google Chrome browser through an add-on. You have Sidewiki for other browsers like Safari as a bookmarklet.[3] When you visit a website with Google Sidewiki you can press on Sidewiki button. It opens a window where you can read others' comments or write your own comments. The owner of the website can not stop you from doing this.[4][5]

References

  1. Help and learn from others as you browse the web: Google Sidewiki. Google. 23 September 2009. http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/09/help-and-learn-from-others-as-you.html. Retrieved 2009-09-23. 
  2. "Sidewiki". Retrieved 2010-07-29.
  3. "Sidewiki bookmarklet". 2010-03-30. Retrieved 2010-07-29.
  4. Andrew Keen. "Sidewiki: Google colonial sideswipe". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 2009-09-27. Retrieved 2009-12-12.
  5. "How do webmasters opt out of sidewiki?". Archived from the original on 2011-04-25. Retrieved 2009-12-12.