Comments on: Helping Google Build a Better Bookmarking Tool http://www.wolf-howl.com/google/google-online-bookmarking/ Michael Gray rants on SEO the internet and media Sun, 25 Oct 2009 18:58:50 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: john http://www.wolf-howl.com/google/google-online-bookmarking/comment-page-1/#comment-67377 john Thu, 02 Apr 2009 12:03:57 +0000 http://www.wolf-howl.com/?p=2451#comment-67377 that's great i don't know what are u doing but i hope so u are are doing well work keep it up.....u store my link .......... that’s great i don’t know what are u doing but i hope so u are are doing well work
keep it up…..u store my link ……….

]]> By: CasinoEmeraldQueen http://www.wolf-howl.com/google/google-online-bookmarking/comment-page-1/#comment-67366 CasinoEmeraldQueen Wed, 01 Apr 2009 19:46:55 +0000 http://www.wolf-howl.com/?p=2451#comment-67366 good post good post

]]> By: Marc http://www.wolf-howl.com/google/google-online-bookmarking/comment-page-1/#comment-67335 Marc Tue, 31 Mar 2009 14:12:41 +0000 http://www.wolf-howl.com/?p=2451#comment-67335 Well they they must be using their current bookmarks system to assist with ranking page popularity otherwise they are missing out on priceless data. As for making a tool to better manage individual bookmarks, they may be moving all SERPs in this direction, but there is still a lot of work to do. I think the use of foxmarks and del.icio.us may be the best solution at the moment, but the nofollows in del.icio.us suck. their whole site is build off of content from other sites but they slap nofollows on the links, like the source is not credible, cause Google has made everyone afraid. if the source aint credible then dont link to it at all, or pull content from it... sorry for ranting :) Well they they must be using their current bookmarks system to assist with ranking page popularity otherwise they are missing out on priceless data. As for making a tool to better manage individual bookmarks, they may be moving all SERPs in this direction, but there is still a lot of work to do.

I think the use of foxmarks and del.icio.us may be the best solution at the moment, but the nofollows in del.icio.us suck. their whole site is build off of content from other sites but they slap nofollows on the links, like the source is not credible, cause Google has made everyone afraid. if the source aint credible then dont link to it at all, or pull content from it… sorry for ranting :)

]]> By: vasudeva http://www.wolf-howl.com/google/google-online-bookmarking/comment-page-1/#comment-67334 vasudeva Tue, 31 Mar 2009 12:36:33 +0000 http://www.wolf-howl.com/?p=2451#comment-67334 Something that's really key for me -- and I seem to be in the vast minority here -- is the keyword field. In firefox, you can assign a keyword to a bookmark, giving you a short string you can type in the browser's location bar that will load the corresponding bookmark. It's a huge timesaver. For example, [ALT+D] [w] [enter] loads up weather.com pointing to my zipcode, since I've got it bookmarked with a keyword of w. A lot of tools miss out on this. Surprisingly, Chrome doesn't, if you import bookmarks from Firefox. It doesn't display the keyword field anywhere, so you can't edit it, but it will actually preserve it and let you use it. Sadly, I can't say the same for any other bookmarking system I've tried. Something that’s really key for me — and I seem to be in the vast minority here — is the keyword field. In firefox, you can assign a keyword to a bookmark, giving you a short string you can type in the browser’s location bar that will load the corresponding bookmark. It’s a huge timesaver.

For example, [ALT+D] [w] [enter] loads up weather.com pointing to my zipcode, since I’ve got it bookmarked with a keyword of w.

A lot of tools miss out on this.

Surprisingly, Chrome doesn’t, if you import bookmarks from Firefox. It doesn’t display the keyword field anywhere, so you can’t edit it, but it will actually preserve it and let you use it.

Sadly, I can’t say the same for any other bookmarking system I’ve tried.

]]> By: Mike Papageorge http://www.wolf-howl.com/google/google-online-bookmarking/comment-page-1/#comment-67332 Mike Papageorge Tue, 31 Mar 2009 11:35:03 +0000 http://www.wolf-howl.com/?p=2451#comment-67332 This is interesting Michael, because I'm really at a crossroads with what to do to store my links. At the moment I have my own tool that I built locally with a javascript widget that allows me to quickly add links and important passages (thank you ctrl-hilight) to the system, tag etc, but the caching is a real issue. Tapping into Google's cache via their API may be an interesting answer. Anyways, the fact that I had to roll my own (can I say RMO?) outlines that I feel the need and you are correct, Google has all of the pieces. What I would not be interested in is browser lock-in though... Just to add to your wish list, could Google app engine not provide an offline 'backup' of this dream system? This would be nice for viewing stored links when internet is not around and also for avoiding data loss of magnolia proportions... This is interesting Michael, because I’m really at a crossroads with what to do to store my links. At the moment I have my own tool that I built locally with a javascript widget that allows me to quickly add links and important passages (thank you ctrl-hilight) to the system, tag etc, but the caching is a real issue. Tapping into Google’s cache via their API may be an interesting answer.

Anyways, the fact that I had to roll my own (can I say RMO?) outlines that I feel the need and you are correct, Google has all of the pieces. What I would not be interested in is browser lock-in though…

Just to add to your wish list, could Google app engine not provide an offline ‘backup’ of this dream system? This would be nice for viewing stored links when internet is not around and also for avoiding data loss of magnolia proportions…

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