Chapter 126 Google Sidewiki

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Today i found out about another Google release, Google sidewiki.
It is a way for any visitor to a webpage to both find and contribute information through a browser sidebar.
I would think that anyone who has ever used Wikipedia will be familiar with the concept and this feature can become very useful although there are several concerns. I will use the text i myself published in a sidewiki on the subject that brings up two topics that are discussed on the net.
"The fact that the sidewiki moves content from the page in question whether it be a blog or any other kind to Google. The loss could potentially be devastating and as has also been discussed is the attractiveness of sidewiki for spammers."
These are questions that will need to answered and most likely will be very much debated and talked about as sidewiki sees more use.

So far Google Sidewiki requires Internet Explorer 6+ or Firefox 2+ and it's a feature of Google Toolbar. It does not yet work for Google Chrome funnily enough but work is underway to fix that strange oversight.

Here is view of something i published through Firefox on Chapter 125.



The sidebar can be collapsed or expanded and it is easy to see if the there is a sidewiki available on a specific webpage. It is very likely that we will find the feature more and more often in the near future as Google will ensure that entries on the same topic will be spread.

More detailed information on in my opinion a very interesting feature can be found here