Monday, January 30, 2006
» Google Adds Personalization to Toolbar Upgrade : Search Engine Journal:
"Google went live tonight with version 4 of its toolbar for IE (Firefox version coming soon I’m told). You can take a look at the laundry list of features and upgrades here.
Worth noting from my point of view are the following:
* Bookmarks (the ability to add any page or custom search to the toolbar; it’s the return of bookmarks to a degree)
* Custom buttons (Google has created a bunch of custom buttons and an API to allow third parties to create them [a la “widgets'])
* Send to (ability to share Web sites through email, SMS or publish on blogger). Yahoo! currently offers a comparable feature
* Account sign-in (from the toolbar; creates another incentive to sign up for an account/Gmail)
Google also enables users to put Local, Froogle, Image Search, Video, News and Gmail (as mentioned) into the toolbar. Will this impact usage of these services? It could well boost their visibility and, ultimately, their usage..."
Also see: "Google Gets Social" http://battellemedia.com/archives/002279.php
"Google went live tonight with version 4 of its toolbar for IE (Firefox version coming soon I’m told). You can take a look at the laundry list of features and upgrades here.
Worth noting from my point of view are the following:
* Bookmarks (the ability to add any page or custom search to the toolbar; it’s the return of bookmarks to a degree)
* Custom buttons (Google has created a bunch of custom buttons and an API to allow third parties to create them [a la “widgets'])
* Send to (ability to share Web sites through email, SMS or publish on blogger). Yahoo! currently offers a comparable feature
* Account sign-in (from the toolbar; creates another incentive to sign up for an account/Gmail)
Google also enables users to put Local, Froogle, Image Search, Video, News and Gmail (as mentioned) into the toolbar. Will this impact usage of these services? It could well boost their visibility and, ultimately, their usage..."
Also see: "Google Gets Social" http://battellemedia.com/archives/002279.php
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