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Use Google Sidewiki without the Google Toolbar

Google Sidewiki is a new browser sidebar from Google that lets users annotate or put comments on any web page on the Internet. These comments (Google calls them sidewiki entries) are public and therefore other Google Toolbar users visiting that web page may also read your comments.

For instance, Dan ...

Sidewiki: some journalistic questions for Google

Sidewiki (noun): a browser sidebar that enables you to contribute and read helpful information alongside any web page (source: Google.com)

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Sidewiki (noun): an attempt by our online colonial masters to own all of the comments on our websites (source: Andrew Keen)

On this occasion Jeff Jarvi ...

Google Releases Sidewiki API - a Programmable Commenting System for the Web

Earlier today Google announced the release of Sidewiki, a universal web page commenting system that allows anyone with the Google Toolbar to add comments and feedback on any web page. The web is abuzz with the news. The video included below gives a good overview of how Sidewiki works. ...

Google Sidewiki plants Google’s weight behind Web markup

It’s an idea that’s been done before: Let people write notes about websites they visit, and then share those notes with others. Diigo has been doing it for years.

Google Sidewiki  is different — it has the world’s biggest brand behind it. People who’ve never heard of Diigo will give Googl ...