Google Bookmarks
Encyclopedia
Google Bookmarks is a free online bookmark storage service, available to Google Account
holders. It was launched on October 10, 2005. Google Bookmarks allows users to bookmark favorite website
s and add labels or tags
, and also notes.
Users can access their bookmarks from any computer by signing in to their Gmail
account. The bookmarks are searchable, and searches are performed on the full text of the bookmarked pages, not just the labels and notes.
Google toolbar
has tools enabling a user to easily create bookmarks and quickly access them. Bookmarks can also be created manually from the web interface, or by use of third-party tools such as Firefox extensions created for the purpose of managing the user's Google Bookmarks account and keeping them synchronized to the browser's bookmarks.
A simple javascript function labeled Google Bookmark is created on the Firefox Bookmarks Toolbar, which opens a window to save the bookmark to the Google Bookmarks. This same function can be imported into other browsers as a bookmarklet
.
Like Delicious (owned by AVOS
), which is a social tool to share your bookmarks with the community, Google Bookmarks uses lists to share bookmarks with others, and the public. Many websites will encourage bookmarking to Google Bookmarks through third party buttons on their sites, knowing that Google's search engine tracks these bookmarks and considers them significant when ranking public search results.
Google Account
A Google Account is a user account that provides access to Google-owned services such as Blogger, YouTube, and Google Groups. A Google Account can be identified either by the username or by their unique permanent ID...
holders. It was launched on October 10, 2005. Google Bookmarks allows users to bookmark favorite website
Website
A website, also written as Web site, web site, or simply site, is a collection of related web pages containing images, videos or other digital assets. A website is hosted on at least one web server, accessible via a network such as the Internet or a private local area network through an Internet...
s and add labels or tags
Tag (metadata)
In online computer systems terminology, a tag is a non-hierarchical keyword or term assigned to a piece of information . This kind of metadata helps describe an item and allows it to be found again by browsing or searching...
, and also notes.
Users can access their bookmarks from any computer by signing in to their Gmail
Gmail
Gmail is a free, advertising-supported email service provided by Google. Users may access Gmail as secure webmail, as well via POP3 or IMAP protocols. Gmail was launched as an invitation-only beta release on April 1, 2004 and it became available to the general public on February 7, 2007, though...
account. The bookmarks are searchable, and searches are performed on the full text of the bookmarked pages, not just the labels and notes.
Google toolbar
Google Toolbar
Google Toolbar is an Internet browser toolbar only available for Internet Explorer and Firefox .-Google Toolbar 1.0 December 11, 2000:New features:*Direct access to the Google search functionality from any web page*Web Site search...
has tools enabling a user to easily create bookmarks and quickly access them. Bookmarks can also be created manually from the web interface, or by use of third-party tools such as Firefox extensions created for the purpose of managing the user's Google Bookmarks account and keeping them synchronized to the browser's bookmarks.
A simple javascript function labeled Google Bookmark is created on the Firefox Bookmarks Toolbar, which opens a window to save the bookmark to the Google Bookmarks. This same function can be imported into other browsers as a bookmarklet
Bookmarklet
A bookmarklet is Unobtrusive JavaScript stored as the URL of a bookmark in a web browser or as a hyperlink on a web page. The term is a portmanteau of the terms bookmark and applet, however, an applet is not to be confused with a bookmarklet just as JavaScript is not to be confused with Java...
.
Like Delicious (owned by AVOS
Avos
Avos may refer to:* Avos is a shortening of Pirkei Avos, a tractate of the Jewish Talmud* Avos, the name of a ship in an expedition by Nikolai Rezanov which became a basis for the 1978 Russian rock opera Juno and Avos** Juno and Avos...
), which is a social tool to share your bookmarks with the community, Google Bookmarks uses lists to share bookmarks with others, and the public. Many websites will encourage bookmarking to Google Bookmarks through third party buttons on their sites, knowing that Google's search engine tracks these bookmarks and considers them significant when ranking public search results.