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Google's Note This Feature

I noticed over the weekend that a new link has been added to Google’s search results:

Google Note This Feature

Below each listing is a link to ‘Note This’. Clicking on the link opens an AJAX based dialogue in the foot of your window:

Google Note This Dialogue Window

The idea seems to be to allow users to save clips as you surf. After adding a site to my Notebook I can then review and search for content through an AJAX interface:

Google Notebook Interface

It seems that the product might not yet be ready for the big-time. I noticed that the notes I added from the SERPs did not include a hyperlink. Clicking on ‘javascript:void(0);’ opened a new window but without content.

Google also has a Firefox Plug-in available, and judging from the screen shots on the download page the title of each note should act as the link to that content:

Google Notebook Plugin

I wonder will Notepad become the latest play in Google’s ranking algorithm?

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About the author:
Richard Hearne is the founder of Red Cardinal, a dedicated search marketing consultancy. A frequent contributor to Google's Webmaster Group, Richard regularly advises clients on Internet marketing strategy and Search Engine optimisation campaigns. Richard's thoughts and research can be found on his search marketing blog.