Google Sidewiki - Pros and Cons

Google added one more feature to their basket, "Google Sidewiki". Google Sidewiki is a browser sidebar to put comments or annotate on web pages. All the annotations or comments are public and can be viewed by any user who has installed Google Sidewiki. Comments can be shared using twitter, Facebook or by mailing.

What I like

1. if you want to comment on a particular line on a page or a blog, rather than putting a comment after the post.
   
2. Comment on a page, where comments section is not available
   

What I hate

1. If you want to use Sidewiki, you have to install Google Toolbar. I felt like you are buying an apple tree just for an apple. Amit of Digital Inspiration explains how to install Sidewikiwithout Google Toolbar. Click here to read it.
   
2. Google tries to centralize the comments into their cloud. They are kind of taking comments on my blog to Google cloud.
   

What I don't understand

As I said earlier, Google centralizes the comments to their cloud, making me lose my control over the comments on my page. How can I moderate the SideWiki entries on my page? Should I go to Google and say this particular comment hurts my feeling or insults me?

Related Posts by Categories

Widget by Scrapur