Comments on: Google Sidewiki – Why I am Already Hating it?

By: Steve Yu

Steve Yu — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 08:30:11 +0000

I never install Google Toolbar on either Firefox or IE. So I will just skip on Google Sidewiki.

By: website builder

website builder — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 01:10:07 +0000

Yeah… Who really needs another toolbar? Not me.

By: Atul

Atul — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 07:27:31 +0000

Installing toolbars make browsers heavy..Me hate this. But as baskar commented, it can increase some traffic too.
If u have gud configuration, u can take risk of making the browser some heavy but at low configurations, it can produce a negative effect too

By: Ajith

Ajith — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 00:17:37 +0000

I have not upgraded my G toolbar yet. However, I would stay away from making comments on pages which probably helps only Google and not the readers They have an additional data point that is it!

As for comments on SERPs, I like the existing feature and use (though rarely)

By: สาวญี่ปุ่น

สาวญี่ปุ่น — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 06:25:47 +0000

I don’t want to install Google Sidewiki anyway.
My IE have a lot toolbar and I dont want to use google sidewiki.
Simple is the best. I Think.

By: Raju

Raju — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 03:01:31 +0000

It is becoming more and more obvious for me Evan. I can see a clear divide between webmasters and non-webmasters.

By: Raju

Raju — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 03:00:35 +0000

First of all, I really appreciate and thank you for deciding to leave a comment. It is definitely useful against those sites which doesn’t encourage free speech and free views and try to streamline the comments, but not for blogs like mine. Google sidewiki just doesn’t differentiate between sites.
As a web master I would like to see and respond to ALL the comments I get to my article, but now I am forced to look at 2 places. Firefox being my primary browser, I am forced to install a new toolbar. Centralization of comments is lost.
As for the traffic, it is no different that coming from the comments section of a blog.

By: baskar

baskar — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 01:28:39 +0000

I am just an ordinary reader- i am not technically qualified to comment on what I read at many places, so I don’t usually make any comment, even when I want to say that I liked some part of it.

Google sidewiki helps me say something without feeling hesitant about it. It is like shouting from the sideline.

People always have the option of not looking at the sidewiki.

I think you will find that more people come into your site through sidewiki- for instance, I did. And you will get more people engaging with your blog.

Wish you well.

Baskar

By: Raju

Raju — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 23:58:42 +0000

Single underlined words in blue are Text link ads which are common over the web. Its like bread and butter to many publishers. I apologize if it irritates you but can’t really take it off as I depend on the money I make out of it and more importantly many other users are fine with it.
As for posting the link in sidewiki, you are right. But it just proves how sidewiki can be misused by people. Atleast I posted something relevant and harmless, how about more dangerous ones?
I would love to see you back on my small blog.

By: Evan Kline

Evan Kline — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 23:56:53 +0000

I’m still making up my mind on this, but I too hate installing toolbars. Having my own blog as well, it is worrisome if Google becomes like a vampire, sucking all of the discussion off of pages.