Collecting the web :: annotations webclips and bookmarking

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Collecting the web - bookmarking annotations webclipping

Collect content from the web, organize it, highlight it, share it  , blog it... This trail is about all kind of apps & webservices dealing with web annotations, webclipping, highlighting and annotating web content.. Its about webservices offering more than saving an plain bookmark. Examples of theese "extras "  can be - functions for saving articles, clips of webpages, pictures.

I hope this trail could help me gather more information about useful webservices in this area and at the same time spread info about the services I like and You like.

I have similar threads/bundles/groups on some other webservices I test out.These are:

Web annotations and collections  -Agglom


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Blue Organizer. The Basics
BlueOrganizer helps you save and organize your favorite books, movies, music, and more by clicking on the BlueOrganizer button on your toolbar. You can later access these things by opening up the My Things sidebar. Simply start typing to find the object you are looking for. Use options to change sidebar to a compact mode.
New In This Release
  • You can now assign a category to any of your favorite pages, even if BlueOrganizer doesn't recognize it.
  • Search using natural language: Type author is McCarthy to find books by this author.
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Clipping via bookmarklet service Snipd launches

Snipd, a Web clippings service we profiled in September, has just opened up to everyone. Its claim to fame is that it lets you clip bits of the Web including text, images, and videos, all without having to download any software or register for an account. The first time you use it via its tiny bookmarklet, it simply creates an account for you, which can be claimed later on.

One of the things that separates it from something like Evernote, is that your snippings can be found in a public directory--at least by default. It fully supports keeping items private, which you can change later on. However, you're encouraged to publicly share things for the social element. Just like FriendFeed people can follow you and track your latest additions in a chronological flow, complete with comments and favorites.

Besides its utility as a social-clipping tool, Snipd lets you mark whatever page you're on for reading later. This emulates some of the versatility of the popular Firefox Extension Read It Later (which updated this morning). However, in Snipd's case, you get e-mailed the entire page.

Snipd's real threat still comes from Evernote and FriendFeed. Evernote has a product that lets you clip standard bits of the Web while offering a viable alternative to paid word processing applications. Meanwhile, FriendFeed brings a large team of developers (including ex-Googlers), which results in a rapid release cycle. It also offers a stream of content that flows even when users are not implicitly using it. To get past these two the best thing Snipd can do is offer better tools to make Web clippings that more engaging to make and read.

See also: Yoono, Clipmarks, JetEye, and Diigo

Snipd lets you clip bits and pieces of a site to share the parts you want.

(Credit: CNET Networks)

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