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Google Introduces Stars As Bookmark Substitutes 
By: Doug Caverly 2010-03-08 When a site really, really matters to an individual, he or she usually gives it a dedicated space on a toolbar. People can bookmark things with little effort, too, and the human brain is even still used on occasion to store info. But for some reason, Google's decided to provide users with another option, and so now, search results can be starred.
A post on the Official Google Blog recently explained, "With stars, you can simply click the star marker on any search result or map and the next time you perform a search, that item will appear in a special list right at the top of your results when relevant." Need an example? The post continued, "That means if you star the official websites for your favorite football teams, you might see those results right at the top of your next search for -nfl-." And although, as hinted at earlier, this may seem redundant, there are perhaps a few situations in which the new stars will come in handy. After all, this will save professionals and students who regularly use different computers from having to worry about importing bookmarks or emailing themselves links; they can just sign into their Google Accounts, instead. It should be interesting to see if the new stars fare any better than their predecessor, SearchWiki. View All Articles by Doug Caverly About the Author: Doug is a staff writer for SearchNewz, WebProNews, InternetFinancialNews, and SecurityProNews. |
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