[WEB4LIB] Google AutoLink funnels users to Amazon

[Ross Singer]

Hey, I'm currently adding functionality in WAG the Dog to do /just the 
opposite/.

I guess I need to make it into a toolbar, now.

Thomas Dowling wrote:

>With the Web4Lib subscriber list hosed over the last couple days, I'm
>sure a lot of people already saw this and just couldn't share with the list.
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>The beta version of Google Toolbar 3
>(<http://toolbar.google.com/T3/index> - still IE-only) includes a
>feature called AutoLink.  AutoLink scans pages for addresses and offers
>a link in the toolbar to Google Maps.  It also looks for Vehicle ID
>numbers and shipping numbers from the USPS, UPS, et al.  It also looks
>for ISBNs and provides what appears to be a hardwired link to
>Amazon.com, labelled "Show Book Info".
>
>So in your catalog, OpenURL resolver, A&I databases, online syllabi,
>etc.(also, of course, book pages at barnesandnoble.com and other book
>retailers) -- wherever there's an ISBN, the toolbar will prominently
>offer to escort users away from your pages and over to Amazon.
>
>Cheers.
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