[WEB4LIB] Re: Google AutoLink funnels users to Amazon

[Larry Campbell]

Doesn't Udell's LibraryLookUp bookmarklet do just the opposite already?

Larry Campbell
Librarian, Information Technology Services
UBC Library
Email: larry.campbell at ubc.ca
Telephone: 604.822.2076
http://www.library.ubc.ca


Ross Singer wrote:
> 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.
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> Thomas Dowling wrote:
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>>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".
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>>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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