Once I paste a short passage, Yahoo combs through its index to find the Web site it came from and adds a link to it in my notes. I can also manually add information from sites I find on my own, rather than through Yahoo's search. I can save them to my Yahoo account to continue research later. To access the links, all I had to do was hit 'View Notes' on the upper right corner of the search page.įrom there, I can delete irrelevant links or add notes next to each, by typing my own reminders or pasting highlights copied from the Web site. I didn't have to turn the feature on or do anything else. Yahoo Inc.'s new Search Pad tries to automate all that, which ends up being its chief advantage and its chief shortcoming.Īs I searched on Yahoo for free kayaking opportunities, Yahoo began remembering the links I clicked on and compiled them for me. I can see using them to keep track of summer events, hobbies, nutritional advice and more, replacing my clunky system of e-mailing myself tidbits or storing them on documents I'd never find later. And the collections are stored online and can be shared with friends. The programs also let you keep a copy of information in case it disappears from the original site. The Web-based note-taking services, on the other hand, let you zero in on specific passages and entries within a Web site. All they'll do is point you back to a previously visited Web site. Yahoo gets credit for introducing me to that concept with a new, automated service, though I ultimately found others that are more versatile and powerful - most notably, Evernote.īookmarks suddenly seem rudimentary. It's amazing I haven't discovered online note-taking until now.

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