Oh no, Google is killing Google Notebook
15 January, 2009 Posted by
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Google starts acting like a real business with bottom line focus. Today it announced to can some online services including Google Notebook, which is the tool I use extensively, especially its killer Firefox extension that allows me to bookmark, take note, etc..
Google Notebook blog indicates they has stopped develop the platform and still leave the service on for the time being. The blog also suggests alternative solutions such:
- SearchWiki – We recently launched a feature on Search that will let you re-rank, comment, and personalize your search results. This is useful when you’ve found some results on Google Search that were really perfect for your query. You can read about how to use SearchWiki in this blog post.
- Google Docs – If you’re trying to jot down some quick notes, or create a document that you can share with others, check out Google Docs.
- Tasks in Gmail – For a lightweight way to generate a todo list or keep track of things, we recently launched Tasks in Gmail Labs.
- Google Bookmarks – For a tool that can help you remember web pages that you liked and access them easily, take a look at Google Bookmarks. You can even add labels to your bookmarks to better organize and revisit them.
Unfortunately, I don’t think any of them can replace the convenience and simplicity of Google Notebook. I also heard that Evernote jumps on the occasion and will offer a way to migrate GG Notebook to their platform.
I think you’ll find Evernote does a splendid job in place of Google Notebooks. I quit using GN in favor of Evernote some time ago and have been quite happy with it. And according to a tweet from Evernote, they’re planning a way to migrate Google Notebooks into Evernote.
Not so great if you use a Mac, like I do, that hasn’t been upgraded to Leopard yet. No need to upgrade really, but programs like Evernote won’t work with Tiger.
I think killing google notebook was a mistake. I’m on that as much as gmail. i’m sure it wasn’t generating revenue; so i can understand modifying it to have ads which is fine… read my bookmarks and notes and place an add at the top or something. just one streaming add would at least keep it from being killed 100%… I sure as heck hope they announce a few weeks in advance if they do kill the whole thing i’ve got alot!!!! of data on there. i’m still holding out hope they keep it alive and re-open it later on.
I think killing google notebook was a mistake. I’m on that as much as gmail. i’m sure it wasn’t generating revenue; so i can understand modifying it to have ads which is fine… read my bookmarks and notes and place an add at the top or something. just one streaming add would at least keep it from being killed 100%… I sure as heck hope they announce a few weeks in advance if they do kill the whole thing i’ve got alot!!!! of data on there. i’m still holding out hope they keep it alive and re-open it later on.