Easy How-to’s: Give Google Notebook a Try!

Google Notebook is a tool which makes it easy to clip and organize online information.

When you’re browsing online Google Notebook makes it easy to clip and paste you’re your notebook.  You can even categorize them by vacation, business research, pet training, and recipes – whatever you want.

To get started you’ll want to get a Google account if you don’t already have one.  To do that simply visit Google and click on “Get Started.”  Note that if you already use Gmail, AdSense or AdWords then you already have a Google account.

You can also visit https://www.google.com/accounts/NewAccount to create a new account.

Once you have a Google account installing Notebook is easy. Just sign into your account.  At the top of the page you’ll see a whole host of Google applications, click on more and it’ll take you to a page where you can download myriad applications.  Find Notebook, click on it and follow the instructions to download the extension.

Next you’ll need to restart your browser.  You’ll see a little blue notebook icon in the bottom right hand corner of your browser window.  To use Notebook all you need to do is click on this icon and it’ll open a mini notebook.

As you browse if you see clippings or sites you want to add, right-click on the text, image or link and click “Note this” from the menu. You can also highlight text or images on any webpage, and click on the star button in your mini notebook.

You can also clip Google search results by clicking on the “Note this” link at the bottom of any search result.

If you want to add comments to the clipping, click the “Comment” option which is located below the new note.

You can organize, label, and name notebooks to make your information easy to access and easy to understand.  Imagine if your vacation notes were mixed up with your research notes for a project which were mixed up with your recipes.

You can export your notebooks into Google docs for collaboration, you can share your notebooks giving unilateral access or restricted access and you can access your notebook from many mobile phones.

Google Notebook is an effective and efficient tool to organize your online projects.  Whether you’re researching your internet competition, planning your next vacation or collecting craft projects Google Notebook can keep you organized and help you make the most of your time online.