AutoLink
AutoLink is a feature of the Google Toolbar. Users can convert
street addresses, ISBNs to links by clicking a button on Google Toolbar.
The links direct the users to Google Maps
for street addresses and Amazon.com for book information.
Since introduced in February 2005, there has been a lot of controversy
about this feature. Some webmasters expressed their concerns over
AutoLink feature claiming that Google had no rights to modify their
webpages or to direct the users to a commercial website (i.e. Amazon).
Google sceptics compare it with Microsoft's unpopular SmartTags, which
ultimately proved too controversial and were dropped.
References
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Google Toolbar Help
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Google Answers: Google Toolbar Autolink feature
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