Collection of Google Bookmarklets

Asma Kaleem | 1,392 Views

Bookmarklets have always been a great help to Internet users who loves surfing or are always in search of something new and interesting. The small computer app provides one click functionality to a browser by performing wide range of functions such as data extraction or a search query. The combination of bookmarks and applets usually facilitates its users in installing a plug-in. Therefore, we have written a brief review on the list of bookmarks related to Google’s services where sizable portion of these bookmarks provides feature from Google Toolbar.

To get started, make sure that the Bookmark toolbar is available. Following are the list of some interesting Googling Bookmarks along with their links. Just copy, paste the JavaScript or marked it as a bookmark and you are on to enjoy it.

·Subscribe to a feed: You can subscribe to a feed using Google Reader. It would be a boon to IE users as it does not offer a proper way of handling feeds.

javascript:var%20b=document.body;if(b){void(z=document.createElement(’script’));void(z.src=’http://www.google.com/reader/ui/subscribe-bookmarklet.js’);void(b.appendChild(z));}else{location=’http://www.google.com/reader/view/feed/’+encodeURIComponent(location.href)}

· Translate a web page: Users can Translate their web pages or selected text in to any language. By selecting destination language, you can quickly have your compatible language text. While you can choose a specified language of translation here.

javascript:var%20t=((window.getSelection&&window.getSelection())||(document.getSelection&&document.getSelection())||(document.selection%20&&document.selection.createRange&&document.selection.createRange().text));var%20e=(document.charset||document.characterSet);if(t!=”){location.href=’http://translate.google.com/translate_t?text=’+t+’&hl=en&tbb=1&ie=’+e;}else{location.href=’http://translate.google.com/translate?u=’+escape(location.href)+’&hl=en&tbb=1&ie=’+e;};

· Google Notebook Bookmarklet: Its a light weighted Bookmarklet that does not need any kind of installation. Users can copy content to their Google Notebook by selecting text and hitting Google Notebook Bookmarklet.

javascript:(function(){var%20a=window,b=document,c=encodeURIComponent,d=a.open(”http://www.google.com/bookmarks/mark?op=edit&output=popup&bkmk=”+c(b.location)+”&title=”+c(b.title),”bkmk_popup”,”left=”+((a.screenX||a.screenLeft)+10)+”,top=”+((a.screenY||a.screenTop)+10)+”,height=420px,width=550px,resizable=1,alwaysRaised=1″);a.setTimeout(function(){d.focus()},300)})();

· Add event: Users can Add an event to a Google Calendar by typing in a description about an event or by selecting some text from a web page. The Bookmarklet will help users to create events instantly with a short cut without using any third party tool or software.

javascript:var%20s;if(window.getSelection){s=window.getSelection();}else{s=document.selection.createRange().text;}var%20t=prompt(’Please%20enter%20a%20description%20for%20the%20event’,s);if(t){void(window.open(encodeURI(’http://www.google.com/calendar/event?ctext=’+t+’&action=TEMPLATE&pprop=HowCreated%3AQUICKADD’),’gcal’));}else{void(s);}

· Google Map this: You can instantly get a Google Map for your URL.

javascript:d=”"+(window.getSelection?window.getSelection():document.getSelection?document.getSelection():document.selection.createRange().text);d=d.replace(/\r\n|\r|\n/g,”%20,”);if(!d)d=prompt(”Enter%20the%20address:”,%20″”);if(d!=null)location=”http://maps.google.com?q=”+escape(d).replace(/%20/g,”+”);void%200

· Google Cache: It loads the pages from a cache, making it possible for users to view his current page if the server is down or is generating an error.

javascript:void((function(){var%20a=location.href.replace(/^http%5C:%5C/%5C/(.*)$/,”$1″);location.href=”http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:”+escape(a);})())

· Google Definitions: Users can get an instant definition from Google by selecting a word or a expression from their web page.

javascript:d=”"+(window.getSelection?window.getSelection():document.getSelection?document.getSelection():document.selection.createRange().text);d=d.replace(/\r\n|\r|\n/g,”%20,”);if(!d)d=prompt(”Enter%20the%20words:”,%20″”);if(d!=null)location=”http://www.google.com/search?q=define:”+escape(d).replace(/%20/g,”+”);void(0);

· Blog links: The Bookmarklet displays all the related blogs that link to a current page.

javascript:w=window;d=document;var%20u;s=”;if%20(d.selection)%20%7Bs=d.selection.createRange().text;%7D%20else%20if%20(d.getSelection!=u)%20%7Bs=d.getSelection();%7D%20else%20if%20(w.getSelection!=u)%20%7Bs=’link%3A’+w.getSelection();%7D%20if%20(s.length%3C2)%7Bif(String(w.location).substring(0,6)==’about:’)%7Bs=prompt(’Google%20Blog%20Search%20for:’,s);%7Delse%7Bs=’link%3A’+w.location;%7D%7Dif%20(s!=null)%20w.location=’http%3A//blogsearch.google.com/blogsearch?q=’+escape(s);void(0);

· Web links: It shows the current page’s links from the entire web.

javascript:w=window;d=document;var%20u;s=”;if%20(d.selection)%20%7Bs=d.selection.createRange().text;%7D%20else%20if%20(d.getSelection!=u)%20%7Bs=d.getSelection();%7D%20else%20if%20(w.getSelection!=u)%20%7Bs=’link%3A’+w.getSelection();%7D%20if%20(s.length%3C2)%7Bif(String(w.location).substring(0,6)==’about:’)%7Bs=prompt(’Google%20Blog%20Search%20for:’,s);%7Delse%7Bs=’link%3A’+w.location;%7D%7Dif%20(s!=null)%20w.location=’http%3A//www.google.com/search?q=’+escape(s);void(0);

· Send text by SMS: Users can send text message to their love ones residing in USA by knowing a mobile carrier.

javascript:d=”"+(window.getSelection?window.getSelection():document.getSelection?document.getSelection():document.selection.createRange().text);d=d.replace(/\r\n|\r|\n/g,”%20,”);if(!d)d=prompt(”Enter%20the%20text:”,%20″”);if(d!=null)location=”http://www.google.com/sendtophone?gl=us&client=navclient-ff&text=”+escape(d).replace(/%20/g,”+”);void%200

We hope that the above mentioned Google bookmarklets will surely help you to boast your browsing experience.

These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.