Google Bookmarks shall be shut down completely on September 30. A banner has been put up on the Google Bookmarks web site that mentions that the service will not be supported by Google after the talked about date. The service has not been utilized by many customers because it was launched in 2005. Notably, Google additionally talked about that customers’ browser bookmarks and starred areas on Google Maps is not going to be affected by the shutdown on Google Bookmarks. These bookmarks might be saved externally if required.
The discontinuation of the Google Bookmarks service was noticed by Killed by Google and shared on Twitter. When visiting the bookmarking web site, Google shows a message stating “After September thirtieth 2021, Google Bookmarks will not be supported.” It additionally mentions that customers can save their bookmarks by clicking on “Export bookmarks.” Head here to see when you have any bookmarks saved.
The Google Bookmarks service was fairly superior for when it was launched in 2005. It offered a cloud storage service for customers to avoid wasting their bookmarks together with annotating options – notes and labels – that helps in looking out and sorting information saved on the web site. Moreover, there was additionally a JavaScript-powered bookmarklet that permit customers shortly and simply save bookmarks from a browser.
If customers discover a ton of information on the Google Bookmarks web site that they did not save, it’s seemingly that the information was saved by a Maps app. Additionally it is seemingly that Google could have been synchronising or could also be partially storing Google Maps information onto the web site. Notably, solely the starred areas from Google Maps have been saved on the web site.
Additionally it is price noting that customers’ Maps information is not going to be misplaced as a Google spokesperson confirmed that “Starred Areas in Google Maps aren’t going anyplace. Your entire starred locations stay intact, and you may nonetheless be capable to save locations to an inventory similar to you at all times have.”
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