Collaborating on Searches

With the rise of web 2.0 and social networks this year I predict 2009 will be the year where collaboration of searching online really takes off.

ReFrame It is a browser plugin that lets users highlight text on websites and add notes in the sidebar. The highlights and notes can then be shared with friends.

Search Together from Microsoft is a plugin for Internet Explorer that lets users share websites with notes. It seems very similar to AIM. There doesn't seem to be any feature where users can highlight specific text on each individual website.

Google's Search Wiki lets users promote or remove search results. Users can also apply notes to search results and add any websites Google may have missed. You can even see other people's results for the same search. I think the Search Wiki has the potential to become a lot more collaborative in the future.