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CNET Editors' review
If you're one whose search results lead you to a Wikipedia page nine times out of ten, you would do well to install the Googlepedia extension for Firefox.
This free, terrifically easy add-on pulls the Wikipedia article most closely associated with your search term into the right half of the search results page. Modest controls let you expand, shrink, or hide the article. Clicking a link within the article feeds the term back into Google's search engine, and therefore back into Googlepedia's cycle of serving articles.
Googlepedia will undoubtedly save you time if a quick search is all you need. If you're one to submit to Wikipedia's siren call of never-ending knowledge, download at your own risk.
Publisher's Description
From James Hall:
Shows you a relevant Wikipedia article along with your search results. Clicking links in the article will trigger new Google searches, making it a very useful research tool.
Features include: Turns internal Wikipedia links into Google search links; Uses Google's I'm Feeling Lucky(tm) feature to find relevant articles; Links images directly to their full-sized versions; Removes Google AdWords; Can be expanded to take the full width of the page; Uses your local language Wikipedia based on the Google language; And hide button to disable Googlepedia.
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"Very nice to use"
Version: Googlepedia 0.5.5
Pros
I find this tool very good. It occasionally picks out the wrong article, but usually it is because there's no exact article by that name.
Cons
It picks teh wrong article about 10% of the time
Summary
I definitely recommend this addon.
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"Do what it promise but consume too much screen space"
Version: Googlepedia 0.5.1
Pros
Do what it promise
Cons
Take up too much screen. With even better if support pop up mode
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"Fast and simple. Saves a couple extra clicks."
Version: Googlepedia 0.5.1
Pros
Shows up directly in a google search on right side. Works great on Wide-screen monitor.
Cons
Nothing much that I can complain about!
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"the ultimate spy ware for spygle (google)"
Version: Googlepedia 0.5.5
Pros
None and the website is call wikipedia not googlepedia, give Wiki credit.
Cons
spygle (google) spy ware.
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