Google Sidewiki - good or baaaaaab?

(This was posted 7 months, 2 weeks, 6 days, 20 hours, 50 minutes's ago.)

Clearly I’m not one to moan about the wonderful Google but I have to say that I find the latest Google gadget to be a little annoying...

Google Sidewiki...

In Googles words ‘Google Sidewiki is a browser sidebar that lets you contribute and read information alongside any web page’.

I think that in reality is another way of adding a popup to my screen when I load a new website or page.

I have to think about the idea that this will at some point be used for advertising, something along the lines of associated website adds being shown based on comments or content!

Then there is people abusing the system, what if I was to go onto my #1 competitors site and comment that they are not worth a light – will that comment be shown when browsers to their site visit? Now I’m not a nasty man but what if my competitors are? Could they leave messages for my visitors to see? 

At the heart of it I think the idea is a good one, my problem is thinking about how it is going to be abused by Google and other web users.