Google Toolbar often distributed through product bundling with a primary download. Google Sidewiki was launched on September 23, 2009, allowing users to make comments, which are visible to the public, on any web page. Google uses ranking algorithms to determine comment relevancy and usefulness using criteria such as users voting up and down a comment and past contributions. Sidewiki is currently available for Internet Explorer and Firefox through Google Toolbar, the Google Chrome browser through an add-on, and for other browsers, like Safari, it is available as a bookmarklet. Web site owners cannot control Sidewiki comments, and there is currently no way
Web browser the browser. Virtually all URLs on the Web start with either "http:" or "https:" which means the browser will retrieve them with the Hypertext Transfer Protocol. In the case of "https:" the communication between the browser and the web server is encrypted for the purposes of security and privacy. Another URL prefix is "file:" which is used to display local files already stored on the user's device. Once a web page has been retrieved, the browser's rendering engine displays it on the user's device. This includes image and video formats supported by the browser. Web pages usually contain hyperlinks to