| Features | Google Toolbar | Yahoo Toolbar |
|---|---|---|
| Bookmarks | Can't import/export bookmarks | Can't tag bookmarks. |
| Pop-up blocker | Works well (misses some pop-ups) | Blocks pop-ups even when it shouldn't. |
| Languages | Translate into English, word translation in many languages, spell checking | Simple translate button that links to a page on Yahoo. |
| Search | Custom search sources. PageRank. One click access to cache version, links to current page. | Search only Yahoo services, the list tends to be too big. |
| Send this page. | Email page, Blog page, SMS page. | Email page, IM page. |
| | Search mail, go to Gmail. | One-click access to Yahoo Mail, compose mails, check mails. Includes some promotional options for Yahoo Mail Plus. |
| Other services | Google doesn't promote too many services, it doesn't let you see your groups in a list, or your Google Talk contacts. | Yahoo adopts a simple strategy: take every service we got and create a button for it plus a list of important links for it. For example, News button includes the latest news. |
| Overall | Google Toolbar adoped account-integration from Yahoo, but it didn't extended too much. Google Toolbar remains a search toolbar, although the new features show that Yahoo Toolbar exhaustive aproach may become Google's approach soon. | Yahoo Toolbar default layout is too cluttered. You can make it simple and elegant if you choose Search Toolbar profile (developers wanted to create a Google-mode for their toolbar). |
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