This week’s Web 2.0 Weekly is taking a look at a very simple, yet incredibly handy tool, The Awesome Highlighter.  The Awesome Highlighter puts a Web 2.0 spin that old favorite, the yellow highlighter.  While sharing information from the Web with others, I have often wanted the ability to call their attention to a particular section of text or to leave my own notes for them.  Awesome Highlighter lets you do just that.

Strengths:

• Multiple colors
• Can add notes
• Easily share pages with others
• Free account lets you save your highlighted pages for later

Weaknesses:

• The user interface is a little tricky to use at times
• The commands for sharing a saved page were hard to find (they are under the “Summary” link)

The Awesome Highlighter is of use for anyone who wants to markup information on a given webpage to share with others.  It would also be useful for someone writing a report to highlight relevant information on a page.

The Awesome Highlighter is free to use and can be used without an account.  The free user account allows you to save your highlighted pages for later use.  There is even a Firefox browser plugin to allow you to highlight pages without visiting the Awesome Highlighter site.

To use The Awesome Highlighter, you will need a modern web browser.