Adding link stuff to the blogging goodness via Snap (SnapShots) or AdaptiveBlue is something I’ve been noticing more and more on web sites. With Snap in particular - I can’t say I’m sold on the idea, though it does increase the usability of your content, it still just seems like a pain in the ass when accidentally scrolled over and OH!… browser lags while it loads the div with the info… But still, these dandy tools are indeed… handy at times. So… if you use’m, use them sparingly.

Snap is pretty damn slick, they integrate YouTube, Wikipedia, flickr, The Google, Amazon and Myspace into their content window when you hover over a SnapShot marked link. As you can expect, these links are related to the whatever it is specified, so - yes - increased usability and qualified information of your content. Neat idea, huh?

Same thing with AdaptiveBlue’s SmartLinks. Now, just the simple fact that I have to actually click on the box to see the SmartLinks div instead of hovering over the icon for Snap, makes SmartLinks my favorite of these two link tools, so far. It does seem to be more specialized content, media-based, or specific types of information, but I could be wrong. I’ve chosen to play with AdaptiveBlue’s SmartLinks over snap in the near future out of preference for how it acts.

In general, it would seem that a very giving person is the type of blogger/site owner that would have these on their site. It is extremely informative, that much is certain, and it is nice to give your viewers even more reason to web 2.0 surf their way across the Internet… so perhaps this will show up on here sooner than later.