# Illuminating Website Markers The 'Awesome Highlighter' Lets You Draw on Websites Like Paper By Jordan M | Published 2011-01-26 | Tech Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/awesome-highlighter References: [zoomdoggle](http://zoomdoggle.com/2010/12/useful-the-awesome-highlighter/) & [awesomehighlighter](http://www.awesomehighlighter.com/) The 'Awesome Highlighter' is an [Internet surfing device](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/nocket) that has no reason to be ashamed of its self-effacing moniker. The ingenious tool allows users to [mark up important information on websites](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/pagetalk) in a format that can be shared with friends and colleagues. The user can [highlight right out of their browser](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/screvi) and then the Awesome Highlighter gives them a link which is a saved version of their changes. Almost any website can be highlighted in this way, which makes the Awesome Highlighter one of the greatest and easiest tools I never knew I was waiting for. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 1.3/10 - Popularity: 17% | Activity: 15% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 30% men, 70% women - Primary generations: Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: North America, Europe ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Tech](https://www.trendhunter.com/tech) > [Computers](https://www.trendhunter.com/computers) ## Key Themes ### Key Themes Behind This Trend - **Digital Website Annotation:** There is an opportunity for developers to create similar tools that enable users to annotate and share their notes on websites for educational, research, and collaborative purposes. - **Web Research Collaboration:** Developing tools that allow users to share their annotated web pages can enhance research collaboration and boost knowledge-sharing communities. - **Productivity Enhancement Tools:** Developing productivity enhancement tools for web research and information management can help users to skim and scan websites efficiently and get more value from their online activity. ### Where This Applies - **Productivity Software:** Companies in this industry can develop similar tools and marketing them to knowledge workers to enhance their productivity and information management activities. - **Education Technology:** Developing similar tools and marketing them to educators and learners for web research and note-taking activities can help to optimize online learning and studying experiences. - **Collaboration Tools:** Companies that develop collaboration tools for remote work, education or research can enhance their products by integrating similar website annotation and sharing functionalities. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Effortless Bookmarking Solutions](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/bookmarkerme.md) - [Digitized Browser-Based Notes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/sticky.md) - [Bookmark Management Tools](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/easymark1.md) - [Collaborative Web Annotation](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/web-annotation.md) - [Color-Coded Reading Tools](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/synhix.md) - [AI Video Summarizer](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/highlighter-by-augie.md) - [AI Web Annotations](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/ai-web-annotations.md) - [Intuitive Browsing Experiences](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/intuitive-browsing-experience.md) - [Video Annotation Tools](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/tubepen.md)