Evernote Site Memory on Techinch

Have you ever read an article online that you’d like to make sure you remember?  Several months ago I wrote about how the Evernote Chrome addon with Site Memory had entirely changed how I use Evernote.  In fact, now I use Evernote as the primary way I bookmark sites, since I can tag the bookmarks, include clips from the page, and easily find all my favorite pages in one site.  The only problem is, the Chrome web clipper only works in Chrome, so if you’re browsing the ‘net on friend’s computer or at a library you might not be able to use it.

Last week, Evernote made it easier again to clip content from the internet with the new Evernote Site Memory button.  This is a new button that web publishers can add to their pages to let readers easily clip their content.  Techinch was one of the first sites to integrate the new Evernote button, so now you can easily save any article you read here to your Evernote notebook.

Here’s how it works.  Say you read our article on student discounts on Office 2010, and wanted to make sure to not lose the info.  So, scroll to the bottom of the article, and click the Remember button with the elephant icon.

This will open the Evernote web clipper in a smaller popup window.  If you’re not already signed into Evernote, enter your username and password, and click Sign in.  Alternately, if you’ve never used Evernote before, click Sign up now and create a new account.

Now, you can edit the title of the note, add tags, select the notebook you wish to store this note in, and add a text note of your own.

When adding tags to web clips, you’ll be able to quickly select from tags you’ve already used as you start typing.

Once you’re finished adding the info you want, click Clip.  Evernote will then prepare the note, which may take a few moments, depending on the size of the page you clipped.

You’ll then see a small preview of the note in the window.  You can now just close the window and go back to browsing, or you can choose to view the note in Evernote online.  Your note will automatically be synced to any devices you use Evernote on, so you could alternately check your favorite Evernote app.

Here’s the note in Evernote web.  Note that it included all the content from the article, including images and links, so you can now find the info you needed quicker than ever.  You can also click Go to source to look the page back up.

Now, let’s say you came across our review of Evernote Essentials, and wanted to save it as well.  Just click the Remember button as before.  This time, you’ll notice a button on the bottom of the web clipper that says Clips from Techinch.com.

Click this to see all the notes you’ve clipped from Techinch.  Now you can easily go to the other pages you’ve clipped, or open the notes about them in Evernote.

You’ll see the same Site Memory in the Chrome Web clipper, so this will keep all of your notes and clips available whether you’re at home or in an internet café on the other side of the globe, using your laptop, a public computer, or your smartphone!

If you’re running your own website and would like to integrate Evernote into your articles, check out the Evernote button builder as well as their detailed instructions for integrating the button with WordPress and Tumblr sites.  If you run into a problem adding it to your site, leave a comment below and I’ll try to help you get it working!  Or, if you’ve already added it to your site, leave the link below so we can check it out!

And don’t forget … whenever you want to remember an article you read on Techinch, click the Remember button at the bottom.  Feel free to tweet or Like the article on Facebook, too!

Happy Clipping!

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