Compare Chrome extensions: The Factual - News Evaluator vs gLinks

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User count 3,308+ 20,000+
Average rating 4.85 3.10
Rating count 34 235
Last updated 2023-09-22 2023-04-25
Size 3.41M 9.10K
Version 7.2.1 0.0.0.2
Short description
Get smarter about the news you read read urls, links and more
Full summary

Wondering if a news article you came across is worth your time? Is it well-researched? Is it too opinionated? Is it written by a reporter who is knowledgeable about the topic?

The Factual’s automatically evaluates how informative a news article is based on four factors:

  1. Diversity and extent of sources
  2. Level of opinionatedness
  3. Author expertise on topic
  4. Site's historical reputation.

The Factual’s grades are instantly displayed on any news article in your browser and even injected directly into your Facebook or Twitter feed.

Get the most informative stories on trending news topics at https://thefactual.com/news in your new tab (option to turn on/off).

FAQ: http://www.thefactual.com/static/extfaq.html

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With this extension, you can create and open *.url, *.webloc and *.glink files directly from your Google Drive. Keep your files and links/bookmarks all together in your Google Drive.


Update on August 2014: solves issues caused by Google's Picker API update.