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BrowsePal: When Link Sharing Isn’t Good Enough

August 19th, 2008 (11:00am) Mike Gunderloy No Comments

ScreenshotThere are plenty of ways to point other people at content on the web that you find useful or interesting: services like del.icio.us, email, instant messaging. But sometimes link sharing can get to be a nuisance. That’s where BrowsePal comes in: it’s a no-setup, no-cost co-browsing system.

Using BrowsePal is easy: navigate to their home page and click the “Co-browse” link, and then send the URL they give you in return to another user (or many other users). They support directly sending via email or Twitter, or you can cut and paste the link to your IM application of choice. Your friend opens that link in your browser, and voila, they see your BrowsePal session and can follow along.

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