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Del.icio.us Bookmarks

By , About.com Guide   June 28, 2005

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First of all, have you checked out del.icio.us? Simply put:
"del.icio.us is a social bookmarks manager. It allows you to easily add sites you like to your personal collection of links, to categorize those sites with keywords, and to share your collection not only between your own browsers and machines, but also with others.

When you find a web page you'd like to add to your list, you simply select the del.icio.us bookmarklet, and you'll be prompted for a information about the page. You can add descriptive terms to group similar links together, modify the title of the page, and add extended notes for yourself or for others. You can access your list of links from any web browser."About Del.icio.us

What this boils down to for me is I get to see what sites are getting good word of mouth on the Web, what's most popular, what's interesting, or what's just fun. I check my del.icio.us bookmarks every day, and I constantly am bookmarking new sites as I come across them with the handy toolbar bookmarklet tool.
  1. Sign up, give it a try. Think of a good user name that you won't forget, like HappySquirrel or BananaPhone. Be creative.
  2. Install the bookmarklet (it's a popup).
  3. "Tag" sites. How do you tag sites? Simply put in a series of keywords that you feel best describes the site that you're at. For instance, some good tags that would describe this site would be:
    web searchengine searchengineoptimization technology internet
  4. How do you get back to your bookmarks? Simple. Go to "http://del.icio.us/username", and replace "username" with the name you've chosen.
Comments
May 13, 2007 at 7:13 pm
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January 11, 2010 at 4:54 am
(5) plexasys says:

When I start my carrier in social media.we are help full to know about the information.As of my knowledge Del.icio.us is the best of social book mark.
Thank you.

September 21, 2010 at 8:40 am
(6) typinto says:

I think it’s wonderful that you can bookmark your favorite sites,at de.icio.us I found extraordinary websites there , one of the best for Portugal Artist Cristina Canas, http://www.cc-finearts.com/ .she’s extraordinary, I heard she’s dating soccer superstar Cristiano Ronaldo.

September 23, 2010 at 11:30 am
(7) Terah Logan says:

Great article. You bookmarks also get indexed right away in yahoo!

December 20, 2010 at 9:52 pm
(8) matt says:

they are shutting it down, is this true?

February 8, 2011 at 9:43 pm
(9) rhyan says:

it is all about trends news and updates

March 9, 2011 at 4:38 pm
(10) Ron Derven says:

This is really good information. You have done an excellent job of research and writing.

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April 15, 2011 at 1:04 am
(11) Linden says:

I started my staffing company site in november last year. I been reading a few articles about the topic social bookmarking. Is it an effective form of marketing? How would it help our site? I must say that your article is very well organized and well written. It makes me want to consider joining.

June 23, 2011 at 9:16 am
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October 12, 2011 at 1:25 pm
(13) Dentist of Chattanooga says:

Great information. I wonder how social bookmarking sites will impact the dental industry.

December 22, 2011 at 3:13 pm
(14) HTC Wildfire Apps says:

Very good article thanks !!

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