I have a confession to make. I’ve been sucked into del.icio.us. Besides having a very clever domain name, it’s downright addictive. Start browsing, and there’s a constant flow of good websites and information, all peer-reviewed for popularity. What is del.icio.us? How does it work?They call themselves “social bookmarking.” Basically, you open a free account with them, use it to keep a list of public bookmarks, organize them by “tags” (keywords that describe the websites), and browse the del.icio.us community for more bookmarks to visit. What makes del.icio.us cool (and addictive)?The homepage lists the most recently added bookmarks. It also lists the most popular tags. Browse the tags for a category you’re interested in today, and you’ll immediately find something the greater web community proudly approves of. Want to keep browsing? Every bookmark entry lists how many other people also link to that website. Click on that number, and you get a list of those people. Continue navigating, and you find the other bookmarks of those like-minded people. It’s a web of website sharing. Check it out by viewing my current bookmarks and clicking around.How do they make their domain name like that? Here’s my theory: they thought ahead. It’s possible to buy domain names that end in *.us, because it stands for United States (there’s also *.uk, *.au, and so on available). They bought icio.us for their domain name. Then they added a subdomain (which comes before the domain name in the URL) and named it “del”. Thus: del.icio.us. I suspect more people will start doing this, now that all the good domains have been taken. Pretty neat, huh? Remember to set aside several hours to browse once you get started.Update: If browsing is more important than listing your own bookmarks, check this out: Spiderous. They display the most popular and most recently bookmarked links on del.icio.us, as well as on three other social bookmarking arenas.
Social Bookmarking – del.icio.us
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September 25th, 2005 at 5:39 am
Sounds like you love del.icio.us. There is a similar site http://www.blinklist.com that I thought you might like to check out. We just developed it and have lots of work to do but if you have the chance to check it out, would be great to hear your thoughts. Cheers, Mike
May 24th, 2010 at 9:37 pm
I am kind of new to social bookmarking but social bookmarks presents great resource when doing research.`”,
October 13th, 2010 at 1:45 pm
social bookmarking is also good for SEO and of course for remembering your favorite sites`–
December 22nd, 2010 at 1:40 pm
social bookmarking has been the trend in the last few years, Facebook really dominated Friendster, Myspace and others “‘,
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