By, Looja Tuladhar Social Bookmarking

Introduction: Definition: Social bookmarking is a way of storing and c lassifying Internet bookmarks, meant to help Internet users find other sites they might be interested in . Social bookmarking is a method for Internet users to store, organize, search, and manage bookmarks of web pages on the Internet (Wikipedia).

Definition:

Social bookmarking is a way of storing and c lassifying

Internet bookmarks, meant to help Internet users find other

sites they might be interested in .

Social bookmarking is a method for Internet users to store,

organize, search, and manage bookmarks of web pages on

the Internet (Wikipedia).

History The concept of social bookmarking dates back to April 1996 when tList.com was launched. Followed by web sites like Backflip, Blink, Clip2, Hotlink and Quiver . The new era begins in 2005-2006. The first wave : del.icio.us, Furl and Simpy The second wave Diigo, Netvouz, Ma.gnolia and Stumble Upon.

The concept of social bookmarking dates back to April 1996 when tList.com was launched.

Followed by web sites like Backflip, Blink, Clip2, Hotlink and Quiver .

The new era begins in 2005-2006.

The first wave : del.icio.us, Furl and Simpy

The second wave Diigo, Netvouz, Ma.gnolia and Stumble Upon.

List of Popular Bookmarking Software Blue Dot BookmarkSync del.icio.us CiteULike Connotea Digg Diigo Furl GiveALink.org Ma.gnolia My Web Mixx Newsvine Propeller.com Linkwad Reddit Simpy SiteBar StumbleUpon

Blue Dot

BookmarkSync

del.icio.us

CiteULike

Connotea

Digg

Diigo

Furl

GiveALink.org

Ma.gnolia

My Web

Mixx

Newsvine

Propeller.com

Linkwad

Reddit

Simpy

SiteBar

StumbleUpon

Uses of Social Bookmarking: Track all the interesting sites you find Network with other people having same interest around the world. Organize web references for research Contact other people for professional networking based on their social book mark.

Track all the interesting sites you find

Network with other people having same interest around the world.

Organize web references for research

Contact other people for professional networking based on their social book mark.

Advantage and Disadvantage of Social Bookmarking Advantages Disadvantages Can rank a resource by how many users have bookmarked it letting users know how many others have found it useful. Provides an easy way to share bookmarks with your contacts Can be better than search engines because all tag-based classification of web sites is done by humans who understand the content as oppose to software. No standard set of key words. Some tags can be unclear or have multiple meanings No mechanism to indicate hierarchical relationships between tags.

Advantages

Disadvantages

Can rank a resource by how many users have bookmarked it letting users know how many others have found it useful.

Provides an easy way to share bookmarks with your contacts

Can be better than search engines because all tag-based classification of web sites is done by humans who understand the content as oppose to software.

No standard set of key words.

Some tags can be unclear or have multiple meanings

No mechanism to indicate hierarchical relationships between tags.

Popular Bookmarking websites Stumbleupon http://www.stumbleupon.com/ Del.icio.us http://del.icio.us/ Digg http://digg.com/

Stumbleupon

http://www.stumbleupon.com/

Del.icio.us

http://del.icio.us/

Digg

http://digg.com/

The most popular bookmark websites. According to the www.problogger.net StumbleUpon –is the Most Popular Social Bookmarking Site. StumbleUpon 31% Delicious 21% Digg 19%

According to the www.problogger.net

StumbleUpon –is the Most Popular Social Bookmarking Site.

References: Wikipedia www.problogger.net Study material provided in the class Google Search Engine

Wikipedia

www.problogger.net

Study material provided in the class

Google Search Engine

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